DeWitt Clinton was mayor of New York City, governor of New York State, and a sponsor of the state’s Erie Canal. He is most famous for the construction of the Erie Canal and his role in politics. He was associated with the Federalist party. He was born on March 2nd, 1769 in Little Britain, NY. He died on February 11th, 1828 in Albany, NY. He was an American and he served as a governor in the United States government. He was the son of General James Clinton and Mary DeWitt Clinton. General James Clinton was a farmer, a surveyor, and an American Revolutionary War officer. He graduated from Kingston Academy and Columbia College in the year 1786. He studied private law for three years. At the age of 18 he became an Anti-federalist propagandist …show more content…
He became a senator of New York from 1802 to 1803. He also became the mayor of New York from 1803 to 1807, 1808 to 1810, and 1811 to 1815. He later on became the lieutenant governor of New York from 1811 to 1813. Then he officially became the governor of New York from 1817 to 1823. Then again from 1825 to 1828. He was elected New York governor four times. He died on February 11, 1828. He died while still in office.
When John Jay was elected governor in 1795, Clinton decided to join the Democratic-Republican party. He entered the N.Y. Assembly in 1797, he later on moved to the state Senate in 1798, and he joined the Council of Appointment in 1801. Later on in 1802 DeWitt Clinton was chosen to fill an empty seat in the U.S. Senate. His chief contribution as senator was the initiation of the 12 Amendment of the Constitution. Congressional Republicans unanimously nominated James Madison for a second term as president. His reelection seemed certain. The opposing party, the Federalist Party had almost ceased to exist. George Clinton, who was the rival of Madison in the 1808 election, died in April. DeWitt Clinton was George’s nephew, who worked hard to secure the presidency for his uncle. He had his own ambitions for the office. But
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He published papers of ichthyology, botany, archaeology, anthropology, entomology, and geology. He used his prestige and his intellect to further the cultural life of the city of New York. He always strove to win public support for education and scientific research. He organized the Public School Society in 1805. He became the Chief Patron of New York City Hospital and the New York Orphan Society. He also secured the charter of the N.Y. Historical Society, serving as the president in 1817. He was the founder of the N.Y. Literary and Philosophical Society. He also served as president of the American Academy of Art and vice president of the American Bible Society. He attempted to set American intellectual life on a firm European foundation because America was seen as inferior to Europe at the time. These issues affect my character the most because he was deeply interested in educational and cultural affairs in the state of New York. He used his power to further the education of the people of New York. He was an active participant in education and he always tried to win support for education and research. As you can see, he was involved in many organizations that focus mainly on the wellbeing of the people, the educational system, and as well the arts. He was deeply motivated by this because he tried to make America as intellectual as possible so they can be up to par, maybe
He transformed the economy of the U.S through his business skills. It was because of his wise choices and investments that helped him rise to the top. It also made him a captain of industry because he owned every step of the process of producing steel, from creating it, to transporting it, to selling it. He didn’t keep his wealth all to himself. After selling his business, he spent the end of his life helping others and donating his money to good causes. Making positive contributions to the country is another reason why he was a captain of
He helped get Liberty. He studied the law. He gave his speech on the stamp act “Give me Liberty or give me death”
George later went to college in an all white school, this was a big accomplishment seeing that he was the 1st african american to attend & graduated. Then his career took off. George had became a scientists and studied plant biology. He made walls and paper out of nuts. Later on he discovered a way to help farmers in harsh climates to help them grow their crops. George Washington Carver later on was the most famous scientists at the time and others wanted to collaborate with him. He made a big impact which his studies from years from now would come to use when humans drain the resources. Overall he was a critical thinker and made objects off of never ending resources, and had and will soon have a bigger impact on this world than anybody else has
Benjamin Franklin, has contributed to US history with public health to poor people, now a days you can refer to health care from the government. Brought prosperity to American people to support medical plans. Later on, fundamentals goals he had were to build Education. As a result, he build a plan to enforce public library had the necessary resources because people buying books in those days was luxury.
He is known as one of the Founding Fathers of the Harlem Renaissance, because of his brilliant poetry and art.
He was also a vice president, he served two terms as vice president. He was the first vice president of the US. He served under George Washington. He served from 1791-1801. His terms were very frustrating for him. He often complained to his wife Abigail. “My country has in its wisdom contrived for me the most insignificant office ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived.
was elected mayor of one of the largest cities in America, New York. In 1968,
Henry Clinton was widely regarded as both wiser and more energetic. He faced his first challenge when, in May of 1778, a French fleet, carrying 4,000 troops and consisting of 11 warships, set sail toward America. This force was far superior to any that the British could supply at the time. Fearing a new war with France, Clinton was ordered to detach about 8,000 of his 10,000 troops to the West Indies and Florida and send the rest to New York City. This was all supposed to be done by way of naval transport. However, Clinton had hardly the vessels needed to transport the 3,000 horses that came with the troops. He decided instead to march the whole of his force to New York City, and detach the needed troops there.
James Knox Polk, born in Pineville, North Carolina on November 2, 1795 and died June 15, 1849 in Nashville, Tennessee. He served as the 17th speaker of the house of representatives (1835 - 1839). He later served as the 11th president of the United States (1845 - 1849), for the Democratic party, and said
In the next ten years of his life he made a lot of progress in his political career. In 1889 president Benjamin Harrison gave him the title of ³ Civil Service Commissioner.² In 1895 he resigned that job. He then became the president of new York City¹s ³ Board of Police Commissioners.² After two years of that he went back to Washington, this time as an assistant secretary of the navy. This political experience
Thomas Jefferson spent most of his career in public office and made his greatest contributions to his country in the field of politics. He loved liberty in every form, and he worked for freedom of speech, press, religion, and other civil liberties. Jefferson was the 3rd president of the United States and best remembered as a great president and as the author of the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson's interests and talents covered an amazing range. He became one of the leading American architects of his time and designed the Virginia Capital, the University of Virginia, and his own home, Monticello. He greatly appreciated art and music and tried to encourage their advancement in the United States. He also won lasting
All of his achievements include mostly of government type work. He graduated from college and classical studies classes. Also he was in the law department. “In 1859 and engaged in the practice of law; served the Confederacy as receiver of sequestered property.” Some of His major achievements were that he was a senator. Also he served on the court as a member, State Representative in 1880, and was elected as a Democrat to the Senate in 1881. However, he later resigned five years later to accept the job as the sixth circuit judge for the Unites States of
He was internationally recognized as an uncompromising abolitionist, indefatigable worker for justice and equal opportunity, and an unyielding defender of women's rights. He became a trusted advisor to Abraham Lincoln, United States Marshal for the District of Columbia, Recorder of Deeds for Washington, D.C., and Minister-General to the Republic of Haiti”.
General Sir Henry Clinton, born April 16th, 1730 was a very high ranking person in the British army in during the Revolutionary War. In The Glorious Cause by Jeff Shaara, he is mentioned many times at the beginning of the book. Throughout the middle and towards the end, he wasn’t focused on as much as he should have been. Shaara displays Henry Clinton as a minor character in his book, in the real world during the 1700s, Clinton was much more than that. His father, Commodore George Clinton, was also successful being a governor of Newfoundland. George Clinton had to move to New York with Henry since George was appointed governor. The Clinton family is considered to be noble and can be traced back to 1066—along with a long history of service to
Bill entered politics in Arkansas, and was defeated in his campaign for Congress in Arkansas’s Third District in 1974. Bill married Hillary Rodham the following year, a graduate of Wellesley College and Yale Law School, in 1980. He only had one child named Chelsea. Clinton was elected Arkansas Attorney General in 1976, and won the governorship in 1978. He regained office four years after losing a bid for a second term, and served until he defeated George Bush and third party candidate Toss Perot in the 1992 presidential race and became the President on January 20, 1993. He was Governor of Arkansas from 1979-1981 and 1983-1992) Bill’s vice President was Albert Gore Jr. Both White House and Congress were held by the same party for the first time in 12 years, but the Republicans won both houses in 1994. Bill Clinton was a Democratic President under the United States.