Governors of New York from 1777 to 1920 (Classic Reprint)
Author: Charles R. Skinner
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-12-06
Total Pages: 20
ISBN-13: 9780266559955
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from Governors of New York From 1777 to 1920 Born, Westchester county, June 21, 1774 Died, Staten Island, June 11, 1825 1795 Graduated from Columbia College Lawyer Member of Constitutional Convention Member of Assembly March to July - Representative in Congress (resigned) 1804 - 07 Associate Justice Supreme Court 1807 - 15 Governor four terms Advocated Erie canal Law passed abolishing slavery in New York after July 1, 1827 Prorogued Legislature Resigned office of Governor to become Vice President 1817 - 21 vice-president 1821 Offered Secretary of State by President Madison (declined) Opponents: 1807 Morgan Lewis (fed.) 1810 Jonas Platt (fed.) 1813 Stephen Van Rensselaer (fed.) 1816 Rufus King (fed.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.