Odell, Benjamin B. (Benjamin Barker), 1854-1926
Variant namesBenjamin Barker Odell (1854-1926) was Governor of New York from 1901 to 1904.
From the description of Benjamin B. Odell letters, 1894-1906. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122607916
From the guide to the Benjamin B. Odell letters, 1894-1906, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.)
Benjamin Barker Odell was an American politician who served as the Governor of New York from 1901 to 1904.
Odell was born on January 14, 1854 in Newburgh, New York to Benjamin Barker Odell, Sr. and Ophelia (Bookstaver) Odell. He attended Bethany College in West Virginia before transferring to Columbia College. After his junior year at Columbia, Odell returned home to join his father's ice business. Odell started as a driver of the ice wagon, but eventually became the head of the company. In 1877, he married Estell Cristee who tragically died in 1888 when she drowned in the Hudson River.
Around 1884, Odell was selected as a member of the Republican State Committee and in 1895 was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Serving two terms, Odell acted as chairman of the Committee on Accounts during his second term. In 1891, he was remarried to Linda Traphagen, the widowed sister of his first wife. Most markedly, Odell served as Governor of the New York from 1901-1904.
Throughout his lifetime, Odell also held positions as the Ice Controller of the State during World War I, President of the Consolidated Gas, Electric Light, Heat, and Power Company of Newburgh, and President of the Hudson Steamboat Company. He died on May 9, 1926 in Newburgh, New York.
From the guide to the Benjamin B. Odell Letters, 1901-1922, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)
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creatorOf | Benjamin B. Odell Letters, 1901-1922 | Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center | |
referencedIn | Depew, Chauncey M., 1834-1928. Chauncey Mitchell Depew papers, 1879-1928 | Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives | |
referencedIn | Horace White Papers, 1903-1914 | Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center | |
referencedIn | Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958. | Houghton Library | |
referencedIn | Oswald Garrison Villard papers | Houghton Library | |
referencedIn | Chauncey M. Depew Letters, 1864-1927 | Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center | |
referencedIn | Platt, Thomas Collier, 1833-1910. Thomas Collier Platt papers, 1851-1915 (inclusive). | Yale University Library | |
referencedIn | Thomas Collier Platt papers, 1851-1915 | Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives | |
referencedIn | Depew, Chauncey M., 1834-1928. Chauncey Mitchell Depew papers, 1879-1928 | Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives | |
creatorOf | Benjamin B. Odell letters, 1894-1906 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
creatorOf | Benjamin B. Odell letters, 1894-1906. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
referencedIn | Depew, Chauncey M., 1834-1928. Chauncey Mitchell Depew papers, 1879-1928 | Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives | |
creatorOf | New York (State). Governor. Appointment correspondence files, 1883-1936. | New York State Archives | |
referencedIn | Elihu Root Correspondence, 1874-1935 | Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center | |
referencedIn | Frost, Charles S. Papers, 1873-1913. | Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library | |
referencedIn | Barrows family papers, 1861-1931. | Houghton Library | |
referencedIn | Letter collection, 1800-1936. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
referencedIn | Learned Hand papers | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
referencedIn | Theodore Roosevelt Papers, 1759-1993, (bulk 1878-1919) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
referencedIn | New York (State). Governor. Official tabulation and statement of votes, 1904. | New York State Archives | |
referencedIn | John Hay papers, Hay (John) papers, 1829-1916 | John Hay Library, Special Collections |
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Birth 1854-01-14
Death 1926-05-09