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Erie Canal
The 363-mile (584-km) Erie Canal was the biggest public works project of the first half of the nineteenth century. Built between 1817 and 1825, and
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Tammany
( tăm'ənē ) or Tammany Hall, popular name for the Democratic political machine in Manhattan. After the American Revolution several patriotic societies
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Seward, William (1801 - 1872)
1801–72, American statesman, b. Florida, Orange co., N.Y. A graduate (1820) of Union College, he was admitted to the bar in 1822 and established
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Fish, Hamilton (1808 - 1893)
1808–93, American statesman, b. New York City, grad. Columbia, 1827; son of Nicholas Fish (1758–1833). He studied law and was admitted to the bar in
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Marcy, William (1786 - 1857)
1786–1857, American politician, b. Southbridge, Mass. He settled in Troy, N.Y., where he practiced law and, after serving in the War of 1812, held
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Morgan, Edwin George (1920-2010)
1920- ♦ Scottish poet and critic Born in Glasgow, he was educated at Glasgow University and served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War
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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1882-1945)
( dĕl'ənō rō'zəvĕlt ), 1882–1945, 32d President of the United States (1933–45), b. Hyde Park, N.Y. Through both his father, James Roosevelt, and his
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Jay, John (1745 - 1829)
1745–1829, American statesman, 1st chief justice of the United States, b. New York City, grad. King's College (now Columbia Univ.), 1764. He was
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Wagner, Robert F. (Robert Ferdinand), 1877-1953
( wăg'nӘr ), 1877–1953, American legislator, b. Germany. He arrived with his family in the United States in 1885 and grew up in poor surroundings in
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Conkling, Roscoe (1829 - 1888)
1829–88, American politician, b. Albany, N.Y. On his admission to the bar in 1850, he was immediately appointed district attorney of Albany. The son
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Roosevelt, Theodore (1858 - 1919)
President of the United States from 1901 through 1909, Theodore Roosevelt believed in giving all Americans a “square deal” and worked to create a
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Morris, Gouverneur (1752 - 1816)
( gəvərnēr',–nʊr' ), 1752–1816, American political leader and diplomat, b. Morrisania, N.Y. (now part of the Bronx); a grandson of Lewis Morris
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Kennedy, Robert (1925 - 1968)
1925–68, American politician, U.S. Attorney General (1961–64), b. Brookline, Mass., younger brother of President John F. Kennedy and son of Joseph P.
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Smith, John, 1580 - 1631
1580-1631 Explorer, Governor of Virginia, and Author John Smith was a central figure in establishing Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English
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Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836
1756–1836, American political leader, b. Newark, N.J., grad. College of New Jersey (now Princeton). A brilliant law student, Burr interrupted his
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Dulles, John Foster (1888 - 1959)
dŭl'əs, 1888–1959, U.S. secretary of state (1953–59), b. Washington, D.C.; brother of Allen Dulles , grandson of John Watson Foster , secretary of
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King, Rufus (1755 - 1827)
1755–1827, American political leader, b. Scarboro, Maine (then a district of Massachusetts). He served briefly in the American Revolution and
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Clinton, George (1739 - 1812)
1739–1812, American statesman, vice president of the United States (1805–1812), b. Little Britain, N.Y. Before he was 20 he served on a privateer and,
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Hughes, Charles Evans (1862 - 1948)
( hyuz ), 1862–1948, American statesman and jurist, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1910–16), U.S. secretary of state (1921–25), and 11th
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Tilden, Samuel (1814 - 1886)
1814–86, American political figure, Democratic presidential candidate in 1876, b. New Lebanon, N.Y. Admitted to the bar in 1841, Tilden was an
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Root, Elihu (1845 - 1937)
1845–1937, American cabinet member and diplomat, b. Clinton, N.Y. Admitted to the bar in 1867, he practiced law in New York City, became prominent in
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Clinton, Hillary (1947 - )
US lawyer, Democrat senator 2001–09, first lady 1993–2001, and US secretary of state 2009–13. She was elected senator for New York in November 2000 –
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Evarts, William Maxwell (1818 - 1901)
( ĕv'ərts ), 1818–1901, American lawyer and statesman, b. Boston; grandson of Roger Sherman. After attending Harvard Law School he began (1841) to
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Cleveland, (Stephen) Grover (1837 - 1908)
22nd and 24th president of the USA, 1885–89 and 1893–97; the first Democratic president elected after the Civil War. He attempted to check corruption
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Smith, Alfred Emanuel, 1873-1944
1873–1944, American political leader, b. New York City. Reared in poor surroundings, he had no formal education beyond grade school and took various
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Moynihan, Daniel (Mar 16, 1927 - Mar 26, 2003)
( moi'nĭhăn´´ ), 1927–2003, American sociologist and politician, b. Tulsa, Okla., grad. Tufts (B.A., 1948; M.A., 1949; Ph.D., 1961). Raised in a poor
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