. History of the state of New York, political and governmental;. William Henry Seward William Henry Seward, 1+th governor (1839-42) ; born atFlorida, Orange county, N. Y., May 16, 1801; lawyer; memberstate senate, 1831-1834; unsuccessful as whig candidate for gov-ernor, 1834; elected 1838, served 1839-42; elected to UnitedStates senate in 1S49 and served until March 3, 1861; secre-tary of state in President Lincolns and President Johnsonscabinet (March 5, 1861, to March 3, 1869) ; largely instrumentalin securing redress from Great Britain for damages wroughtAmerican shipping on the high seas b
. History of the state of New York, political and governmental;. William Henry Seward William Henry Seward, 1+th governor (1839-42) ; born atFlorida, Orange county, N. Y., May 16, 1801; lawyer; memberstate senate, 1831-1834; unsuccessful as whig candidate for gov-ernor, 1834; elected 1838, served 1839-42; elected to UnitedStates senate in 1S49 and served until March 3, 1861; secre-tary of state in President Lincolns and President Johnsonscabinet (March 5, 1861, to March 3, 1869) ; largely instrumentalin securing redress from Great Britain for damages wroughtAmerican shipping on the high seas by the Alabama and inconcluding with Russia the arrangements for the purchase ofAlaska; died at Auburn, N. Y., October 10, 1872. HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Political and Governmental EDITED BY)( B: SMITH. VOLUME II 1822 - 1864 BY WILLIS FLETCHER JOHNSON THE SYRACUSE PRESS. Inc SYRACUSE. NY. 1922 V .^ Copyrighted The Syracuse Press, Inc. 1922 FEB 15 1924 CU778351 CONTENTS OF VOLUME IICHAPTER I, 1822 THE ALBANY REGENCY End of rule by the great families 15 Growth in population 16 Beginnings of the Regency 17 Samuel A. Talcott 18 Benjamin F. Butler; William L. Marcy 19 High character of the Regency 20 Its first achievement 22 Democratic supremacy 22 CHAPTER II, 1823-1824 GOVERNOR YATESS ADMINISTRATION The Forty-sixth Legislature 24 Recommendations by the Governor 25 Contention over judicial nominations 27 Ambrose Spencers disgruntlement and revenge 29 The State Printers 31 Edwin Croswell 32 National politics in 1823 33 The question of choosing Presidential Electors 35 The Forty-seventh Legislature 37 Battle royal over the Electors 39 Crawford, Jackson, Adams 41 Yates incurs unpopluarity 42 The Regency turns to Samuel Young 43 DeWitt Clinton favors Jackson for President 44 The scheme to rem
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