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{{Infobox person
| name          = John Haring 
| image         = <!--there is no known image of John Haring-->
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1739|09|28}}
| birth_place   = [[Tappan, New York]], [[British America]]
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1809|04|01|1739|09|28}}
| death_place   = [[Blauvelt, New York]], U.S.
| resting_place = [[Reformed Church of Tappan]], Tappan, New York, U.S.<ref name=delayed1/>
| occupation    = Lawyer
| spouse        = {{marriage|Maria|1773}}
| children      = 10
| known_for     = Delegate to [[Continental Congress]], [[Congress of the Confederation]]
}}
'''John Haring''' (September 28, 1739 – April 1, 1809)<ref name=CongBio/> was an American lawyer from [[New York (state)|New York]]. During his long political career, he was a delegate to the [[First Continental Congress]] and [[Congress of the Confederation]], served as president ''pro tempore'' of the [[New York Provincial Congress]], served in both the [[New York State Legislature]] and [[New Jersey Legislature]], and was a [[presidential elector]].{{efn|Haring was not a signer of the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]], [[Articles of Confederation]], or [[Constitution of the United States|Constitution]]—being a signer of at least one of those documents is one definition used for "[[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Fathers]]".}}

==Biography==
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Haring was born to a large Dutch family at [[Tappan, New York]], which was then part of [[Orange County, New York|Orange County]]. He was the fourth of eight children. His parents were Colonel Abraham and Martyntje (Bogart) Haring, and he was christened "Jan" at the Dutch [[Reformed Church of Tappan]]. He remained a member of that church throughout his life. Haring attended school and [[read law]] in [[New York City]] and was admitted to the bar.<ref name=CongBio/> He practiced both in the city and in Orange County. He married a cousin, Maria Haring, on October 3, 1773. The couple went on to have ten children.<ref name=delayed2/>

Haring took his place in a family that was locally prominent. He served as a county judge.<ref name=CongBio/> As the [[American Revolution]] neared, he became a member, and then head, of Orange County's [[committee of correspondence]]. On July 4, 1774, the community of [[Orangetown, New York|Orangetown]] adopted the [[Orangetown Resolutions]], which objected to the British "[[Boston Port Act|act for shutting up the port of Boston]]" and proposed "stopping of all exportation and importation to and from Great Britain and the [[British West Indies|West Indies]]"—Haring was one of five men named "to correspond with the [City of New York, and to conclude and agree upon such measures as they shall judge necessary in order to obtain a repeal of said acts."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-news-history-notebook/139793360/ |title=History Notebook |first=Robert |last=Knight |newspaper=[[The Journal News]] |location=[[White Plains, New York]] |page=38 |date=October 29, 1969 |accessdate=January 28, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> When Haring was sent to the [[First Continental Congress]] in [[Philadelphia]], it adopted the [[Continental Association]] on October 20, 1774, which contained similar language calling for a trade boycott against British merchants;{{efn|On May 13, 1774, the Boston Town Meeting had also passed a resolution calling for an economic boycott of British goods.}} however, Haring was one of three members of the Continental Congress who did not sign the Continental Association.

Haring was elected to the [[New York Provincial Congress]] (or revolutionary government) five times, from 1775 to 1777. In two of those sessions, he was the president ''pro tempore'' of that body.<ref name=CongBio/> In 1780, Haring and one of his daughters attended the hanging of [[John André]], a British Army major who was executed as a spy.<ref name=delayed2/> Haring served in the [[New York State Senate]] from 1781 to 1789.
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Haring was returned to the Continental Congress from 1785 to 1787 (now referred to as the [[Congress of the Confederation]] to distinguish it from the Congresses of 1774–1781).<ref name=CongBio>{{CongBio|H000205|inline=YES|access-date=January 28, 2024}}</ref>

In 1784, the [[New York State Legislature]] was busy revising vestiges of the various laws and institutions from their colonial form to one befitting a free state. A new charter was adopted for King’s College in New York City (which had been formed in 1754 by a charter from the crown), incorporating it as [[Columbia University|Columbia College]].<ref name=charters/> The new charter established a board of regents,<ref name=charters/> of which Haring was one of the original 24 members.{{cn|date=January 2024}} He remained in that post until 1787.{{efn|In 1787, the New York State Legislature repealed the act of 1784 and named new trustees for Columbia College.<ref name=charters>{{cite book |url=https://secretary.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/University%20Statutes_January2022.pdf |title=Charters and Statutes |page=3 |publisher=The Office of the Secretary, Columbia University |location=New York City |date=January 2022 |accessdate=January 29, 2024 |via=columbia.edu}}</ref>}}
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In 1788, Haring was a delegate to the New York state convention that ratified the [[United States Constitution]].<ref name=CongBio/> His vote, however, was against ratification,<ref name=CongBio/><ref name=delayed1/> since he believed a stronger recognition of state and individual rights was required. In 1794, Haring removed to [[Bergen County, New Jersey]], and was a member of the [[New Jersey Legislature]] in 1795–96. About 1804, he returned to Tappan, New York, and was a [[presidential elector]] in [[1804 United States presidential election|1804]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-post-election-proceedings/139784262/ |title=Election Proceedings |newspaper=[[New-York Evening Post]] |location=New York City |page=3 |date=February 15, 1804 |accessdate=January 28, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> voting for [[Thomas Jefferson]] and [[George Clinton (vice president)|George Clinton]].
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He returned to the state legislature as a member of the [[New York State Assembly]] in 1806.
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Haring died at [[Blauvelt, New York]], on April 1, 1809, and is buried in the cemetery of the [[Reformed Church of Tappan]].<ref name=delayed1>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-news-delegates-fearing-tyr/139779115/ |title=Delegates, fearing 'tyranny,' delayed ratification |first=Isabelle K. |last=Savell |newspaper=[[The Journal News]] |location=[[White Plains, New York]] |page=C1 |date=May 4, 1987 |accessdate=January 28, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> He left his wife, Maria, $800 {{USDCY|800|1809}} along with a "Negro woman slave".<ref name=delayed2/> Maria lived another 16 years.<ref name=delayed2>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-news-constitution-contd/139780645/ |title=Constitution (cont'd) |first=Isabelle K. |last=Savell |newspaper=[[The Journal News]] |location=[[White Plains, New York]] |page=C2 |date=May 4, 1987 |accessdate=January 28, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Committee of Sixty]]
* [[Council of Appointment]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* [https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-27-02-0453 Letter from George Washington to John Haring dated 11 August 1780] via archives.gov
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93xhucdUaE4 John Haring and the Orangetown Resolutions] via [[YouTube]]

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