Odell, Benjamin B. (Benjamin Barker), 1854-1926

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Benjamin 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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associatedWith Dearborn, Frederick M. (Frederick Myers), b. 1876 person
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associatedWith Frost, Charles S. person
associatedWith Hand, Learned, 1872-1961 person
associatedWith Hay, John, 1838-1905 person
associatedWith King, Horatio C. (Horatio Collins), 1837-1918 person
associatedWith McCook, Anson G. (Anson George), 1835-1917 person
associatedWith McCullough, J. G. (John Griffith), 1835-1915 person
associatedWith Miller, Nathan L., 1868-1953 person
associatedWith New York (State). Governor. corporateBody
associatedWith Platt, Thomas Collier, 1833-1910. person
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associatedWith Putnam County Historical Society (N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Quigg, Lemuel Ely, 1863-1919. person
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associatedWith Root, Elihu, 1845-1937 person
correspondedWith Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 person
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Birth 1854-01-14

Death 1926-05-09

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