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Sixth Generation.
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Jan. 1788, son of Daniel1 and Anna Lewis (Phillips2) Phoenix. They dwelt at 15 State St., New York; and there he died, 4 May 1859, and was buried in the cemetery of the First Presbyterian Church at Morristown, N. J. She removed, the next year, to 22 West 23rd St., New York, where she dwelt until her death, passing the Summer months at her country-seat, "Glenwood," near Hudson, N. Y. She died, 5 April 1876, deeply lamented for the singular gentleness, purity, and tenderness of her character. Her remains were interred in the Whitney chapel at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Mr. Phoenix was elected alderman of the First Ward in 1838 and 1839; was the Whig candidate for the mayoralty in 1840, '42 and '47; was one of the electors for President and Vice-President of the United States in 1840; was appointed a commissioner of the Croton Aqueduct Works in 1842; was elected a member of Congress, for the 3d Congressional District, in 1842 and 1848; was chairman of the Whig General Committee in 1846 and 1847; was a member of the legislature of the State of New York in 1847; and was appointed, in 1849, one of the governors of the Alms House, N. Y.
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The following obituary notice appeared in the editorial columns of the New York Commercial Advertiser:
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"The subject of our notice entered actively upon the stirring scenes of commercial life, in which he became eminently successful. As a merchant, Mr. Phoenix acquired the confidence of his associates to a remarkable extent, and became a prominent member of many of the commercial institutions of the city.3
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"Having retired from commercial life, he entered upon the field of politics, and was elected, for several years, a member of the City Council from the 1st Ward-then the most important and wealthy ward of the city. He was afterwards, on three different occasions, nominated by the Whig party for the Mayoralty, but was defeated by a small majority. 4
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"In 1843-5 (28th Congress), he represented the 3d Congressional district
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1 Daniel Phoenix was a son of Alexander and Cornelia Phoenix, of New York; g. son of Alexander and Elizabeth (Burger) Phoenix, of New York; g. g. son of Jacob and Anna Phoenix, of New York; and g. g. g. son of Alexander Phoenix, who was born in England about 1622, and emigrated to New Amsterdam (now New York) in 1643. A genealogy of the family, by the author of this work, is ready for publication.
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2 For the ancestry of this pious and excellent woman, see the chart opposite.
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3 From 1810 to 1814, he carried on business with Thomas Alsop, under the name of Phoenix & Alsop, at 27 Front St., and afterward at 30 South St. From 1814 to 1827, the firm was known as J. P. Phoenix & Co., at 22 South St. The business was afterward continued, for many years, by his brother, John Doughty Phoenix, under the name Phoenix & Co., at 65-67 Water St.
He was a trustee of the Bank for Savings, director of the Howard Fire Ins. Co., director and president of the Auburn and Syracuse R. R. Co., director and president of the New Jersey R. R. Co., director of the Utica and Schenectady R. R. Co., and president of the State Bank.
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4 In the election of 13 May 1840, his opponent, Isaac L. Varian, received a majority of 1,621, in a total vote of 40,901. In that of May 1842, the vote for Robert H. Morris was 20,633 to 18,755 for Mr. Phoenix. In May 1847, the candidates being the same, Mr. Morris' majority was only 397 in a vote of 36,889.
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