Leffert lefferts biography for kids

Leffert Lefferts (April 12, – March 22, )^[1] was the first President of the Long Island Bank, the first bank in Brooklyn, New York.^[2]

Early life

Lefferts was born at the Bedford homestead on April 12, ^[3] He was the son of Leffert Lefferts (–) and Dorothy (née Couwenhoven) Lefferts (–).

The Lefferts family were an important family in the history of Brooklyn and were among the financiers of the State of New York.^[4]

He attended Columbia College in ^[3]

Career

Lefferts, a Federalist, twice ran, unsuccessfully, for U.S.

Congress, losing to his own cousin, John Lefferts, a Democratic-Republican, in ^[3] He was also the first judge of Kings County.^[5] In , Lefferts, along with Jehiel Jagger, Fanning C. Tucker, Jacob Hicks, Thomas Everitt Jr., founded the Long Island Bank, the first bank in Brooklyn, of which Lefferts served as president.^[6]

Judge Lefferts also owned substantial