Clinton, DeWitt, 1769-1828
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De Witt Clinton, 1769-1828
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Mayor of New York City and governor of and U.S. senator from New York.
American lawyer and statesman.
Governor of N.Y. State, U.S. Senator, and Candidate for U.S. President.
Lawyer, politician, Governor of New York State.
Born in Napanock, N.Y., Mar. 2, 1769; grad. from Columbia College, 1789; studied law; private secretary to his uncle, Gov. George Clinton, 1790-95; state Representatives, 1797; state Senator 1798-1802, 1806-1811; U.S. Senator, Democrat, Feb. 9, 1802-Nov. 11, 1803; mayor of New York City, 1803-1807, 1810-11, 1813-14; Lieutenant Governor of New York State, 1811-13; Govorner, 1817-1821, 1825-28; initiated Erie canal, 1815; was for several years commissioner; died in Albany, New York, Feb. 11, 1828. (from Biog. Cong. Dir.) (Blue index cards)
Mayor of New York City, Governor of New York, U.S. Senator.
New York state Republican leader. Four times mayor of New York City; governor of New York 1817-1821, 1825-1828; leading promoter of Erie Canal.
U.S. senator, 1802-1803; mayor of New York City, 1803-1815; governor of New York State, 1817-1823, 1825-1828.
Dewitt Clinton went on from serving as Mayor of New York City to becoming Governor of New York State and was instrumental in bringing about the construction of the Erie Canal.
Politician, Governor of New York State. Clinton served in the New York State Legislature and was active in the state canal commission. Upon election as governor, Clinton authorized the construction of the Erie Canal. Clinton was also active in cultural affairs and was a founder of the New York Historical Society and the Literary and Philosophical Society. He died in Albany, N.Y. in 1828.
United States senator, 1802-1803; Mayor of New York City, 1803-1815 (except for 1807-1808 and 1810-1811); Governor of New York State, 1817-1821 and 1825-1828.
Mayor of New York City and governor of New York State.
United States Senator, 1802-1803; Mayor of New York City, 1803-1815 (except for 1807-1808 and 1810-1811); Governor of New York State, 1817-1821 and 1825-1828.
New York politician, statesman, naturalist, and historian.
In 1817 Clinton was elected governor of the state of New York and also president of the New-York Historical Society, which he had helped to found. Interested in the history and traditions of New York Indians, Clinton published his Memoir of the Antiquities of the Western Parts of the State of New York in 1820.
DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828) was an eminent New York politician who was instrumental in the passing of landmark legislation and the building of the Erie Canal. He was a United States Senator from 1802 to 1803; Mayor of New York City for the majority of the period of 1803 to 1815; and Governor of New York from 1817 to 1821 and 1825 to 1828 (1).
Leffert Lefferts (1774-1847) was a Bedford lawyer and later a Kings County judge.
John Wyckoff was Kings County Sheriff from 1825 to 1828.
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- New York Public Library. "DeWitt Clinton papers, 1790-1835." Accessed June 18, 2010. http://catalog.nypl.org/record=b11343708
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