. History of the state of New York, political and governmental;. MVR()\ Myron Holley Clark, 21st governor (185S-56); born at Naples, Ontario county, October 23, 18(16; sheriff of Ontario county; state senator, 1852-4; governor, 1855-1856; died atCanandaigua, N. V., August 22, George Franklis Comstock George Franklin Comstock, jurist; born, Williamstown,Oswego county, August 24, 1811; graduated from Inion collegein 1834; la\v\er; appointed by Cjovernor Young as rejiorter tothe court of appeals then newly organized, 1847; appointed byPresident Fillmore solicitor to the Tre
. History of the state of New York, political and governmental;. MVR()\ Myron Holley Clark, 21st governor (185S-56); born at Naples, Ontario county, October 23, 18(16; sheriff of Ontario county; state senator, 1852-4; governor, 1855-1856; died atCanandaigua, N. V., August 22, George Franklis Comstock George Franklin Comstock, jurist; born, Williamstown,Oswego county, August 24, 1811; graduated from Inion collegein 1834; la\v\er; appointed by Cjovernor Young as rejiorter tothe court of appeals then newly organized, 1847; appointed byPresident Fillmore solicitor to the Treasury of the UnitedStates, 1852; judge of the court of appeals, 1855-1861; defeatedfor reelection; elected delegate at large to the constitutionalconvention of 1867 and with Charles J. Folger practicall\-framed the article on the judiciary; was active in the move-ment to secure Syracuse university; died February 11, 1892,Syracuse, N. V. 1856] THE REPUBLICAN ADVENT 417 joint body, and was indeed the most competent andmasterful figure in the party. Four ballots were needed for the choice of a can-didate for Governor, the leading candidates beingAmasa J. Parker, Fernando Wood, Addison Gardiner,and David L. Seymour. Parker was a cultivated NewEnglander, an eminent lawyer who had served withdist
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