Editing Claverack, New York (section)

==Notable people==
*[[Stanley Bate]], English composer and pianist
*[[Daniela Bertol]], Italian-born architect, designer and artist
*[[Aaron Burr]] and [[Alexander Hamilton]] tried cases in [[First Columbia County Courthouse|the local courthouse]].
*[[Mihail Chemiakin]], a Russian artist<ref>Francis X. Clines (April 1, 1989). [https://www.nytimes.com/1989/04/01/arts/exiled-artist-now-a-star-in-moscow.html "Exiled Artist Now a Star in Moscow"]. ''The New York Times''</ref>
*[[Nancy Fuller]], chef and host of ''Farmhouse Rules'' on the ''[[Food Network]]'', was born and raised here.
*[[Anne Grant]], Scottish poet, writer
*[[Elizabeth Mumbet Freeman]] was born here.
*[[Ismail Merchant]] and [[James Ivory]] owned property in Claverack and were very supportive of local interests, especially [[Columbia Memorial Hospital]] in nearby Hudson. (James Ivory still visits this property in Claverack.)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Biancolli|first1=Amy|title=James Ivory's Claverack home to host fundraiser|url=http://blog.timesunion.com/localarts/james-ivorys-claverack-home-to-host-fundraiser/43349/|access-date=August 30, 2017|newspaper=[[Times Union (Albany)]]|date=August 24, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=BENEFITS|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/30/style/benefits-910783.html|access-date=August 30, 2017|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 30, 1999}}</ref>
*[[Margaret Sanger]] attended the former [[Claverack College]] (closed 1902) for two years.
*[[Joan Steiner]], American illustrator and puzzle designer
*[[John J. Tallmadge]] was born here.
*[[Henry D. Todd Jr.]], U.S. Army major general, born in Claverack<ref name="Davis">{{cite book |last=Davis |first=Henry Blaine Jr. |date=1998 |title=Generals in Khaki |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fJvvAAAAMAAJ |location=Raleigh, NC |publisher=Pentland Press |pages=359–360 |isbn=978-1-5719-7088-6 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
*[[Martin Van Buren]] was admitted to the bar here.