The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . navy. Mr. Badger continued in this office un-til Sept. 13, 1841, when he retired from the cabinet,on accoimt of President Tyler having deserted thewhig party. Mr. Badger was succee
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . navy. Mr. Badger continued in this office un-til Sept. 13, 1841, when he retired from the cabinet,on accoimt of President Tyler having deserted thewhig party. Mr. Badger was succeeded by Abel On returning to North Carolina, Mr. Bad-ger was elected to the U. S. senate to fill a 1848 he was re-elected for a full term, at the ex-piration of which he gave up public life, and oncemore settled down to law practice. In 1853 Presi-dent Fillmore sent in Mr. Badgers name to the sen-ate for of the U. S. supreme court, but hewas not confirmed. At the beginning of the civilwar, Mr. Badger represented Wake county in theconvention whfch carried the state out of the strongly urged against the policy of secession,but in favor of maintaining the right of the state toregulate its local affairs. Mr. Badger died in Ra-leigh, N. C, May 11, 1866. GRANGER, Francis, postmaster-general. (SeeIndex.) CRITTENDEN, J. J., attorney-general. (SeeIndex.) OF AMERICAN BIOGKAPHY. 41. ^/Stste Capitol . CLINTON, George, governor of New York.(1777-95 and 1801-04) and vice-president of theUnited States (1804-12), was born at Little Britnin,Ulster Co. (now Orange), N. Y., July 26, 1739. Heis said to have been named after Adm. GeorgeClinton, son of the Earl of Lincoln, who was colo-nial governor of New York from 1743 to 1753,and with whose family George Clinton was believ-ed to be remotely connected. TheAmerican ancestor of the Clintons,Charles Clinton,was born in the coun-ty of Longford, Irelaud, and was theson of James Clinton, who in turn wasthe son of W
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