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Peter Gansevoort Ten Eyck (November 7, 1873 – September 2, 1944) was a United States Representative from New York.
Early life
Born in Bethlehem, Albany County, he was educated in the common schools in Normansville, at The Albany Academy, and at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Professional career
He engaged in civil and signal engineering for fifteen years and was a signal engineer of the New York Central Lines. He was chief engineer of the Federal Railway Signal Co. in 1903 and was later its vice president and general manager.
Military career
He served seven years in the New York National Guard as a member of the Third Signal Corps, Third Brigade.
Political career
Ten Eyck was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress, holding office from March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1915. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress, and was a delegate to the 1920 Democratic National Convention.
He was elected to the Sixty-seventh Congress, holding office from March 4, 1921 to March 3, 1923. Ten Eyck declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1922 and operated Indian Ladder Farms, an agricultural enterprise in Altamont which is still owned by his family. He died in Altamont on September 2, 1944 and was buried at Albany Rural Cemetery.