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DeWitt Clinton [a] (March 2, 1769 – February 11, 1828) was an American politician and naturalist.He served as a United States senator, as the mayor of New York City, and as the seventh and ninth governor of New York.
The 1828 United States presidential election in New York took place between October 31 and December 2, 1828, as part of the 1828 United States presidential election. Voters chose 36 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. For this election, New York used the Congressional District ...
New York University (NYU) is a private research university located in New York City, [2] which was founded by Albert Gallatin in 1831. [3] The "president and chancellor", often shortened to president, is the highest authority in the university after the board of trustees, [4] serving as its chief executive and chief academic officer. [5]
While Andrew Jackson won a plurality of electoral votes and the popular vote in the election of 1824, he lost to John Quincy Adams as the election was deferred to the House of Representatives (by the terms of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, a presidential election in which no candidate wins a majority of the electoral vote is decided by a contingent election in the ...
The 1828 New York gubernatorial election was held from November 3 to 5, 1828. Incumbent Governor DeWitt Clinton died in office on February 11, 1828. Lieutenant Governor Nathaniel Pitcher succeeded him but was not a candidate for election to the next term.
New York was one of the original Thirteen Colonies on the east coast of North America, and was admitted as a state on July 26, 1788. Prior to declaring its independence, New York was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain, which it in turn obtained from the Dutch as the colony of New Netherland; see the list of colonial governors and the list of directors-general of New Netherland for the ...
Two minor political parties are formed: The single-issue Anti-Masonic Party in upstate New York, and the Nullifier Party advocating states' rights in opposition to the 'Tariff of Abominations'. American Peace Society established. A ring spinning machine is developed in the U.S.
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