History of the state of New York, political and governmental; . Charles Anderson Dana Charles Anderson Dana, editor; born in Hinsdale, N. H.,August 8, 1819; worked in a store in Buffalo, N. Y., when 18years old; studied Latin by himself and prepared himself forHarvard, entering in 1839, but leaving in 1841 on account ofeye trouble; afterward given bachelors and masters degrees;became a member of the Brook Farm colony in 1842 withGeorge and Sophia Ripley, George William Curtis, NathanielHawthorne, Theodore Parker, William Henry Channing, Mar-garet Fuller and other philosophers; joined the staff
History of the state of New York, political and governmental; . Charles Anderson Dana Charles Anderson Dana, editor; born in Hinsdale, N. H.,August 8, 1819; worked in a store in Buffalo, N. Y., when 18years old; studied Latin by himself and prepared himself forHarvard, entering in 1839, but leaving in 1841 on account ofeye trouble; afterward given bachelors and masters degrees;became a member of the Brook Farm colony in 1842 withGeorge and Sophia Ripley, George William Curtis, NathanielHawthorne, Theodore Parker, William Henry Channing, Mar-garet Fuller and other philosophers; joined the staff of theNew York Tribune in 1847 and remained as editor until April1, 1862; went to Albany in 1861 to advance the cause ofHorace Greeley for United States senate; employed by Secre-tary Stanton in special work for the war department, 1862;assistant secretary of war, 1864-1865; organized and becameeditor of the New York Sun, 1867, the first number appearingJanuary 27, 1868; died at Glen Cove, L. I., October 17, Daniel Steveks Dickinson Daniel Stevens Dickinson; born in Goshen, Conn., Septem-ber 11, 1800; moved with his parents to Chenango county,N. Y., in 1806; studied law and was admitted to the bar in1826; began practice in Binghamton, N. Y., in 1831; state sen-ator, 1837-1840; lieutenant governor, 1842; president of thesenate and president of the court of errors, 1842-1844; a presi-dential elector on the Polk ticket, 1844; appointed to the UnitedStates senate from New York to fill the vacancy caused bythe resignation of Nathaniel P. Tallmadge and afterwardelected and served from November 30, 1844 to March 3, 1851;elected attorney general of New York state in 1861; UnitedStates district attorney for the southern district of New York;died in New York City, April 12, 1866. 26 POLITICAL AND GOVERNMENTAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK tunity for tricky amendment and hurried puttingthrough of selfish schemes. The judiciary was elected by popular vote, and theterm for even t
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