William L. Marcy

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William L. Marcy was a prominent 19th-century American statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of War, Secretary of State, and Governor of New York.

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instanceOf American politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
appointedBy Franklin Pierce ⓘ
James K. Polk ⓘ
birthDate 1786-12-12 ⓘ
birthPlace Southbridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
Sturbridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
burialPlace Albany Rural Cemetery ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1857-07-04 ⓘ
deathPlace Ballston Spa, New York ⓘ
linked to: Ballston Spa
educatedAt Brown University ⓘ
ethnicGroup European American ⓘ
familyName Marcy ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
honoredIn Marcy, New York ⓘ
knownFor advocacy of the spoils system in American politics ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
middleName Learned ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableQuote "To the victor belong the spoils of the enemy." ⓘ
notableWork formulation of the phrase "to the victor belong the spoils" ⓘ
occupation judge ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
officeEnd Governor of New York, 1839 ⓘ
United States Secretary of State, 1857 ⓘ
United States Secretary of War, 1849 ⓘ
officeStart Governor of New York, 1833 ⓘ
United States Secretary of State, 1853 ⓘ
United States Secretary of War, 1845 ⓘ
participantIn Mexican–American War (as U.S. Secretary of War) ⓘ
partOf Albany Regency political organization ⓘ
positionHeld Associate Justice of the New York Supreme Court ⓘ
Governor of New York ⓘ
New York State Comptroller ⓘ
United States Secretary of State ⓘ
United States Secretary of War ⓘ
linked to: Secretary of War

United States Senator from New York ⓘ
religion Baptist ⓘ
linked to: Baptists
residence Albany, New York ⓘ
linked to: Albany

Washington, D.C. ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workedOn Ostend Manifesto context and related foreign policy issues ⓘ

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Albany Rural Cemetery → hasNotableInterment → William L. Marcy ⓘ
Mary Ellen Marcy → father → William L. Marcy ⓘ
Mary Ellen Marcy → notableFamilyMember → William L. Marcy ⓘ
Mary Ellen Marcy → relative → William L. Marcy ⓘ
Albany Academy → hasNotableAlumnus → William Learned Marcy ⓘ
linked to: William L. Marcy
Albany Academy → hasNotableAlumnus → William L. Marcy ⓘ
Mount Marcy → namedAfter → William L. Marcy ⓘ
Silas Wright → servedAlongside → William L. Marcy ⓘ
Marcy Houses → namedAfter → William L. Marcy ⓘ
Enos T. Throop → succeededBy → William L. Marcy ⓘ
Albany Regency → hasKeyMember → William L. Marcy ⓘ
Marcy → notableBearer → William L. Marcy ⓘ
Elgin–Marcy Treaty → negotiatedBy → William L. Marcy ⓘ
Elgin–Marcy Treaty → representedCountry → William L. Marcy; United States ⓘ
linked to: William L. Marcy
Marcy, New York → namedAfter → William L. Marcy ⓘ