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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkCLINTON, George
(1739—1812)
CLINTON, George, (uncle of George Clinton [1771-1809], De Witt Clinton, and James Graham Clinton), a Delegate from New York and a Vice President of the United States; born in Little Britain, Ulster (now Orange) County, N.Y., July 26, 1739; completed preparatory studies; served as lieutenant of rangers in the expedition against Fort Frontenac; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Little Britain; clerk of the court of common pleas in 1759 and district attorney in 1765; surveyor of New Windsor; member of the State assembly in 1768; served on the New York Committee of Correspondence in 1774; Member of the Continental Congress from May 15, 1775, to July 8, 1776, when he was ordered to take the field as brigadier general of militia; appointed brigadier general by Congress in March 1777; Governor of New York 1777-1795; president of the State convention which ratified the Federal Constitution; again Governor of New York 1801-1804; elected Vice President of the United States in 1804 as a Republican and served four years under President Thomas Jefferson; reelected in 1808 and served under President James Madison until his death in office; died in Washington, D.C., April 20, 1812; interment in the Congressional Cemetery; reinterment in the First Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery, Kingston, N.Y., in May 1908.
Bibliography
Kaminski, John P. George Clinton: Yeoman Politician of the New Republic
. Madison, Wisc.: Madison House, 1993.
Kaminski, John P. George Clinton: Yeoman Politician of the New Republic
. Madison, Wisc.: Madison House, 1993
Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York, 1777-1795, 1801-1804. Published by the State of New York. New York and Albany, 1899-1914.
[New York: AMS Press, 1973].
Spaulding, E. Wilder. His Excellency, George Clinton: Critic of the Constitution
. 1938. Reprint, Port Washington, N.Y.: I.J. Friedman, 1964.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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