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For the first President of Rutgers University, see Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh.
Jacob Hardenbergh (May 1823 New Paltz, Ulster County, New York – April 29, 1872 Albany, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
He was the son of Richard Hardenbergh (1791–1870) and Catharine Maria (Crispell) Hardenbergh (1790–1833). The family removed to Shawangunk in 1829. He attended New Paltz Academy, and graduated from Rutgers College in 1844. Then he became a teacher at Fonda Academy, and at the same time studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1849, and commenced practice in Kingston. On April 3, 1850, he married Anna Elisabeth Holmes.
He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1867–68; and a member of the New York State Senate (14th D.) from 1870 until his death, sitting in the 93rd, 94th and 95th New York State Legislatures. He died near the end of the session, after being confined to his room by illness during two months, and was buried at the Wiltwyck Cemetery in Kingston.