Biographical Sketches of the State Officers and Members of the Legislature of the State of New YorkJ. Munsell, 1874 |
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ability Academy active affairs Albany appointed attended bill Board of Supervisors born Brooklyn Canal candidate canvass career Cattaraugus county Chairman character Chenango county chosen Clerk College Columbia county commenced Committee common schools constituents Convention defeated delegate Democrat duties earnest engaged entered Erie Erie county fact farm farmer father gentleman GEORGE Governor graduated held HENRY Herkimer county honor House interests JAMES JOHN JONAH SANFORD known last fall legislative Legislature Liberal Manufactures married Member of Assembly mittee native nomination Oneida Oneida county opponent Oswego Otsego county parents political popular position possesses practice present profession prominent Railroad rank re-elected received a majority regard regiment renominated represented Republican party resides respect Saratoga county Second district Senator Senatorial district served session sketch speaker speech successful Tammany term ticket tion town Ulster county vote Washington county WEBSTER WAGNER Whig WILLERS WILLIAM York city young
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Page 105 - Rhode Island; was Commander of the Department of Rhode Island, Grand Army of the Republic, 1877; was Representative from the city of Providence to the General Assembly...
Page 44 - He is a Commissioner of the Land Office and of the Canal Fund, a member of the Canal Board and of the Board of State Canvassers, a...
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Page 140 - ... been elected governor of the state. He remained in office until 1867. He then resumed the practice of his profession at Louisville, Ky. , where he died Jan. 12, 1875. BRANCH, John, statesman, was born in Halifax county, NC, Nov. 4, 1782. He was graduated at the University of North Carolina in 1801, was admitted to the bar, and soon rose to eminence in his profession. He became judge of the superior court, was elected to the state senate in 1811, and re-elected each year until 1817, when he became...
Page 114 - In 1854, as Chairman of the Committee on Colleges, Academies, etc., he matured and carried through the act creating the Department of Public Instruction. He was, this year, a member of the Committee of Ways and Means. He attended moderately to his profession during the three years immediately following; but, in 1857, a hemorrhage of the throat or lungs brought him to the borders of the grave.
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