dren," which were printed privately by his son, Frederick Augustus Tallmadge (New York, 1859). Col. Tallmadge married the daughter of Gen. William Floyd, a signer of the Declaration of In- dependence. — His son, Frederick Augustus, lawyer, b. in Litchfield, Conn., 29 Aug., 1792 ; d. there, 17 Sept., 1869, was graduated at Yale in 1811, studied law at the Litchfield law-school, was admitted to the bar. and began practice in New York. During the closing months of the war with Great Britain he commanded a troop of volunteer cavalry on Long Island. He was made an alder- man of New York in 1834, a common councilman in 1836. and was a state senator from 1837 till 1840, serving as president of that body and at the same time as ex-officio judge of the supreme court of errors. In 1841-'6 he was recorder of New York, and he held this office again from 1848 till 1851. He was elected to congress as a Whig and served from 6 Dec, 1847, till 3 March, 1849. From 1857 till 1862 he was general superintendent of the Met- ropolitan board of police, and in 1862-'5 he was clerk of the court of appeals. Afterward he practised law in New York city. He became best known for the energy that he displayed while he was recorder in suppressing the Astor place riot of May, 1849. (See Forrest, Edwin.)— Another son, William Smith, served as a colonel in the war of 1812.
TALLMADGE, James, lawyer, b. in Stanford,
Dutchess co., N. Y., 28 Jan., 1778 ; d. in New York
city, 29 Sept., 1853. His father, Col. James (1744
to 1821), led a company of volunteers at the cap-
ture of Gen. John Burgoyne. After graduation at
Brown in 1798 the son studied law, was admitted
to the bar, and practised several years in Pough-
keepsie and New York, and also gave attention to
agriculture, owning a farm in Dutchess county.
For some time he was private secretary to Gov.
George Clinton, and during the war of 1812-'15
he commanded a company of home-guards in the
defence of New York. He was elected a repre-
sentative to congress as a Democrat, and served
from 1 Dec, 1817, till 3 March, 1819, but declined
a re-election. In that body he defended Gen. An-
drew Jackson's course in the Seminole war, and in-
troduced, as an amendment to the bill authorizing
the people of Missouri to form a state organiza-
tion, a proposition to exclude slavery from that
state when admitted to the Union. In support of
this amendment Gen. Tallmadge delivered a pow-
erful speech, 15 Feb., 1819, in opposition to the
extension of slavery. This was widely circulated,
and was translated into German. He was a dele-
gate to the New York constitutional conventions
of 1821 and 1846, a member of the state assembly
in 1824, and delivered a speech on 5 Aug., 1824, on
the bill to provide for the choice by the people of
presidential electors. In 1825-'6 he was lieuten-
ant-governor of New York, and while holding this
office he delivered a speech at the reception of
Lafayette in New York on 4 July, 1825. In 1836
he visited Russia, and aided in introducing into
that country several American mechanical inven-
tions, especially cotton-spinning machinery. From
1831 till 1850 he was president of the American
institute, of which he was a founder. He also
aided in establishing the University of the city of
New York, which gave him the degree of LL. D.
in 1838. and he was president of its council for
many years. Gen. Tallmadge was a leading expo-
nent of the Whig doctrine of protection to Ameri-
can industry, and published numerous speeches
and addresses which were directed to the encour-
agement of domestic production. He also deliv-
ered a eulogium at the memorial ceremonies of
Lafayette by the corporation and citizens of New
York, 26 June, 1834. Gen. Tallmadge was an
eloquent orator and vigorous writer. His only
daughter was one of the most beautiful women in
the country, and after her return from Russia, to
which court she accompanied her father, married
Philip S. Van Rensselaer, of Albany, third son of
the patroon. Their only surviving son, James
Tallmadge Van Rensselaer, is a well-known lawyer
of New York citv.
TALLMADGE, Nathaniel Pitcher, senator,
b. in Chatham, N. Y, 8 Feb., 1795 ; d. in Battle
Creek, Mich., 2 Nov., 1864. He was graduated at
Union in 1815, studied law, was admitted to the
bar in 1818, and served in the lower house of the
legislature in 1828, and in the state senate in
1830-'3. He was then elected to the U. S. senate,
and served from 2 Dec, 1833, till 17 June. 1844,
when he resigned. In 1844 he was appointed gov-
ernor of Wisconsin territory, changing his resi-
dence from Poughkeepsie, N. Y., to Fond du Lac,
but he was removed in 1846. Mr. Tallmadge be-
came a convert to spiritualism. He published sev-
eral speeches and contributed an introduction and
appendix to Charles Linton's " Healing of the Na-
tions " (New York, 1855). — His son, Grier, soldier,
b. in Dutchess county, N. Y, in 1826; d. in Fort
Monroe, Va., 11 Oct., 1862, was graduated at the
U. S. military academy in 1848, assigned to the 1st
artillery, and served on garrison duty in the west.
In 1861 he was made captain in the quartermas-
ter's department at Fort Monroe, discharging also
the duties of assistant adjutant-general. The " con-
traband " idea put into practice by Gen. Benjamin
F. Butler is said to have originated with him.
TALLMAN, Peleg, merchant, b. in Tiverton,
R. I., 24 July, 1764 ; d. in Bath, Me., 12 March,
1840. He received a public-school education, and
at the age of fourteen entered the privateer service
against Great Britain. He served on the " Trum-
bull," lost an arm in the engagement between this
vessel and the " Watt " in 1780, and was captured
and imprisoned in England and Ireland in 1781-'3.
Subsequently he became master of a vessel and
afterward a merchant at Bath, where he acquired
a fortune. He was elected to congress as a Demo-
crat, served from 4 Nov., 1811. till 3 Match, 1813,
but declined a re-election and refused to support
the war with England.
TALMADGE, Matthias Burnet, lawyer, b. in
Stamford, Dutchess co., N. Y., 1 March, 1774; d. in
Poughkeepsie, N. Y, 7 Oct., 1819. He was gradu-
ated at Yale in 1795, studied law with Chief-Justice
Spencer at Hudson, N. Y., and began the practice
of his profession at Herkimer. While residing
there he represented his county in the legislature,
and the western district of New York in the state
senate. Having been appointed judge of the U. S.
district court for New York, he removed to New
York city, where he won distinction as a jurist. In
1811 he united with the Baptist church in Pough-
keepsie, and thenceforth became active in the en-
terprises of that denomination. He married Eliza-
beth, daughter of Gov. George Clinton.
TALMAGE, John Van Nest, missionary, b. in Somerville, N. J., 18 Aug., 1819. He was graduated at Rutgers in 1842 and at New Brunswick seminary in 1845, in which year he was licensed
by the classis of Philadelphia. Since 1846 he has been a missionary of the Reformed church in China. Rutgers gave him the degree of D. D. in 1867. He has translated several books of the Bible into the Amoy colloquial dialect, and is the author of a " Chinese-English Dictionary " (1888).
