This politician was elected Senator over Matthew Clarkson in the first election that required tabulating a joint ballot of the state Assembly and Senate. This man was opposed by the Bucktails, and he was elected governor for the last time with the People's Party. He ran on the Peace Party ticket with Jared Ingersoll in the 1812 election, where he lost to James Madison. As mayor, this man led a commission which proposed a plan later modified by Central Park, the grid layout of most of Manhattan. Gouverneur Morris was the
This politician was elected Senator over Matthew Clarkson in the first election that required tabulating a joint ballot of the state Assembly and Senate. This man was opposed by the Bucktails, and he was elected governor for the last time with the People's Party. He ran on the Peace Party ticket with Jared Ingersoll in the 1812 election, where he lost to James Madison. As mayor, this man led a commission which proposed a plan later modified by Central Park, the grid layout of most of Manhattan. Gouverneur Morris was the chair of a commission that this man effectively spearheaded to build a structure linking the Great Lakes to New York City. For 10 points, name this longtime mayor of New York City and governor of New York who worked to build the Erie Canal.
This politician was elected Senator over Matthew Clarkson in the first election that required tabulating a joint ballot of the state Assembly and Senate.
DeWitt Clinton