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Albany regency,
A name popularly given to a few active and able men of the democratic party who became associated in 1822, of whom Martin Van Buren was a leader, having their headquarters at Albany, N. Y., and who, in a great degree, controlled the action of their party throughout the Union.
Their first great trial of strength was seen in an effort to elect William H. Crawford President of the United States in 1824, instead of John Quincy Adams.
See Hunkers.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alexander , William , 1726 -1783 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Benedict , Lewis , 1817 - (search)
Benedict, Lewis, 1817-
Military officer; born in Albany, N. Y., Sept. 2, 1817; was a graduate of Williams College; was admitted to the bar in 1841; was surrogate of Albany county in 1848, and member of Assembly in 1861.
He entered the military service as lieutenant-colonel of volunteers in 1861; served in the campaign on the Peninsula in 1862; was captured, and confined in Libby and Salisbury prisons several months, and when exchanged was sent to the Department of the Gulf, where he was distinguished for his wisdom and bravery.
he served as brigadiergeneral in the Red River campaign, till killed in the battle of Pleasant Hill, La., April 9, 1864.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Carr , Sir Robert 1664 -1667 (search)
Carr, Sir Robert 1664-1667
Commissioner; born in Northumberland, England.
In 1664 he was appointed, with Sir Richard Nicolls (q. v.) and others, on a commission to regulate the affairs of New England, and to take possession of New Netherland (q. v.). The commission came on a fleet which had been fitted out to operate against the Dutch settlers on the Hudson.
Carr and Nichols gained possession of New Netherland Aug. 27, 1664, and named it New York in honor of the Duke of York.
On Sept. 24 of the same year Fort Orange surrendered to the English, and was renamed Albany.
In February, 1665, Carr and his associates went to Boston, but the colonists there declined to recognize them, as did also the towns in New Hampshire.
In Maine, however, the commissioners were well received, and a new government was established in that colony, which lasted from 1666 to 1668.
He died in Bristol, England, June 1, 1667.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Clinton , de Witt 1769 -1828 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Conkling , Roscoe 1829 -1888 (search)
Conkling, Roscoe 1829-1888
Statesman; born in Albany, N. Y., Oct. 30, 1829; received an academic education; studied law with his father, a judge in the United States District Court and former minister to Mexico; admitted to the bar in 1850 in Utica; elected mayor in 1858, and also to Congress as a Republican; re-elected
Roscoe Conkling. to Congress in 1860, 1864, and 1866, and in January, 1867, was chosen United States Senator and held his seat till 1881.
During his service in the Senate he was active in the promotion of the reconstruction measures and in opposition to President Johnson's policy; was influential in securing the passage of the Civil rights bill (q. v.) over President Johnson's veto; and was notably conspicuous in his support of President Grant. Senator Conkling was a member of the judiciary committee during the entire course of his senatorial career.
He was a strong advocate of a third term for President Grant in 1880, and after the election of James A. Garfi
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Durrie , Daniel Steele , 1819 - (search)
Durrie, Daniel Steele, 1819-
Antiquarian; born in Albany, N. Y., Jan. 2, 1819; appointed librarian of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin in 1858; published genealogies of the Steele and Holt families; also a Bibliographica Genealogica Americana; History of Madison, Wis.; History of Missouri; and the Wisconsin biographical dictionary.