he was the grandfather of film director and writer Woodbridge Strong Van Dyke II, (known as W. S. Van Dyke), who received two Academy Award nominations for Best Director. References External links John Van Dyke at The Political Graveyard 1807 births 1878 deaths Mayors of New Brunswick, New Jersey Minnesota state senators Justices of the Supreme Court of New Jersey People from Bedminster, New Jersey People from Wabasha, Minnesota Minnesota Republicans New Jersey Republicans Burials in Minnesota Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American judges