Rensselaer
Rensselaer, a surname, may refer to:
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a university in Troy, New York
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Rensselaer County, New York *
Rensselaer, Indiana*
Rensselaer, Missouri*
Rensselaer, New YorkPeople
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Rensselaer Family of New York, an early United States political family of Dutch extraction
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Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1585–1643), Dutch founder of the only successful patroonship in the New Netherland colony, Rensselaerwyck
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Jeremias Van Rensselaer (1632-1674), son of Kiliaen
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Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (1738–1810), a United States Representative and New York politician (father of Solomon, great-great-grandson of Kiliaen).
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Killian Van Rensselaer (1763–1845), a lawyer and U.S. Representative from New York (cousin to Jeremiah, uncle of Solomon, great-great-grandson of Kiliaen)
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Solomon Van Rensselaer (1774–1852), a U.S. Representative from New York and lieutenant colonel during the War of 1812 (son of Jeremiah, nephew of Killian)
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Stephen Van Rensselaer III (1764–1839), founder of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a U.S. Representative from New York (great-great-great-grandson of Kiliaen).
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Henry Van Rensselaer (1810–1864), a Union Army general during the American Civil War, and a U.S. Representative from the state of New York (son of Stephen)
