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William Sulzer (March 18, 1863November 6, 1941) was an American lawyer and politician, nicknamed Plain Bill Sulzer. He was the 39th Governor of New York and a long-serving congressman from the same state. He was the first and so far only New York Governor to be impeached. He broke with his sponsors at Tammany Hall, and they produced convincing evidence that Sulzer had falsified his sworn statement of campaign expenditures. ==Early life and career== William Sulzer was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey on March 18, 1863. He attended the public schools and took night classes at Cooper Union before attending and graduating from Columbia College. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1884, and commenced practice in New York City. Even before beginning his law practice he was a member of Tammany Hall political machine serving as a popular stump speaker.〔Jacob Alexis Fredman ''The Impeachment of Governor William Sulzer'' (1939), Pg. 16〕 Sulzer’s career in politics began in 1884 when he worked for the Tammany Hall political machine on New York’s East Side as a stump speaker for various Democratic campaigns including the presidential campaign of then-Governor Grover Cleveland Sulzer was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1890, 1891, 1892 (all three New York Co., 14th D.), 1893 and 1894 (both New York Co., 10th D.). His participation in the machine helped assure that he was appointed to the Committee on General Laws in his first term.〔Matthew L. Lifflander ''The Impeachment of Governor William Sulzer: A Story of American Politics'' (2012) Pg. 7〕 During his time in the Assembly he introduced bills seeking to abolish debtors' prisons, and to limit hours for workers. His popularity and loyalty to Tammany machine were such that in 1893, Tammany Boss Richard Croker selected Sulzer to be elected as Speaker of the New York State Assembly. The term was noted as being highly corrupt and highly partisan, as the Democratic machine dominated all committees, and with them the state budget. Sulzer himself declared during the term that “()ll legislation came from Tammany Hall and was dictated by that great statesmen, Richard Croker.”〔Fredman ''The Impeachment of Governor William Sulzer'' Pg. 21〕 During his time in the Assembly, Sulzer was a delegate to the 1892 Democratic National Convention, and returned as such to every national convention until 1912. 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「William Sulzer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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