John Van Schaick (July 28, 1840 – June 9, 1923) was an American lawyer and politician from Schoharie County, New York.
Van Schaick was born on July 28, 1840, in Sharon in Schoharie County, New York.
[3] Van Schaick worked as a teacher, a School Commissioner, and had a law office in Cobleskill where he was known as the "Nestor of the Schoharie County Bar".
[4] In 1883, he was elected to the New York State Senate and began serving on January 1, 1884, in the 107th New York State Legislature replacing fellow Democrat Addison P. Jones.
[8] Together, they were the parents of: Van Shaick died on June 9, 1923, in Cobleskill, also in Schoharie County, New York.