Philip Dorsheimer

Philip Dorsheimer

Philip Dorsheimer (April 15, 1797 Wöllstein, Mont-Tonnerre - April 11, 1868)

Life

He came to the United States in 1815, and settled in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. On August 23, 1821, he married Sarah Gorgas. In 1826 he removed to Lyons, N.Y., and in April 1836 to Buffalo, New York.

In 1838, he was appointed Postmaster of Buffalo by President Martin Van Buren. On April 1, 1845, he was appointed again Postmaster of Buffalo by President James K. Polk.

He had been always a Democrat, but joined the Republican Party upon its foundation. He was a delegate to the 1856 Republican National Convention. He was New York State Treasurer from 1860 to 1861. From 1862 to 1864, he was Inland Tax Collector at Buffalo.

His son was Lieutenant Governor William Dorsheimer.

ources

* [http://www.archivaria.com/GdDbios/GdD7.html] Bios of German-Americans in Buffalo, with photo (giving as birth place "Weistein", a misspelling of "Wollstein")
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsh-dougher.html] Political Graveyard
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E02EFD8153FE336A05752C0A96F9C946391D7CF] Appointed tax collector, in NYT on September 1, 1862
* [http://genforum.genealogy.com/dorsheimer/messages/23.html] Dorsheimer genealogy (giving as birthplace "Dondersberg" - a variant spelling of Donnersberg, translated to Mont-Tonnerre in French, "Canton Wollstein" - cantons are the divisions of the départements)
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=950DE1DA1339E134BC4153DFBE66838D649FDE] His letter to J. F. Donaldson, in NYT on August 9, 1856


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