The Erie Canal ran from this city to Buffalo.
This city's Evening Journal newspaper was founded as an Anti-Masonic Party mouthpiece by a man who later spread propaganda in England during the Civil War. A man who worked in this city before moving to Washington D.C. claimed "to the victor belong the spoils," inspiring the term "spoils system." A group based in this city grew out of the Bucktails, which opposed an infrastructure project promoted by the elected successor to (*) Daniel Tompkins. A folk etymology of the phrase "OK" comes from a village near this city called Kinderhook. Thurlow Weed opposed a political machine in this city led by men like William Marcy and Martin van Buren, called its "regency." The Erie Canal ran from this city to Buffalo. For 10 points, name this capital of New York.
This city's Evening Journal newspaper was founded as an Anti-Masonic Party mouthpiece by a man who later spread propaganda in England during the Civil War.
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