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  DeWitt Clinton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
DeWitt Clinton was a member of the New York state legislature from 1797 until 1802.
Clinton was able to accomplish many things as a leader in civic and state affairs such as improving the New York public school system, encouraging steam navigation and modifying the laws governing criminals and debtors.
Clinton died at the age of 59 and was interred in the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.
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 DeWitt Clinton
DeWitt was a member of the New York state legislature from 1797 until 1802.
Clinton was able to accomplish many things as a leader in civic and state affairs such as: New York public school system, encouragingd the steam navigation, modifying the laws governing criminals and debtors, and he was largely responsible for the creation of the Erie Canal.
Clinton died at the age of 59 February 11, 1828, and was interred in the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/de/DeWitt_Clinton.html   (327 words)

  
 De Witt Clinton
After his uncle, George Clinton, ceased to be prominent, on account of his advanced age, De Witt Clinton came to be regarded as a promising republican candidate for the presidency.
Clinton, having alienated his party by his course, without gaining the full sympathy of the federalists, was in 1813 displaced from the office of lieutenant governor.
Clinton's memorial had brought him prominently forward as the promoter of the enterprise, and, in spite of the opposition of those who denounced the scheme as visionary, he was elected governor of the state in 1817 by a nonpartisan vote.
www.famousamericans.net /famousamericans-cla-cob/dewittclinton   (1370 words)

  
 The Erie Canal and De Witt Clinton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Clinton, although he did not have adequate state funding at the time, decided to go ahead with his plans; as he was running for state governor at the time, he could not forestall the canal any further.
Clinton, who had won the governorship, was voted out of office in 1822, and removed from the Canal Board by political enemies in 1824.
Using his martyrdom and popular support, Clinton rode the excitement as the canal neared completion and was re-elected as governor in time to preside over the Erie Canal's opening ceremonies in October of 1825.
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 Port Clinton Ohio
DeWitt Clinton, famous New York statesman, proposed the building of a canal from the mouth of the Portage River in Sandusky County, Ohio, to the Ohio River at Cincinnati.
Haines' plan for the town and for himself were connected with the development of the proposed canal, it is reasonable to think he wished to honor DeWitt Clinton, who was known as "the Father of the Erie Canal" and whose death occurred in February, 1828, four months before the platting of the town was completed.
Port Clinton is becoming one of Ohio's most distinctive lakeshore communities by providing the vision, leadership and performance standards which allow for managed growth and development.
www.portclinton.com /history.htm   (559 words)

  
 DeWitt Clinton Biography / Biography of DeWitt Clinton Biography
The American politician DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828) was mayor of New York City, governor of New York State, and a tenacious sponsor of the state's Erie Canal.
DeWitt Clinton was born in Orange County, N.Y., the son of Gen. James Clinton and Mary DeWitt Clinton.
Clinton was a founder of the New York Literary and Philosophical Society, also serving as president of the American Academy of Art and vice president of the American Bible Society.
www.bookrags.com /biography-dewitt-clinton   (735 words)

  
 DeWitt Clinton
DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828), often referred to as the "Father of the Erie Canal," served in the New York State Legislature and the U.S. Senate, and was Mayor of New York City and Governor of New York State.
DeWitt Clinton was the nephew of George Clinton and the son of James Clinton (1733-1812), who served in the French and Indian Wars and as an American Revolutionary general.
Under the new state constitution, which George Clinton helped to frame, he was elected in June, 1777 as the first governor of New York State and was elected for six successive terms (1777-1795) and a seventh in 1800.
www.eriecanal.org /UnionCollege/Clinton.html   (413 words)

  
 The Founder of Gotham’s Fortunes by Richard Brookhiser, City Journal Winter 2004
DeWitt Clinton, born in what is now Orange County on the west bank of the Hudson in 1769, had the luckiest ancestry of any young man in late-eighteenth-century America, with the possible exception of John Quincy Adams.
Clinton’s nemesis in his middle years was the rising young lawyer from Kinderhook, Martin Van Buren, who fought him not on the dueling ground, but on the darker field of local politics.
In the cabin hung a portrait of Clinton in a Roman toga.
www.city-journal.org /html/14_1_urbanities-the_founder.html   (3678 words)

  
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DeWitt Clinton Cook was born on the 3rd day of May or 3-5 in New York.
DeWitt Clinton Cook was born on May 3rd or 5-3 and he died on July 1 or 7-1.
DeWitt Clinton Cook was born on 5-3 (1850) and died in 1887 in Calamus, Iowa.
www.klint-god-of-allness.com /cook/cc11.htm   (8074 words)

  
 DeWitt Clinton (locomotive) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The DeWitt Clinton of the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad (MandH) was the first steam locomotive to operate in the state of New York.
DeWitt Clinton was the governor of New York State responsible for the Erie Canal.
This page was last modified 08:58, 11 April 2006.
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 [RMSC Collections Department] British Pottery - Plate, 37.454.97
Clinton was a political power in New York State in the early years of the nineteenth century, usually in support of Thomas Jefferson and his policies.
Clinton was defeated by James Madison in the election.
Clinton believed strongly that construction of the Erie Canal was crucial to the advancement of his state and he began to work vigorously to generate popular support for the undertaking as a state enterprise.
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 DeWITT CLINTON PARK - ERIE CANAL PLAYGROUND - Historical Sign
DeWitt Clinton was the son of Revolutionary War general James Clinton and the nephew of New York Governor George Clinton.
Clinton is best remembered for his role in planning the Erie Canal, constructed in 1817-25 at a cost of $8 million.
DeWitt Clinton Park was truncated on the west side by 1.5 acres in 1931 for the construction of the Miller Highway, which has since been torn down.
www.nycgovparks.org /sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=12806   (604 words)

  
 Dewitt Clinton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
James' brother General George Clinton (1739-1812) was put in command of the Highlands at Fort Montgomery in 1776.
George Clinton was elected as New York's first governor, and served as Vice-President of the United States under Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828)was also a statesman and served as secretary to his uncle, Governor George Clinton.
www.hhr.highlands.com /dewitt.htm   (184 words)

  
 City of New York Check signed by DeWitt Clinton as Mayor - 1814
DeWitt Clinton was born in Little Britain, New York, and was educated at Columbia College.
One of Clinton’s most lasting accomplishments as a leader in civic and state affairs was the establishment of the New York public school system; actively interested in all scientific and social questions, he encouraged steam navigation, modified the laws governing criminals and debtors, and advocated the building of the Erie Canal.
Clinton was also very interested in the arts and the natural sciences, and he published an excellent summary of the state of scientific knowledge in the United States in a work entitled An Introductory Discourse (1814).
www.scripophily.net /dewclinsigch.html   (664 words)

  
 Ancestors of Dewitt Clinton King-[2129]
In the 1871 Census of Ontario Province, Huron Co., I found "Clinton" King, age 41, born in Ontario, religion--Wesleyan Methodist (his father, William, was Methodist), Irish heritage, occupation--farmer, in District 26 (Huron North), Subdistrict G (Morris), Division 1, Page 33.
The 1900 census states DeWitt's parents were also born in Canada, but his death certificate states that his father, William, was born in Vermont and his mother, Sibyl Clark, was born in New York.
DeWitt was buried in Detroit in Evergreen Cemetery, Section 8, Lot 4, Grave 3.
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 John W. Gardner
She died 20 Sep 1915 in DeWitt, Clinton Co, Michigan and was buried in DeWitt Cemetery, DeWitt, Clinton Co, Michigan.
Miland John GARDNER (John W.) was born 29 Jan 1848 in DeWitt, Clinton Co., Michigan.
She died 28 Oct 1909 in Bingham, Clinton Co., Michigan and was buried in South Bingham Cemetery, Clinton Co., Michigan.
webpages.charter.net /cgardner3/GardnerJohnW.html   (1520 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: GIDDINGS, DEWITT CLINTON
Dewitt Clinton Giddings, Democratic politician and early Texas businessman, the youngest of eight children of James and Lucy (Demming) Giddings, was born on July 18, 1827, in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
In 1853 Dewitt Giddings was admitted to the Texas bar, received license to practice before the state district and supreme courts, and became his brother's junior partner in Brenham.
Dewitt Clinton Giddings Papers, Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas at Austin.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/GG/fgi5.html   (938 words)

  
 New York Post Online Edition: postopinion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
On Monday, some 1,500 students from DeWitt Clinton HS marched on the Department of Education's Bronx headquarters.
DeWitt Clinton in recent years has had 60 percent more major violent crimes than the city average for schools of its size.
In the 2003-04 school year, DeWitt Clinton had 13 major crimes (i.e., felonies) — citywide, the average is 8.3.
www.nypost.com /postopinion/editorial/53752.htm   (241 words)

  
 212.net/Clinton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Clinton served as governor of New York from 1818-1821, and from 1825-1828.
George Clinton was an American soldier and statesman, and uncle of De Witt Clinton.
Sir Henry Clinton fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill as a major general in the British army.
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 Origin of the Names: Hell's Kitchen & Clinton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
DeWitt Clinton's daughter, Mary, held her land until at least 1845.
A DeWitt Clinton High School had opened at 58th Street and 10th Avenue as early as 1903 and at least one office building was named after him.
The monument association which put the bronze soldier in the park was also named after the Clinton neighborhood even as an organization of church and social welfare organizations, the Clinton Neighborhood Conference, which lasted from 1918 to 1935, was to carry that name.
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 H.S. 440 Dewitt Clinton High School
Dewitt Clinton High School has evolved from an elite program for college-bound boys when it graduated its first class in 1900 to a co-ed un-zoned borough wide school that serves children of immigrants as well as U.S.-born students, including African Americans and Hispanics.
Alumnus Kirby Smith writes: "Dewitt Clinton HS is a pretty good school compared to other urban public high schools in the area.
Dewitt Clinton has many programs other than the MACY program and it seems that less attention and resources are given to alternative programs because the MACY program is the most prestigious.
www.insideschools.org /fs/school_profile.php?id=1000   (1530 words)

  
 DeWitt Clinton --  Encyclopædia Britannica
DeWitt Clinton was the nephew of Governor George Clinton of New York.
Settled in 1654 as part of Lancaster, it was separately incorporated in 1850 and named for the statesman DeWitt Clinton.
Elected to the New York state senate in 1812, Van Buren led the Bucktails, opponents of DeWitt Clinton, the Federalist presidential runner-up in 1812 who became the governor of New York in 1817.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9024401   (875 words)

  
 DeWitt Clinton Johnson
DeWITT CLINTON JOHNSON, cashier of the Peoples State Bank of Ellinwood, is one of the best known younger citizens of Barton County.
Her children were: Amos; Hulda, who married Charles Zogers and lives at Clinton, Illinois; Ira, a Union soldier who died in DeWitt County, Illinois; Joseph, of Clinton; Emma, wife of James M. Kirk, of Clinton.
DeWitt Clinton Johnson was born in DeWitt County, Illinois, at Clinton, November 8, 1873, and was in his third year when the family came to Kansas.
skyways.lib.ks.us /kansas/genweb/archives/1919ks/j/johnsodc.html   (1613 words)

  
 DeWitt Clinton: his cousinship with Jean Margaret (Kennedy) Mitchelson through the Rapalje family
DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828), politician, naturalist, philanthropist, and educationist, was one of the most influential figures in New York history (see the Dictionary of American Biography).
A brother of Clinton’s mother, Maria DeWitt, was Dr. Andries DeWitt, whose son, Simeon DeWitt (1756-1834), was Surveyor General of New York, Chancellor of the University of the State of New York, and the author of Elements of Perspective (1813) (see DAB).
Francis Comfort DeWitt Clinton (1800-1880), (1769-1828) of Beamsville, U.S.senator from New York, Clinton Tp., Lincoln Co. Mayor of New York City, = Jemima Wilcox Governor of New York, (1801-1876) naturalist, author
cybrary.uwinnipeg.ca /people/dobson/genealogy/famous/Clinton.html   (549 words)

  
 DeWitt Clinton finds a buyer -- Page 1 -- TimesUnion.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
ALBANY -- A New York City investment firm is the new owner of the historic DeWitt Clinton apartments, where low-income tenants now have been given a year to leave.
The firm, See Why Gerard LLC, of Brooklyn, paid $5.3 million to DeWitt Clinton Associates for the building at the corner of Eagle and State streets, according to records filed with the Albany County clerk's office.
The DeWitt Clinton was constructed as a 400-room hotel in 1929; in its heyday, it hosted such dignitaries as John F. Kennedy and Elizabeth Taylor.
timesunion.com /AspStories/story.asp?storyID=470377&category=ALBANY&BCCode=LOCAL&newsdate=4/11/2006   (528 words)

  
 People - De Witt Clinton - Take The Fascinating Journey Through New York State - Lincoln-Titus Elementary School 5th ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
As a successful New York lawyer and public official, DeWitt Clinton was born on March 2, 1769, in Little Britain, New York.
Clinton went to grammar school and for two years he attended Kingston Academy.
Clinton attended Columbia College and graduated at the head of his class in 1786.
www.lakelandschools.org /lt/NewYorkVM/peopleclinton.htm   (157 words)

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