tenants during the Anti-Rent War. John Van Buren, took part in posse that attempted to end Anti-Renter insurrection, prosecutor at trials of Anti-Renter leaders. Lawrence Van Deusen, president of the Anti-Rent Association of Albany County, New York. Stephen Van Rensselaer IV, heir to the Manor of Rensselaerswyck. His efforts to collect past due rents and refusal to negotiate with Anti-Renters was the primary cause of the dispute. John Van Steenburgh, Anti-Renter who was convicted for murdering Undersheriff Osman Steele. He was sentenced to death, which was later commuted to life in prison. Silas Wright, A Democrat who was governor prior to John Young, his efforts to end the Anti-Rent rebellion led to the election of Young, who was the nominee of the Whig Party. John Young, governor following the trials of the Anti-Rent leaders, he granted a pardon to Smith Boughton and commutations to other participants. See also Anya Seton's novel Dragonwyck (1944) is set during the Anti-Rent War. List of incidents of civil unrest in the United States Manor of Rensselaerswyck, for further information on how the following years convinced landed proprietors to sell out their interests Andes, New York References Further reading . . . Miller, Douglas T. (1967) Jacksonian Aristocracy: Class and Democracy in New York, 1830–1860. New York: Oxford University Press. . 1839 establishments in New York (state) 1845 disestablishments in New York (state) 1830s conflicts 1840s conflicts 1830s in New York (state) 1840s in New York (state) 19th-century rebellions Political history of New York (state) Rebellions in the United States Housing in New York (state) Housing protests Tarring and feathering in the United States