Isaac W. Van Schaick

Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick (December 7, 1817 – August 22, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin. He was the uncle of Aaron Van Schaick Cochrane.

Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 4th district
In office March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891
Preceded by	Henry Smith
Succeeded by	John L. Mitchell
In office March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887
Preceded by	Peter V. Deuster
Succeeded by	Henry Smith
Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 5th district
In office January 10, 1877 – January 10, 1883
Preceded by	Robert Hall Baker
Succeeded by	Jedd Philo Clark Cottrill
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Milwaukee 1st district
In office January 13, 1875 – January 12, 1876
Preceded by	Alfred L. Cary
Succeeded by	Patrick Drew
In office January 8, 1873 – January 14, 1874
Preceded by	John W. Cary
Succeeded by	Alfred L. Cary
Personal details
Born	December 7, 1817 Coxsackie, New York
Died	August 22, 1901 (aged 83) Catonsville, Maryland
Resting place	Athens Rural Cemetery Athens, New York
Nationality	American
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Eliza Sanderson ^(died 1903)
Relations	Uncle of Aaron Van Schaick Cochrane
Occupation	Manufacturer

Early life

Van Schaick was born in Coxsackie, New York on 7 December 1817. He married Eliza Sanderson, daughter of John Sanderson and Margaret Whitfield in 1842, in Athens, New York.

Isaac Van Schaick engaged in the manufacture of glue in New York. He moved to Chicago in 1857, and to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1861, where he was in the flour-milling business with the Sanderson family.

Politics

Van Schaick was elected to the Milwaukee Common Council in 1871. He served as member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1873 and 1875. He served in the Wisconsin State Senate from 1877 to 1882.

Van Schaick was elected as a Republican to the Forty-ninth Congress in 1884 as the representative of Wisconsin's 4th congressional district. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1886, and was succeeded by Henry Smith of the Union Labor Party.

Van Schaick defeated Smith for election to the 51st United States Congress in 1888, receiving 22,212 votes to 20,685 for Smith (running on the Democratic and Labor tickets), 527 for Socialist John Schuler and 302 for Prohibitionist George Heckendorn.[1] He was not a candidate for renomination to Congress in 1890, and was succeeded by Democrat John Lendrum Mitchell. In 1892 he ran unsuccessfully for State Senator from the Fourth District, losing to Democrat James W. Murphy.

Late life

He moved to Catonsville, Maryland in 1894, where he lived in retirement until his death there August 22, 1901. He was interred in Athens Cemetery, Athens, New York.

Electoral history

Wisconsin Assembly, Milwaukee 1st District Election, 1872

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Isaac W. Van Schaick	510	85.28%
	Democratic	Jacob Braun	88	14.72%
Total votes			'598'	'100.0%'
	Republican gain from Democratic

Wisconsin Assembly, Milwaukee 1st District Election, 1874

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Isaac W. Van Schaick	752	56.54%
	Democratic	John W. Cary	578	43.46%
Total votes			'1,330'	'100.0%'
	Republican gain from Democratic

Wisconsin Senate 5th District Election, 1876

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Isaac W. Van Schaick	4,563	58.78%
	Democratic	Henry C. Runkle	3,200	41.22%
Total votes			'7,763'	'100.0%'
	Republican hold

Wisconsin Senate 5th District Election, 1878

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Isaac W. Van Schaick (incumbent)	3,437	53.80%
	Democratic	David G. Hooker	2,639	41.31%
	Greenback	Robert Gunyan	312	4.88%
Total votes			'6,388'	'100.0%'
	Republican hold

Wisconsin Senate 5th District Election, 1880

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Isaac W. Van Schaick (incumbent)	5,678	60.05%
	Democratic	Henry Smith	3,778	39.95%
Total votes			'9,456'	'100.0%'
	Republican hold

Wisconsin 4th Congressional District Election, 1884

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Isaac W. Van Schaick	16,783	30.71%
	Democratic	Peter V. Deuster (incumbent)	15,907	27.07%
	Labor	Henry Smith	1,296	2.21%
		C.E. Reed	226	0.38%
		H.C. Hobart	1	0.00%
Total votes			'34,213'	'100.0%'
	Republican gain from Democratic

Wisconsin 4th Congressional District Election, 1888

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Isaac W. Van Schaick	22,212	30.71%
	Democratic	Henry Smith (incumbent)	20,685	28.60%
	Socialist	John Schuler	527	0.73%
	Prohibition	George M. Heckendorn	302	0.42%
		Write-ins	3	0.00%
Total votes			'43,729'	'100.0%'
	Republican gain from Democratic

References

1. Timme, Ernst G., ed. The blue book of the state of Wisconsin 1889 Madison, 1889; p. 264

External links

• United States Congress. "Isaac W. Van Schaick (id: V000058)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Isaac W. Van Schaick at Find a Grave