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A Dictionary of American History
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Clinton, George
Clinton, George (b. Little Britain, N.Y., 26 July 1739; d. Washington, D.C., 20 April 1812) A lawyer who attended the second Continental Congress, Clinton led N.Y. militia in the Revolutionary War, and served as N.Y. governor for seven terms (1777–95 and 1801–4). He led the Antifederalists in N.Y., who nearly rejected the Constitution under his influence. He ran second to John Adams for vice-president in 1792 and received six N.Y. votes for president in 1808. Having hoped to be president in 1808, he was openly hostile to James Madison. As vice-president (1805–13), he was a poor presiding officer of the Senate, and cast the deciding vote against rechartering the first Bank of the United States.
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Chicago: Thomas L. Purvis, "Clinton, George," A Dictionary of American History in A Dictionary of American History (Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell Reference, 1995), Original Sources, accessed October 5, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KZSW2Y7L9MEEGDS.
MLA: Purvis, Thomas L. "Clinton, George." A Dictionary of American History, in A Dictionary of American History, Cambridge, Mass., Blackwell Reference, 1995, Original Sources. 5 Oct. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KZSW2Y7L9MEEGDS.
Harvard: Purvis, TL, 'Clinton, George' in A Dictionary of American History. cited in 1995, A Dictionary of American History, Blackwell Reference, Cambridge, Mass.. Original Sources, retrieved 5 October 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KZSW2Y7L9MEEGDS.
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