Stephen Van Rensselaer III, was an American landowner, businessman, politician, and militia officer. He took control of Rensselaerswyck, his family's manor in upstate New York, at the age of twenty-on
Portrait by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1793–1795
c. 1813 engraving of Van Rensselaer as a major general
The Battle of Queenston Heights, which ended Van Rensselaer's active military career
1828 portrait of Van Rensselaer by Chester Harding
Solomon van Vechten van Rensselaer was a United States representative from the state of New York, a lieutenant colonel during the War of 1812, and postmaster of Albany for 17 years.