. History of the state of New York, political and governmental;. meeting of the Twenty-second Legisla-ture, the floodgates of partisanship were opened. Firstthe Assembly elected a new Council of Appointment,consisting of three Federalists and one of the opposition,the last named being necessarily chosen because therewas no Federalist Senator from the Southern a resolution was introduced for the division of theState into districts for the election of PresidentialElectors and also into Senatorial districts from each ofwhich one State Senator should be chosen—as at thepresent time.
. History of the state of New York, political and governmental;. meeting of the Twenty-second Legisla-ture, the floodgates of partisanship were opened. Firstthe Assembly elected a new Council of Appointment,consisting of three Federalists and one of the opposition,the last named being necessarily chosen because therewas no Federalist Senator from the Southern a resolution was introduced for the division of theState into districts for the election of PresidentialElectors and also into Senatorial districts from each ofwhich one State Senator should be chosen—as at thepresent time. This was really a scheme of the Democ-racy, that party hoping thus in the Presidential con-test of 1800 to secure some Electors from the districts inthe southern part of the State, which they would havelittle chance of doing if all were chosen on a generalState ticket. Despite the Federalist majority in theAssembly, the measure passed that house by a vote of55 to 40, because of the action of a number of nominalFederalists who were much under the influence of. Aaron Burr Aaron Burr, U. S. senator; born in Newark, N. J., February6, 1756; studied theology, but abandoned it for law; dis-tinguished himself in many battles of the revolution; memberof the legislature, 1784, 1798, 1800; attorney general, 1789-90;U. S. senator, 1791-97; president of state constitutional con-vention, ; tied Jefferson in presidential election of 1800;house of representatives declared Jefferson elected presidentand Burr vice-president; challenged and mortally woundedAlexander Hamilton in a duel at Weehawken, N. J., Julv 11,1804; coroners jury returned a verdict of murder; escapedto South Carolina; returned to Washington and completedterm as vice-president; arrested and tried for treason inAugust, 1807 for attempting to form a republic in the south-west of which he was to be head, but was acquitted; wentabroad in 1808; returned to New York City in 1812; died inPort Richmond, S. I., September 14, 1836
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