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| | Nathaniel Pitcher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | PITCHER, Nathaniel, governor of New York, born in Litchfield. |
 | | He removed early in life to Sandy Hill, New York, and was a member of the legislature of that state in 1806 and 1815-'17, and of the State constitutional convention in 1821. |
 | | He was elected to congress as a Democrat, holding his seat in 1819-'23, was chosen lieutenant-governor of New York in 1826, and, by the death of Governor De Witt Clinton, became governor in February, 1828, serving till January, 1829. |
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