The History of Political Parties in the State of New-York: From the Ratification of the Federal Constitution to December, 1840 ...Phinney & Company, 1849 - New York (State) |
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... held - His services in the Militia of St. Lawrence County ...... Silas Wright at Home ............... . CHAPTER II . CHAPTER III . Page 13 28 Commencement of Mr. Wright's Political Life - His Nomination and Election to the Senate of New ...
... held - His services in the Militia of St. Lawrence County ...... Silas Wright at Home ............... . CHAPTER II . CHAPTER III . Page 13 28 Commencement of Mr. Wright's Political Life - His Nomination and Election to the Senate of New ...
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... held at the close of the session - Address of the Radical members - Whig legislative Cau- eus and Address - Democratic Mass Meeting at Albany - Different opin- ions as to the course pursued by Governor Wright - J . A. Spencer and Samuel ...
... held at the close of the session - Address of the Radical members - Whig legislative Cau- eus and Address - Democratic Mass Meeting at Albany - Different opin- ions as to the course pursued by Governor Wright - J . A. Spencer and Samuel ...
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... held - His services in the Militia of St. Lawrence County . WHEN an individual of obscure birth , without the aid of influential relations , without wealth , and without that glory which is sometimes gained by the daring and bril- liant ...
... held - His services in the Militia of St. Lawrence County . WHEN an individual of obscure birth , without the aid of influential relations , without wealth , and without that glory which is sometimes gained by the daring and bril- liant ...
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... held by Mr. Wright was that of Surrogate of the county of St. Lawrence . To this office he was appointed in the year 1820. It is worthy of re- mark , that this office must have been conferred on Mr. Wright in consequence of his merit ...
... held by Mr. Wright was that of Surrogate of the county of St. Lawrence . To this office he was appointed in the year 1820. It is worthy of re- mark , that this office must have been conferred on Mr. Wright in consequence of his merit ...
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... held till he resigned it in 1827 . In 1821-2-3 , he was elected town clerk , and inspector of common schools . We will venture the assertion , that the only office ( ex- cept that of pathmaster ) which he ever intimated he was desirous ...
... held till he resigned it in 1827 . In 1821-2-3 , he was elected town clerk , and inspector of common schools . We will venture the assertion , that the only office ( ex- cept that of pathmaster ) which he ever intimated he was desirous ...
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Page 608 - ... shall be entitled to vote at such election in the election district of which he shall at the time be a resident, and not elsewhere, for all officers that now are or hereafter may be elective by the people...
Page 611 - No lease or grant of agricultural land, for a longer period than twelve years, hereafter made, in which shall be reserved any rent or service of any kind, shall be valid.
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Page 580 - No member of the Legislature shall receive any civil appointment within this State, or to the Senate of the United States from the Governor, the Governor and Senate, or- from the Legislature, or from any city government during the time for which he shall have been elected ; and all such appointments and all votes given for any such member, for any such office or appointment, shall be void.
Page 602 - ... ]N"o such law shall take effect until it shall, at a general election, have been submitted to the people, and have received a majority of all the votes cast for and against it at such election.
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Page 41 - J., in his dissenting opinion, reviews the course of decision in the state of New York, as well as in other states, and comes to the conclusion, which is, we think, unassailable, that the majority opinion was wrong. The decision in this case is to us a curious one, inasmuch as we find the same court, only one year previous, in the case of Hendricks v.
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