. History of the state of New York, political and governmental;. Preston King Prestnn King; horn in Ogdenshiirg, N. Y., October 14, 1806;was graduated from I iiinn college, 1827; lawyer; estalilishedthe St. Lawrence Republican, 1830; postmaster of ; member of the state legislature, 1835-1838; incongress, 1843-1853; elected to the United States senate andserved 1857-1863; delegate to the national convention andpresidential elector on the republican ticket in 1S64; appointedby President Johnson as collector of the port of New York,August 15, 1865; drowned from a ferryboat in
. History of the state of New York, political and governmental;. Preston King Prestnn King; horn in Ogdenshiirg, N. Y., October 14, 1806;was graduated from I iiinn college, 1827; lawyer; estalilishedthe St. Lawrence Republican, 1830; postmaster of ; member of the state legislature, 1835-1838; incongress, 1843-1853; elected to the United States senate andserved 1857-1863; delegate to the national convention andpresidential elector on the republican ticket in 1S64; appointedby President Johnson as collector of the port of New York,August 15, 1865; drowned from a ferryboat in New Yorkharbor, November 12, 1865. I. I ?ME Td_ -TIT 3E iwittnra fir*» .&. 1844] GOVERNOR BOUCK 305 1843. left a vacancy on the bench of the United StatesSupreme Court which it was generally conceded shouldbe filled with another New Yorker. In December ofthat year President Tyler sent to the Senate the nameof John C. Spencer, of New York, who was at that timeSecretary of War. Confirmation was refused, the WhigSenators voting against him on the purely politicalground that, while formerly a Whig, he had acceptedoffice under President Tyler, a Democrat. In January. 1844, the President sent to the Senate the name ofReuben H. Walworth, Chancellor of the State of NewYork, but it was pigeonholed and no action was takenupon it by the Senate for more than a year. Finally inFebruary, 1845, the President withdrew the name ofMr. Walworth and substituted that of Samuel of the Supreme Court of New York, whowas confirmed. Just before the adjournment of the Legislature theDemocratic members, both conservative
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