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George Clinton (June 6, 1771 – September 16, 1809) was a Representative from New York and served in the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Congresses. ==Life and career== He was born in New York City on June 6, 1771, and was the son of James Clinton, nephew of George Clinton (1739–1812), brother of DeWitt Clinton, and half-brother of James Graham Clinton.〔Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands, (History of the Town of New Windsor, Orange County, N.Y. ), 1907, page 143〕 He graduated from Columbia College in 1793, studied law became an attorney.〔Columbia University, (Catalogue of Columbia College in the City of New-York ), 1826, page 38〕 The younger George Clinton was an early member of the Tammany Hall organization, including serving as one of its sachems.〔Franklin Benjamin Hough, William Elliot Woodward, (Washingtoniana: or, Memorials of the Death of George Washington ), Volume 1, 1865, page 131〕〔Edwin P. Kilroe, (Saint Tammany and the Origin of the Society of Tammany ), 1913, page 218〕 He was a delegate to the New York State constitutional convention in 1801.〔Charles Zebina Lincoln, (The Constitutional History of New York ), Volume 1, 1906, page 609〕 In political organizing and at conventions, George Clinton, Jr. was a manager and leader of the allies of his uncle George, in opposition to adherents of Aaron Burr as the two groups fought for supremacy in the Democratic-Republican Party.〔Joseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall, (The Port Folio ), Volume 2, 1802, page 258 to 259〕 He was also involved in farming and business in New York City and New Windsor, and was an incorporator of the Newburgh and Cochecton Turnpike Company.〔James Eldridge Quinlan, Thomas Antisell, (History of Sullivan County ), 1878, page 11〕〔Samuel Latham Mitchill, (The Medical Repository ), Volume 6, 1809, page 316〕 He served in the New York State Assembly from 1804 to 1805. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives as a Democratic-Republican to fill the vacancy caused when Samuel L. Mitchill resigned to accept election to the United States Senate.〔United States Congress, (Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States ), 1826, page 703〕 He was subsequently elected to two full terms, and served from February 14, 1805 to March 3, 1809. While in Congress George Clinton was one of the signers of a document protesting the caucus which nominated James Madison as the candidate of the Democratic-Republicans for President in 1808.〔C. & A. Conrad & Co., Philadelphia, (The American Register, or General Repository of History, Politics and Science ), Part 1, 1809, page 84〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Clinton, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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