Frank Hasbrouck

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Frank Hasbrouck (January 4, 1852 – December 18, 1928) was an American lawyer and judge from Poughkeepsie, New York. Born to Dr. Alfred Hasbrouck and Margaret Ann Manning, he came from early Dutch settlers. He studied at Dutchess County Academy, then Harvard College, earning a BA in 1872. He trained as a lawyer in Poughkeepsie and was admitted to the bar in 1875. Hasbrouck practiced law and entered public service as a Democrat in a Republican area, serving on the Board of Health (1875–77), as Justice of the Peace (1877–80), and as city treasurer (1887–88). President Grover Cleveland appointed him Postmaster of Poughkeepsie (1895–1899). In 1907 he became city corporation counsel and was elected Dutchess County Judge for a six-year term. Governor Glynn named him Superintendent of the New York State Insurance Department (1914–15). He was active in civic and historical groups, helped found the Amrita Club, and held leadership roles in the Holland Society and the Sons of the American Revolution; he edited a Dutchess County history in 1909. He married Esther Jackman in 1876; they had four children. He died at home from apoplexy on December 18, 1928, and was buried in Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery. The Hasbrouck House, built for him in 1885 by architect Frederick Clarke Withers, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.