Silas Wright

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Silas Wright was a prominent 19th-century American Democratic politician who served as a U.S. Senator and Governor of New York and became a leading figure in the party’s anti-slavery, reformist wing.

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Silas Wright canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician ⓘ
Democratic Party politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
buriedIn Canton, New York ⓘ
closeAllyOf Martin Van Buren ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1795-05-24 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1847-08-27 ⓘ
educatedAt Middlebury College ⓘ
endTime 1846-12-31 ⓘ
familyName Wright ⓘ
givenName Silas ⓘ
ideology Jacksonian democracy ⓘ
linked to: Jacksonian era

hard money Democrat ⓘ
knownFor influence in New York state politics in the 1830s and 1840s ⓘ
leadership in the Barnburner wing of the New York Democratic Party ⓘ
opposition to the recharter of the Second Bank of the United States ⓘ
support for hard-money financial policies ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
militaryRank brigadier general (New York Militia) ⓘ
movement Barnburner faction of the New York Democratic Party ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableWork advocacy for independent treasury system ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
officeContested Vice President of the United States ⓘ
partOf United States Congress in the Jacksonian era ⓘ
placeOfBirth Amherst, Massachusetts ⓘ
placeOfDeath Canton, New York ⓘ
positionHeld Governor of New York ⓘ
Member of the New York State Senate ⓘ
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
New York State Comptroller ⓘ
Surrogate of St. Lawrence County, New York ⓘ
United States Senator ⓘ
practicedLawIn Canton, New York ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
represented New York ⓘ
representedIn United States Senate ⓘ
residence Canton, New York ⓘ
servedAlongside William L. Marcy ⓘ
servedIn New York Militia ⓘ
linked to: New York militia
sexOrGender male ⓘ
startTime 1845-01-01 ⓘ
termEndAsGovernorOfNewYork 1846-12-31 ⓘ
termEndAsUSSenator 1844-11-26 ⓘ
termStartAsGovernorOfNewYork 1845-01-01 ⓘ
termStartAsUSSenator 1833-03-04 ⓘ
wasAdmittedToTheBarIn 1819 ⓘ

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Barnburner Democrats → notableMember → Silas Wright ⓘ
Wright County → isNamedAfter → Silas Wright ⓘ
Barnburners → hasNotableMember → Silas Wright ⓘ
Wright County, Iowa → namedAfter → Silas Wright ⓘ
Wright County, Minnesota → namedAfter → Silas Wright ⓘ
Wright County, Missouri → namedAfter → Silas Wright ⓘ
Albany Regency → hasKeyMember → Silas Wright ⓘ