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Horatio Seymour (May 31, 1810 – February 12, 1886) was an American politician. He served as Governor of New York from 1853 to 1854 and from 1863 to 1864. He was the Democratic Party nominee for president in the 1868 United States presidential election, losing to Republican Ulysses S. Grant.
In December, in the 15th Senate District, Republican William Clark was elected for the session of 1863 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Democrat John Willard. The 86th New York State Legislature met from January 6 to April 25, 1863, at Albany, New York. The election of a Speaker proved to be difficult in the stalemated Assembly.
The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [4] Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the number of presidencies and the number of individuals who have served as president. [5]
New York: 14 Franklin Pierce New Hampshire: 15 James Buchanan Pennsylvania: 16 Abraham Lincoln Illinois: 17 Andrew Johnson Tennessee: 18 Ulysses S. Grant Illinois: 19 Rutherford B. Hayes Ohio: 20 James A. Garfield Ohio: 21 Chester A. Arthur New York: 22, 24 Grover Cleveland New York: 23 Benjamin Harrison Indiana: 25 William McKinley Ohio: 26 ...
The history of New York begins around 10,000 B.C ... In January 1863, ... Roosevelt was elected President in 1932 in part because of his promises to extend New York ...
The 1863 New York state election was held on November 3, 1863, ... Ward Hunt was Temporary Chairman until the choice of Abraham Wakeman as President.
On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered his historic Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Pennsylvania.
October 3 – President Lincoln designates the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day; October 5 – The Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Rail Road starts operations in Brooklyn, New York; this is now the oldest right-of-way on the New York City Subway, the largest rapid transit system in the United States and one of the largest in the world.