The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . offered his servicesand received a commission; afterward he was acolonel of New York troops. He was at the battleof Saratoga, and was a man highly respected by hissuperiors and by
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . offered his servicesand received a commission; afterward he was acolonel of New York troops. He was at the battleof Saratoga, and was a man highly respected by hissuperiors and by those under his command. married Jane Bradt, a descendant of an oldand respected Dutch family. Young Josephs earlyeducation was received from a private tutor, wholived in his fathers family. Afterward he was sentto an academy, and completed his education inSchenectady. He then entered the law office of hisfathers cousin, Peter Y. Yates, in Albany, and stud-ied law, being finally admitted to practice, when heopened an office in his native town. He became ashrewd and able lawyer and a public-spirited citizen,and was one of those who founded Union 1798 Schenectady was incorporated as a city, andMr. Yates was selected as the first mayor. He be-longed to the republican party of the time, butchiefly occupied himself with the practice of his pro-fession. In 1805, however, he was elected to the. state sen and in 1808 was appointed one of thejudges of the supreme court of the state, a positionwhich he continued to hold for fourteen years. Asa judge he was distinguished for his plain and practi-cal common sense, his uprightness and impartiality,and his courtesy of manner. While not a rapidthinker, he was clear and accurate in his judgment,and he is said to have made very few mistakes. In181^ Judge Yates was appointed one of the regentsoftttie University. In 1817 his name was mentionedas a candidate for the governorship, but he declinedto run. In 1833, however, he co
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