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  George Clinton (vice president) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George Clinton was the brother of General James Clinton and the uncle of De Witt Clinton, who served as seventh and ninth Governor of New York.
Clinton County, New York and Clinton County, Ohio are named after him, and Washington, D.C. has erected a gilded equestrian sculpture of him on Connecticut Avenue.
Thus, in 1792, with George Washington as the prohibitive favorite for President, the Democratic-Republican Party fielded Clinton with the intention that he be elected Vice President.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Clinton_(politician)   (529 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: George Clinton (politician)
George Clinton, from [1] File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version.
Charles Clinton (1690–1773) was a French and Indian War Colonel, the father of American Revolutionary War General James Clinton and U.S. Vice President George Clinton, and the grandfather of New York Governor DeWitt Clinton.
Clinton County is a county located in the state of New York.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/George-Clinton-(politician)   (3234 words)

  
 George Clinton (politician)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
George Clinton Encyclopedia Americana - In 1804 he was elected vice president under Thomas Jefferson.
Telegraph: Hillary Clinton urged to take on troubled Bush in 2004 contest Senator Clinton is under growing pressure to make a late bid for the White House in 2004 from supporters who believe that only she can defeat George W Bush.
Counter Clinton Library Proposed library, to be built in Little Rock, documenting the Clinton legacy from an anti-Clinton point of view.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-George_Clinton_(politician).html   (673 words)

  
 Science Fair Projects - DeWitt Clinton
In 1812 Clinton ran for President of the United States as candidate of the Federalists and anti-war Republicans, but was defeated by James Madison.
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.
De Witt Clinton Memorial at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn NY Clinton died at the age of 59 and was interred in the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/De_Witt_Clinton   (535 words)

  
 The real issue with George W. Bush
There are a lot of reasons to dislike Clinton and the most serious ones have nothing to do with an intern or a deposition - they have to do with the way he governs.
George W., by dancing around the question - addressing it sometimes, avoiding it at others - has made the issue a real one in the 2000 campaign, but not in the way we think.
The only problem is George W., who has had little to say about issues, has been running a campaign centered on his personal integrity - the no-bull man from Texas who'll look you straight in the eye and give you the truth, no polling needed.
www.capitolhillblue.com /Aug1999/083099/dubya083099.htm   (691 words)

  
 Governor George Clinton and Cornelia Tappen
Born in 1739 in New York Clinton studied law and was elected to the Provincial Assembly in 1768, gaining a reputation as a defender of freedom of speech and the press.
Appointed brigadier-general in 1775, Clinton was elected governor in 1777.
Clinton's age and infirmity had, if anything, enhanced his value to the president, because Jefferson intended to pass his party's mantle to Secretary of State James Madison when he retired after his second term, yet he needed an honest, "plain" Republican vice president in the meantime.
www.iment.com /maida/familytree/henry/bios/georgeclinton.htm   (810 words)

  
 George Clinton (politician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
George Clinton (July 26, 1739–April 20, 1812) was an American soldier and politician.
He was the uncle of De Witt Clinton, who served as seventh and ninth Governor of New York.
His father was an Irish immigrant to Little Britain NY and member of the New York colonial assembly who inspired his political interests.
www.encyclopedia-online.info /George_Clinton_%28politician%29   (365 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Clinton, George (politician)
Clinton, George (politician) (1739-1812), fourth vice president of the United States.
Clinton was born in Little Britain, New York, July 26, 1739.
Clinton was twice elected U.S. vice president: in 1804, serving under Thomas Jefferson, and in 1808, under James Madison.
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 Michael Powell (politician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Michael Kevin Powell (born March 23, 1963) is an American politician and a Republican.
He was appointed to the Federal Communications Commission by President Bill Clinton on 3 November 1997.
President George W. Bush designated him chairman of the commission on 22 January 2001.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Michael_Powell_(politician)   (960 words)

  
 George Clinton (politician)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He served as the first Governor of New York from 1777 to 1795 as a member of the State in 1800 and 1801 and as the third Governor from 1801 to 1804.
He was the uncle of De Witt Clinton who served as seventh and ninth of New York.
George Clinton: Yeoman Politician of the New Republic
www.freeglossary.com /George_Clinton_(politician)   (352 words)

  
 Vice-President George Clinton
George Clinton studied under a Scottish clergyman to prepare for his future responsibilities, interrupting his education at the age of eighteen in 1757 to serve in the French and Indian War.
Clinton's aptitude for surveying and his penchant for land speculation eventually made him one of the wealthier residents of Ulster Country, but, despite his considerable fortune, he was a man of frugal habits and congenial, unassuming manners.
Clinton remained an attractive vice-presidential prospect for Republican leaders hoping to preserve the Virginia-New York nexus so crucial to their strategy, although he was never entirely comfortable with the southern wing of the party.
www.iment.com /maida/familytree/henry/bios/vicepresidents.htm   (5186 words)

  
 George Clinton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In 1777 he became the first governor of the state of New York, and was one of the first to urge the building of the Erie Canal.
Clinton was vice-president under Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
DAB; Kaminski, John P. George Clinton: Yeoman Politician of the New Republic.
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 The Longford Link
George Clinton’s grandfather Alexander Denniston was a Scottish soldier of fortune who came over to Ireland towards the end of the seventeenth century and settled on the County Longford estates of Arthur Forbes, first Earl of Granard.
George Clinton was born to Elizabeth Denniston and Charles Clinton in 1739.
Politician, scholar and scientist (there is a genus of herbs, CLINTONIA, named in his honour) he was Governor of New York State, mayor of the city of New York on several occasions, state senator and unsuccessful candidate for the Presidency in 1812.
www.hoganstand.com /general/identity/geese/stories/longford.htm   (1202 words)

  
 George Clinton (politician) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
George Clinton (July 26, 1739 – April 20, 1812) was an (A native or inhabitant of the United States) American (An enlisted man or woman who serves in an army) soldier and (A person active in party politics) politician.
A supporter and friend of George Washington, he supplied food to the troops at (Click link for more info and facts about Valley Forge) Valley Forge, rode with Washington to the first Inauguration and gave an impressive dinner to celebrate it.
His father, (Click link for more info and facts about Charles Clinton) Charles Clinton, was an (The Celtic language of Ireland) Irish immigrant to (Click link for more info and facts about Little Britain, New York) Little Britain, New York and member of the New York colonial assembly who inspired his political interests.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/ge/george_clinton_(politician).htm   (443 words)

  
 George Clinton (politician)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
George Clinton (July 26, 1739 – April 20, 1812) wasan American soldier and politician.
He served as the first Governor of New York from 1777 to 1795, as a member of the State Assembly in 1800 and 1801,and as the third Governor from 1801 to 1804.
He was the uncle of De Witt Clinton, who served as seventh and ninthGovernor of New York.
www.therfcc.org /george-clinton-politician--10290.html   (331 words)

  
 Read about George Clinton (politician) at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research George Clinton (politician) and learn ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
De Witt Clinton, who served as seventh and ninth Governor of New York.
George Washington as the prohibitive favorite for President, the Republican Party fielded Clinton with the intention that he be elected Vice President.
Thomas Jefferson, with the intention that Jefferson be elected President and Burr be elected Vice President.
encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/George_Clinton_%28politician%29   (372 words)

  
 George Clinton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Hair is also an issue with a new PBS subject: George Clinton, the wackily tressed mastermind behind Parliament, Funkadelic and their many variations...
George Clinton Watkins was born March 10, 1921, in Alhambra, Calif., the third of seven children.
But George Clinton, founding father of the profoundly influential groove collective known as Parliament Funkadelic, is most definitely the joyously wigged-out...
www.wikiverse.org /george-clinton   (181 words)

  
 Fort Ticonderoga History: George Washington Bibliography
George Washington, "Expenses (in which those of Governor Clinton and other Gentlemen who accompanied me are included).
John Kaminski, George Clinton: Yeoman Politician of the New Republic, Madison, Wisconsin, Madison House, 1993.
Hubert R. Hudson, "George Washington: The Custis and Lee Connections," The Bulletin of the Fort Ticonderoga Museum, vol.
www.fort-ticonderoga.org /history/bibliographies/george_washington.htm   (605 words)

  
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It was an issue that politicians dodged and candidates evaded, that all parties avoided, that publicists feared, and that presidents and congressmen tried to hide under the tenuous fabric of their compromises promises.
The Clintons achieved their purpose through the agency of a Council of Appointment, prescribed by the first Constitution of the State, consisting of the Governor and four senators chosen by the legislature.
The politician succeeded either in electing a subservient mayor or in curtailing the mayor's authority by having the heads of departments elected or appointed by the council or made subject to the approval of the council.
www.gutenberg.org /dirs/etext02/bossm10.txt   (19700 words)

  
 New York Daily News - Home - I never lied about my job, sez Bill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Clinton, President Bush, and former presidents George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter took the stage together while the Air Force Concert Band played "Hail to the Chief." Their wives had arrived on the stage moments earlier, and all held their own umbrellas against steady rain.
Clinton, still recovering from his September cardiac surgery, often chuckled and slapped his thigh during the others' remarks.
Clinton famously insisted, "I never had sexual relations with that woman," but he later admitted he did have sex with Lewinsky.
www.nydailynews.com /front/story/253970p-217454c.html   (951 words)

  
 Amazon.de: English Books: George Clinton: Yeoman Politician of the New Republic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Kaminski's scholarly pursuit of the details of Clinton's life and career would be admirable under any circumstances, but it is made more so by the fact that many of Clinton's papers were lost in a library fire.
Kaminski's biography analyzes the public career of George Clinton (1739-1812), from Ulster County militia officer to "Pharoah of New York" and Vice President under both Jefferson and Madison.
Zum Seitenanfang : George Clinton: Yeoman Politician of the New Republic
www.amazon.de /exec/obidos/ASIN/0945612184   (360 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Clinton Corners (New York)
Clinton, George (politician): site of inauguration as governor of New York
Fur-trading posts were built here in the 1610s, and a settlement known as Esopus was established by the Dutch in 1652.
Castle Clinton National Monument, national monument authorized in 1946.
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 Reason
Fiscally, he is to the right of where Bill Clinton was in 1992.
Clinton, as everybody soon forgot, ran as a big-spending, heavy-handed liberal.
If in actuality he is a fast-footed career politician, as the record suggests—well, so much the better.
www.reason.com /rauch/120803.shtml   (1325 words)

  
 Wallace Rally - D. Gorton
George Wallace was the most complex politician the white south produced until Bill Clinton came onto the scene.
She had been placed there by George who couldn't succeed himself as Governor.
In less than a year, Wallace, who won the Governor's race, would be a cripple, the victim of an assassination attempt as he campaigned in Maryland for the Democratic Presidential nomination.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Clinton George (politician)
Clinton, Bill : political career – presidency : foreign policy issues – Ireland: Mitchell, George
After Mitchell retired from the Senate, U.S. president Bill Clinton appointed him economic adviser for Northern Ireland.
Clinton, George (musician), born in 1941, American singer and songwriter, bandleader, and seminal music producer.
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 The Political Graveyard: Clinton-Spencer family of New York
First Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery, Kingston, N.Y. Clinton counties in N.Y. and Ohio are named for him.
George Clinton : Yeoman Politician of the New Republic.
The coverage of the site includes certain federal officials, state officeholders and candidates in all 50 states, state and national political party officials, federal and state judges, and mayors (including candidates at election for mayor) of qualifying cities.
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 Hostile Witness And George Clinton: Yeoman Politician of the New Republic
Hostile Witness And George Clinton: Yeoman Politician of the New Republic
The "USA Today" bestselling author of "Keeping Counsel" returns with a gripping thriller about a brilliant lawyer torn among her client, a powerful family's hidden legacy, and the truth.
The first biography in over half a century of New York's first governor and vice president under Jefferson and Madison, George Clinton analyzes the public career of this pivotal founder who has remained lost to history.
www.brentnolan.com /hostile.htm   (111 words)

  
 Martin Van Buren   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The United States Democratic-Republican PartyRepublicans were divided into three factions, followers respectively of George Clinton (politician)George Clinton (and later of his nephew, De Witt Clinton), Robert R. Livingston and Aaron Burr.
His attitude towards slavery at the moment was shown by his vote, in January 1820, for a resolution opposing the admission of Missouri as a slave state.
He was a leading member of the "Albany regency," a group of politicians who for more than a generation controlled the politics of New York and powerfully influenced those of the nation, and which did more than any other agency to make the "spoils system" a recognized procedure in national, state and local affairs.
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