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DeWitt Clinton ( March 2, 1769 - February 11, 1828) was an early American politician. Born in Little Britain, New York, the son of James Clinton, he was educated at what is now Columbia University. He became the secretary to his uncle, George Clinton, who was the governor of New York. Soon after he became a member of the Anti-Federalist party. DeWitt Clinton was a member of the New York state legislature from 1797 until 1802. He then stepped up to becoming a member of the United States Senate, which he resigned from in 1803, to become the Mayor of New York City. He served as Mayor until 1815.
In 1812 Clinton ran for President of the United StatesThe President of the United States is the head of state of the United States. Under the U. Constitution, the President is also the chief executive of the federal government and commander in chief of the armed forces. Because of the superpower status of th as candidate of the FederalistsThe label Federalist refers to two major groups in the history of the United States of America: (1. those statesmen and public figures supporting ratification of the proposed Constitution of the United States between 1787 and 1789; and (2. those statesmen and anti-war Republicans, but was defeated by James MadisonJames Madison Order 4th President Term of Office March 4, 1809 March 3, 1817 Followed Thomas Jefferson Succeeded by James Monroe Date of Birth March 16, 1751 Place of Birth Port Conway, Virginia Date of Death June 28, 1836 Place of Death Montpelier, Virgi. Clinton was able to accomplish many things as a leader in civic and state affairs. such as, New York public school system, encouraging steam navigation, modifying the laws governing criminals and debtors. While governor he was largely responsible for the creation of the Erie CanalThe Erie Canal (also known since 1918 as the Barge Canal is a canal in New York State, United States, that runs from the Hudson River to Lake Erie, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. Although the canal was first proposed in 1699, it was n. In 1817Events March 4 James Monroe succeeds James Madison as the President of the United States of America April Earthquake in Palermo, Italy April 3 Princess Caraboo appears in Almondsbury in Gloucestershire, England July 4 At Rome, New York, construction on th DeWitt Clinton became the governor of New York until 1823Events July 15 San Paolo fuori le Mura church in Rome almost completely destroyed by fire September 10 Simon Bolivar named President of Peru December 2 US President James Monroe delivers a speech to the United States Congress, announcing a new policy of f. He imagined a CanalCanal du Midi in Toulouse, France Canals are man-made waterways, usually connecting existing lakes, rivers, or oceans. They are used for transportation, often by barges or narrowboats on smaller canals, and by ships on ship canals that connect to the ocea from Buffalo, New York on the Eastern Shore of Lake Erie to Albany, New York on the upper Hudson River, a distance of almost 400 miles. So, in 1817 he persuaded the state lawmakers to provide 7 million dollars for the construction of a Canal 363 miles long and 40 feet wide, and four feet deep. In 1825, when the Canal was finished, Governor DeWitt Clinton opened the Erie Canal, sailing in the packet boat Seneca Chief along the Canal into Buffalo. After sailing from the mouth of Lake Erie to New York City, he emptied two casks of water from Lake Erie into the Atlantic Ocean, celebrating the first connection of waters from East to West in the ceremonial "Marriage of the Waters".
Clinton died at the age of 59 and was interred in the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.
See also: List of places named for DeWitt Clinton
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