See also:

• SILAS (fl. A.D. 50)

SILAS See also:

• WRIGHT, CARROLL DAVIDSON (1840-1909)
• WRIGHT, CHAUNCEY (1830-1875)
• WRIGHT, JOSEPH (1734-1797)
• SILAS WRIGHT (1795-1847)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1809–1884)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1810—1877)
• WRIGHT, WILLIAM ALDIS (1836– )

WRIGHT (1795-1847)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• AMHERST
• AMHERST, JEFFREY AMHERST, BARON (1717-1797)

Amherst, See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

Mass., on the 24th of May 1795 . He graduated at See also:

• MIDDLEBURY

Middlebury See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• VERMONT

Vermont, in 1815, was admitted to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar in 1819, and began practice at See also:

• CANTON
• CANTON (borrowed from the Ital. cantone, a corner or angle)
• CANTON (more correctly KWANG-CHOW Fu)
• CANTON, JOHN (1718-1772)

Canton, in See also:

• NORTHERN

northern New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York . He was appointed See also:

• SURROGATE (from Lat. surrogare, to substitute for)

surrogate of St See also:

• LAWRENCE
• LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
• LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
• LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
• LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
• LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
• LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
• LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
• LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)

Lawrence See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county in 182o, and was successively a member of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

Senate in 1824–1826, a member of the See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of Representatives in 1827–1829, See also:

• COMPTROLLER

comptroller of the state in 1829–1833, U.S. senator in 1833–1844, and See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of New York in 1844–1846 . During his public See also:

• LIFE

life he had become a leader of the Democratic party in New York, See also:

• MARTIN (Martinus)
• MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
• MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
• MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
• MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
• MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
• MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
• MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
• MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
• MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
• MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)

Martin See also:

• VAN

Van Buren being his closest See also:

• ASSOCIATE (Lat. associates, from ad, to, and sociare to join)

associate . He was an influential member of the so-called " See also:

• ALBANY
• ALBANY, DUKES OF
• ALBANY, LOUISE MAXIMILIENNE CAROLINE, COUNTESS OF (1752-1824)

Albany Regency," a See also:

• GROUP

group of Democrats in New York, including such men as J . A . See also:

• DIX, DOROTHEA LYNDE (1802-1887)
• DIX, JOHN

Dix and W . L . See also:

• MARCY, WILLIAM LEARNED (1786-1857)

Marcy, who for many years virtually controlled their party within the state . See also:

• WRIGHT, CARROLL DAVIDSON (1840-1909)
• WRIGHT, CHAUNCEY (1830-1875)
• WRIGHT, JOSEPH (1734-1797)
• WRIGHT, SILAS (1795-1847)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1809–1884)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1810—1877)
• WRIGHT, WILLIAM ALDIS (1836– )

Wright's integrity in See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office was illustrated in 1845, when the " See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-See also:

• RENT

rent troubles " (see NEw YORK) See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke out and it seemed probable that the votes of the disaffected would decide the coming See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election . The governor asked and obtained from the legislature the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power to suppress the disturbance by armed force, and put an end to what was really an insurrection . When the national Democratic party in 1844 nominated and elected See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James K .

See also:

• POLK, JAMES KNOX (179 1849)
• POLK, LEONIDAS (1806-1864)

Polk to the See also:

• PRESIDENCY

presidency, instead of Martin Van Buren, Wright and the state organization took an attitude of, armed See also:

• NEUTRALITY

neutrality towards the new See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration . Renominated for governor in 1846, Wright was defeated, and the result was by many ascribed in See also:

• PART

part to the alleged hostility of the Polk administration . He died at Canton on the 27th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1847 . The best See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography is that by J . D . See also:

• HAMMOND
• HAMMOND, HENRY (1605-1660)

Hammond, Life and Times of See also:

• SILAS (fl. A.D. 50)

Silas Wright (See also:

• SYRACUSE
• SYRACUSE (Gr. Mvpaaovoat; Lat. Syracusae, Ital. Siracusa)

Syracuse, N.Y., 1848), which was republished as vol. iii. of that author's Political See also:

• HISTORY

History of New York .