Robert Bogardus


Robert Bogardus was an American lawyer and politician from New York, a lineal descendant of Dominie Everardus Bogardus.

Life

He was the son of Lewis Bogardus and Annie Bogardus. In 1792, he married Maria Sabina Waldron, and they had ten children.
Robert Bogardus was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1811.
He fought in the War of 1812, and in November 1812, as a lieutenant colonel, was placed in command of the Third Brigade of the New York Militia Infantry. From 1813 to 1815, as a colonel, he commanded the 41st U.S.Infantry Regiment. He was later promoted to general.
He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1827 to 1829, sitting in the 50th, 51st and 52nd New York State Legislatures. He resigned his seat on May 4, 1829.
His daughter Sarah Jay Bogardus married Foxhall A. Parker, and their children were Foxhall A. Parker and William Harwar Parker.