Abraham Lincoln to spend public money during the initial raising and equipping of the Union Army. In 1861, he was elected to a two-year term as mayor of New York City over incumbent mayor Fernando Wood of the Mozart Hall faction of the Democracy and William Frederick Havemeyer of the Tammany Hall wing. As mayor, Opdyke recruited and equipped troops for the war and responded to draft riots of July 1863. His term in office ended in 1863, and he was succeeded by Democrat Charles Godfrey Gunther, who had also been Opdyke's opponent in 1861. Personal life Opdyke was married to Elizabeth Hall Stryker (1805–1891), a daughter of Peter Stryker and Kezia (née Davis) Stryker. Together, they were the parents of: Mary Elizabeth Opdyke (1834–1907), who married George W. Farlee. William Stryker Opdyke (1836–1922), who married Margaret Elizabeth Post (1834–1911) in 1863. Charles Wilson Opdyke (1838–1907), who married Jane Wandling Creveling (1843–1871). Henry Beach Opdyke (1841–1919), who married Marian Blagden Whiton (1848–1903). Samuel T. Opdyke (1846–1851), who died young. Opdyke died at his home, 1 East 47th Street in New York City on June 12, 1880. He was buried in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Newark, New Jersey. Descendants Through his daughter Mary, he was a grandfather of Lilian Gray Farlee (1859–1894), who married Dr. Charles Loomis Dana, a physician, professor of nervous and mental disease at Cornell Medical College, in 1882. References External links Mr. Lincoln and New York: George Opdyke Biographical Sketches of the State Officers and Members of the Legislature in the State of New York in 1859 by Wm. D. Murphy (pages 202f; C. Van Benthuysen, Albany NY, 1859) 1805 births 1880 deaths 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American educators 19th-century American businesspeople Mayors of New York City People of New York (state) in the American Civil War American people of Dutch descent People from Kingwood Township, New Jersey Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly