Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and family history of New York . r municipal reform. He hassensed as delegate to several state Democratic conventions, andin 1884 was ]iresidential elector and a secretary of the college,which cast the vote of New York state for Cleveland and Hen-dricks. In 1888 he made a speech at Burlington, Iowa, whichwas printed and circulated by the National Democratic com-mittee in the campaig-n of that year. In 1892 he was presidentof the board for improvement of Park avenue, and in 1893 wasdelegate to the constitutional convention of the state of NewYork
Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and family history of New York . r municipal reform. He hassensed as delegate to several state Democratic conventions, andin 1884 was ]iresidential elector and a secretary of the college,which cast the vote of New York state for Cleveland and Hen-dricks. In 1888 he made a speech at Burlington, Iowa, whichwas printed and circulated by the National Democratic com-mittee in the campaig-n of that year. In 1892 he was presidentof the board for improvement of Park avenue, and in 1893 wasdelegate to the constitutional convention of the state of NewYork. t)n June 3, 1893, he was, Avithout application or solicita-tion on his part, a]i]>ointed by President Cleveland postmasterat New York city, the tirst Democrat to hold that office sinceJohn A. Mix, in 1860. The *Spring-field (Massachusetts) Re-publican, an opposition paper, said: President Clevelandseems to have made a hit in his appointment of Charles W. Day-ton as postmaster. Indeed, the entire press of the city ofNew York and the country was unanimous in its approval of.
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