Samuel Jones Tilden, Governor of the State of New York

1814 - 1886  (72 years)

• Name	Samuel Jones Tilden  [1]
  Suffix	Governor of the State of New York
  Birth	9 Feb 1814	New Lebanon, Columbia, New York   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Aug 1886	Yonkers, Westchester, New York   [3]
  Person ID	I20386	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	18 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	Elam Tilden,   b. 31 Dec 1781, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut d. 10 Apr 1842, New Lebanon, Columbia, New York (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Polly Younglove Jones,   b. 20 Mar 1782, New Lebanon, Columbia, New York d. 11 Dec 1860 (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	8 Feb 1802  [4]
  Family ID	F12606	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Democratic nominee for President in the disputed election of 1876.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1848] The Janes Family: A Genealogy and Brief History by the Rev. Frederic Janes. New York: John H. Dingman, 1868. [S1847] The Life of Hon. Samuel Jones Tilden, Governor of the State of New York by William Mason Cornell. Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1876. [S160] Wikipedia. [S1627] Samuel J. Tilden, "Notes on the Origin of the Tilden Name and Family." Published posthumously as a "Supplement" in The Life of Samuel J. Tilden by John Bigelow. New York: Harper Brothers, 1895.