Editing Nathaniel Pitcher (section)

{{Short description|Governor of New York in 1828}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name          = Nathaniel Pitcher
|image         = <!--Do not add this illustration: File:Governor Nathaniel Pitcher (1777-1836).jpg. It's not Pitcher. A guy who died in the 1830s did not wear the clothes and facial hair typical of the 1850s.-->
|order1        = 8th
|office1       = Governor of New York
|term_start1   = February 11, 1828
|term_end1     = December 31, 1828
|lieutenant1   = Peter R. Livingston<br>[[Charles Dayan]]
|predecessor1  = [[DeWitt Clinton]]
|successor1    = [[Martin Van Buren]]
|office2       = [[Lieutenant Governor of New York]]
|term_start2   = January 11, 1827
|term_end2     = February 10, 1828
|predecessor2  = [[James Tallmadge Jr.]] 
|successor2    = [[Peter R. Livingston (politician, born 1766)|Peter R. Livingston]] (acting)
|governor2     = [[DeWitt Clinton]]
|state3        =  New York
|constituency3 =  [[New York's 18th congressional district|18th district]]
|term_start3   =  March 4, 1831
|term_end3     =  March 3, 1833
|preceded3     =  [[Henry C. Martindale]] 
|succeeded3    =  [[Daniel Wardwell]]
|constituency4 =  [[New York's 12th congressional district|12th district]]
|term_start4   =  March 4, 1819
|term_end4     =  March 3, 1823
|preceded4     =  [[John Savage (American politician, born 1779)|John Savage]] 
|succeeded4    =  [[Lewis Eaton]]
|office5       = Member of the [[New York State Assembly]] from [[Washington County, New York|Washington]] and [[Warren County, New York|Warren]] Counties
|term_start5   = 1816
|term_end5     = 1818
|alongside5    = William Cook, John Gale, Isaac Sargent, [[David Woods (New York politician)|David Woods]]
|preceded5     = Michael Harris, John Reid, [[David Abel Russell]], James Stevenson, [[Roswell Weston]]
|succeeded5    = Duncan Cameron, Jason Kellogg, Alexander Livingston, [[John McLean Jr.]], Isaac Sargent
|alongside6    = John Gale, Henry Mattison, [[John Richards (New York politician)|John Richards]], Isaac Sargent
|term_start6   = 1815
|term_end6     = 1816
|preceded6    = Paul Dennis, Samuel Gordon, John Richards, John Savage, Charles Starbuck, John White
|succeeded6    = Michael Harris, John Reid, [[David Abel Russell]], James Stevenson, Roswell Weston
|term_start7   = 1806
|term_end7     = 1807
|alongside7    = Kitchel Bishop, William Livingston, John McLean, Daniel Shepherd, one vacancy
|preceded7    = Isaac Harlow, Jason Kellogg, William Livingston, John McLean, Solomon Smith, James Starbuck
|succeeded7    = Kitchel Bishop, Peleg Bragg, John Gray, James Hill, Jason Kellogg, William Robards
|office8       = [[Town Supervisor]] of [[Kingsbury, New York]]
|term_start8   = 1804
|term_end8     = 1810
|predecessor8  = Thomas Bradshaw
|successor8    = Felix Alden
|birth_date    = {{birth date|1777|11|30|mf=y}}
|birth_place   = [[Litchfield, Connecticut]], US
|death_date    = {{death date and age|1836|05|25|1777|11|30|mf=y}}
|death_place   = [[Sandy Hill, New York]], US
|party         = [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]
|spouse        = Margaret Scott (1782–1815)<br/>Anna B. Merritt (1791–1824) 
|children      = 4
|relations     = [[Zina Pitcher]] (half-brother)
|profession    = Attorney
| allegiance   = [[United States]]<br/>[[New York (state)|New York]]
| branch       = {{flagicon|New York|1778}} [[New York State Militia]]
| rank         = [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]]
| commands     = 17th Brigade
| serviceyears = 1802–
| battles      = [[War of 1812]]
| restingplace = Baker Cemetery in Hudson Falls
}}
'''Nathaniel Pitcher''' (November 30, 1777 – May 25, 1836) was an American lawyer and politician who served in [[United States Congress | Congress]] and as the eighth [[governor of New York]] from February 11 to December 31, 1828.

Pitcher was born in [[Litchfield, Connecticut]], and raised in Sandy Hill, New York ([[Hudson Falls, New York|Hudson Falls]]).  He was educated in Sandy Hill, [[reading law|studied law]], was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar]], and became an attorney.  He became active in politics as a [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]], and served in local offices including [[town supervisor]] and [[Justice of the peace#New York|justice of the peace]]. He served in the [[New York State Assembly]], as [[probate court]] judge of [[Washington County, New York|Washington County]], and as a federal tax assessor during the [[War of 1812]]. He was also a longtime veteran of the [[New York Army National Guard|New York Militia]]; he served during the War of 1812, and after the war he commanded a [[brigade]] with the rank of [[Brigadier general (United States)|brigadier general]].

Pitcher served in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1819 to 1823. He became [[Lieutenant governor of New York|lieutenant governor]] in 1827, and he succeeded to the governorship in 1828, following the death of [[DeWitt Clinton]]. He was succeeded as governor by [[Martin Van Buren]]. Pitcher served another term in the U.S. House from 1831 to 1833. He died in Sandy Hill on May 25, 1836 and was buried at Baker Cemetery in Hudson Falls.