. Leslie's history of the greater New York . 812 he received eighty-nineelectoial votes as candidate for the Presidency of the United Statesagainst James Madison. In 1816 he organized a great mass meetingin New York City, Avhich petitioned the Legislature in favor of the Eiie Canal. The Legislature author-ized the project, and appointed Clintonone of five Commissioners to cari-y outthe enterprise. He was Governor dur-ing most of the i^eriod of construction,as he was when the canal was com-l)leted. His contiilintion, in this way,to the commercial supremacy of NewNork City can scarcely be overes
. Leslie's history of the greater New York . 812 he received eighty-nineelectoial votes as candidate for the Presidency of the United Statesagainst James Madison. In 1816 he organized a great mass meetingin New York City, Avhich petitioned the Legislature in favor of the Eiie Canal. The Legislature author-ized the project, and appointed Clintonone of five Commissioners to cari-y outthe enterprise. He was Governor dur-ing most of the i^eriod of construction,as he was when the canal was com-l)leted. His contiilintion, in this way,to the commercial supremacy of NewNork City can scarcely be Witt Clinton was the third son byhis fatliei-s first wife, Mary De grandfather, Charles (Tinton, immi-grated to America from Ireland, andwas in ttiru the great-grandson of HenryClinton, second Earl of Lincoln, andalso descended from the Kennedys,Earls of Cassilis. Admiral George Clin-ton, Colonial Governor of New Yorkfrom to 1753, and Sir Henry Clinton, British General duringthe Revohition, Mere of the same ^\ DE WITT CLINTON. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NEW YORK BIOGRAPHY. 39 CLINTON, CHAKLES WILLLUI, one of tlu- prominent architectsof New York ritv, has served seven years as Vice-Presiihmt of theNew York Chapter of the American Institnte of Architects, and hasgiven to the city a number of its most notable buildinsis, of whichthe Seventh Armory and the Mutual Life Insniance Build-ing- are examples. He is a director of the Clinton Apartment Company,a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Architectural League,and the Municipal Art Society, and likewise a member of the Tuxedoand New York Yacht clubs, and the Centni-y Association, lie wasborn and educated in this city, studying architecture under the lateRichard Injohn. He was long a member of the Seventh Regiment,and during the Civil War three times volunteered when it was calledinto active service. He is the son of the late Dr. Alexander Clintonand Adeline Arden, daughter of Alexander James Ham
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