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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...frontier and took part in the actiou at St. Regis, Oct. 23, 1812, securing the first prisoners taken on land, and the first flag captured in the war. He joined General Dearborn, and in 1814 was ordered to New York, having attained the rank of captain. He resumed his law practice in Troy, and was recorder of the city, 1816-18, when he was removed by Governor Clinton, on account of his friendship for Daniel D. Tompkins. He was editor of the Troy Budget, an anti-Clinton journal of influence, 1818-21. Through the Van Buren influence he was appointed in January, 1821, adjutant-general of the state militia. He was elected state comptroller on the ticket with Joseph C. Yates for governor in 1823; was appointed associate justice of the supreme court of New York in 1829 by Governor Throop, and presided at the special circuit held in Lockport in 1830, for the trial of the abductors of William Morgan, charged with exposing Masonic secrets; was U.S. senator, 183133; served as chairman of the judiciary committee, and answered in debate both Henry Clay and Daniel Webster. He resigned his seat in 1833 to accept the position of governor of the state of New York, to which he had been elected in 1832, and he served through three terms, 1833-39. In 1838 he was defeated by William H. Seward. During his term as governor the Whig party was formed, the rise of the anti-slavery party took place, and in 1837 occurred the great financial panic. He was appointed by President Van Buren in 1839 one of the board of commissioners to examine and decide upon certain Mexican claims then pending against the government, and served 1839-42. He was chairman of the Democratic state convention at Syracuse, 1843. He removed to Albany, N. Y.. and lived in retirement until the accession of James K. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...frontier and took part in the actiou at St. Regis, Oct. 23, 1812, securing the first prisoners taken on land, and the first flag captured in the war. He joined General Dearborn, and in 1814 was ordered to New York, having attained the rank of captain. He resumed his law practice in Troy, and was recorder of the city, 1816-18, when he was removed by Governor Clinton, on account of his friendship for Daniel D. Tompkins. He was editor of the Troy Budget, an anti-Clinton journal of influence, 1818-21. Through the Van Buren influence he was appointed in January, 1821, adjutant-general of the state militia. He was elected state comptroller on the ticket with Joseph C. Yates for governor in 1823; was appointed associate justice of the supreme court of New York in 1829 by Governor Throop, and presided at the special circuit held in Lockport in 1830, for the trial of the abductors of William Morgan, charged with exposing Masonic secrets; was U.S. senator, 183133; served as chairman of the judiciary committee, and answered in debate both Henry Clay and Daniel Webster. He resigned his seat in 1833 to accept the position of governor of the state of New York, to which he had been elected in 1832, and he served through three terms, 1833-39. In 1838 he was defeated by William H. Seward. During his term as governor the Whig party was formed, the rise of the anti-slavery party took place, and in 1837 occurred the great financial panic. He was appointed by President Van Buren in 1839 one of the board of commissioners to examine and decide upon certain Mexican claims then pending against the government, and served 1839-42. He was chairman of the Democratic state convention at Syracuse, 1843. He removed to Albany, N. Y.. and lived in retirement until the accession of James K. ...
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