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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New York / USGeorge CLINTON
(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.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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