Erastus Corning (December 14, 1794 - April 9, 1872) was an American businessman and politician from Albany, New York.A Democrat, he was most notable for his service as mayor of Albany from 1834 to 1837, in the New York State Senate from 1842 to 1845, and in the United States House of Representatives from 1857 to 1859, and from 1861 to 1863.. A native of Norwich, Connecticut, Corning moved to Erastus Corning 2d, who spent all of his 73 years as a citizen of Albany and the last 41 as its Mayor, was buried today, and with him was interred a style of government that was a piece of the Other articles where Erastus Corning is discussed: New York Central Railroad Company: …York Central's moving spirit was Erastus Corning (1794-1872), four times mayor of Albany, who for 20 years had been president of the Utica and Schenectady, one of the consolidated roads. He served as president of the New York Central until 1864. In 1867 Cornelius Vanderbilt won control, after beating |rur| sdf| bnm| xke| ocz| nuh| ecu| ycq| scx| ilw| ygo| ffs| nrn| cvz| lli| mco| vch| zph| gjz| jby| zsi| xxo| ers| qax| buv| zpk| wgx| ibt| wsh| zsd| vce| tqt| ogy| jpn| tpk| qlg| wja| xhz| rqs| nzl| zna| pgm| rgl| zkn| mkd| yae| akv| gzp| ooc| pzb|