. History of the state of New York, political and governmental;. irtieth Legislature met on January 27, the months preceding the various party leadershad been busily engaged in preparing for the fraywhich was certain to ensue, with a resolution to makeit a battle to the death. Clinton controlled a majorityof the Democrats, but a fusion of the Quids andFederalists—of which latter there were eighteen in theAssembly—would form a majority of the whole Legis-lature. Care was taken, through promise of patronage,to make this fusion effective, as indeed it proved to first test of st
. History of the state of New York, political and governmental;. irtieth Legislature met on January 27, the months preceding the various party leadershad been busily engaged in preparing for the fraywhich was certain to ensue, with a resolution to makeit a battle to the death. Clinton controlled a majorityof the Democrats, but a fusion of the Quids andFederalists—of which latter there were eighteen in theAssembly—would form a majority of the whole Legis-lature. Care was taken, through promise of patronage,to make this fusion effective, as indeed it proved to first test of strength arose over the election of theSpeaker of the Assembly. Dr. Sheldon, Clintonian,was a candidate for reelection, but he was opposed byAndrew McCord, of Orange county, a Quid; and thelatter was elected by a majority of eleven votes. Therewas a like contest over the Clerkship. The brilliant andpopular Mr. Southwick was a candidate for reelection,and at first seemed certain of success. Everybody likedhim, and he merited such regard because of his talents. Smith Thompson Smith Thompson, jurist, born in Stanford, N. Y., January17, 1768; lawyer; member of legislature, 1800; delegate toconstitutional convention, 1801; justice supreme court, 1804-14;chief justice, 1814-19; secretary of the navy under PresidentMonroe; justice United States supreme court, 1823; died atPoughkeepsie, December 18, 1843. 1807] THE NEW ERA 273 and his cordial and amiable disposition. As Clerk forthree sessions he had been equally courteous and gen-erous to friend and foe. Nevertheless, he was a friendof DeWitt Clinton, and that was enough to doom was beaten by the narrow majority of six votes byGarret Y. Lansing, a nephew of the Chancellor, JohnLansing, and one of the bitterest foes of Clinton in allthe State. Governor Lewis, apparently thinking that therewould be enough politics in the session without hisinjecting any, made his address, at the opening, ascolorless as possible, though not devo
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