schuyler

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Definition of schuyler in English English dictionary: An American surname; A male given name, transferred use of the surname since the nineteenth century; transferred use of the surname since the nineteenth century
Schuyler Colfax: born March 23, 1823, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Jan. 15, 1885, Mankato, Minn. U.S. politician. He founded the St. Joseph Valley Register, which became one of Indiana's most influential newspapers during his editorship (1845-63). He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1854-69), where he served as speaker (1863-69) and a leader of the Radical Republicans. His vice presidency under Pres. Ulysses S. Grant (1869-73) was marred by his implication in the Crédit Mobilier scandal (1872)
Philip John Schuyler: born Nov. 11, 1733, Albany, N.Y. died Nov. 18, 1804, Albany, N.Y., U.S. American Revolutionary officer. He served in the French and Indian War and helped settle colonial war claims with Britain (1761-63). He served in the New York legislature (1768-75) and in the Continental Congress (1775-77, 1778-80). In the American Revolution he was commissioned one of four major generals in the Continental Army. As commander of the northern department, he was unable, because of illness, to undertake his planned invasion of Canada. His later defeat at the Battle of Ticonderoga led to his replacement by Horatio Gates. He subsequently served as one of New York's first U.S. senators (1789-91, 1797-98)

schuyler

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Schuy·ler

skaylır

/ˈskīlər/ /ˈskaɪlɜr/

[ 'skI-l&r ] (biographical name.) Dutch surname "scholar, student", brought to America by seventeenth century Dutch immigrants.

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