History of the state of New York, political and governmental; . nation. The administration of Governor Morgan began ina calm, business-like manner. The Eighty-second Leg-islature assembled on January 4, 1859, with the sameSenate as at the previous session. In the AssemblyDeWitt C. Littlejohn was made Speaker and WilliamRichardson Clerk; and among the new members wereGeorge Opdyke, of New York, and Henry W. Slo-cum, of Onondaga. The Governors message was ofmoderate length and was the practical business docu-ment that was to be expected from such a man. He 432 John Alsop King John Alsop King, 22

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History of the state of New York, political and governmental; . nation. The administration of Governor Morgan began ina calm, business-like manner. The Eighty-second Leg-islature assembled on January 4, 1859, with the sameSenate as at the previous session. In the AssemblyDeWitt C. Littlejohn was made Speaker and WilliamRichardson Clerk; and among the new members wereGeorge Opdyke, of New York, and Henry W. Slo-cum, of Onondaga. The Governors message was ofmoderate length and was the practical business docu-ment that was to be expected from such a man. He 432 John Alsop King John Alsop King, 22nd governor (1857-58); born in NewYork City, January 3, 1788; lawyer; member of assembly fromQueens county, 1819-1821; state senator, 1823; resigned toaccept appointment as secretary of legation to the court of ; charge d affairs, June 15 to August 2, 1826; againelected a state legislator in 1832, 1838 and 1840; member ofcongress, 1849-51; governor, 1857-1858; delegate from NewYork to the peace conference in 1861 ; died at Jamaica, L. I.,July 7,

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