Silas Wright
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Silas Wright was a prominent 19th-century American Democratic politician who served as a U.S. Senator and Governor of New York and became a leading figure in the party’s anti-slavery, reformist wing.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American politician
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Democratic Party politician ⓘ human ⓘ |
| buriedIn | Canton, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closeAllyOf | Martin Van Buren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1795-05-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1847-08-27 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Middlebury College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1846-12-31 ⓘ |
| familyName | Wright NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Silas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideology |
Jacksonian democracy
NERFINISHED
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hard money Democrat ⓘ |
| knownFor |
influence in New York state politics in the 1830s and 1840s
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leadership in the Barnburner wing of the New York Democratic Party ⓘ opposition to the recharter of the Second Bank of the United States ⓘ support for hard-money financial policies ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Democratic Party ⓘ |
| militaryRank | brigadier general (New York Militia) ⓘ |
| movement | Barnburner faction of the New York Democratic Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableWork | advocacy for independent treasury system ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
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politician ⓘ |
| officeContested | Vice President of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Congress in the Jacksonian era ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Amherst, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Canton, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Governor of New York
NERFINISHED
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Member of the New York State Senate ⓘ Member of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ New York State Comptroller NERFINISHED ⓘ Surrogate of St. Lawrence County, New York ⓘ United States Senator NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| practicedLawIn | Canton, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
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surface form:
Protestantism
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| represented | New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| representedIn | United States Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Canton, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedAlongside | William L. Marcy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedIn | New York Militia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| startTime | 1845-01-01 ⓘ |
| termEndAsGovernorOfNewYork | 1846-12-31 ⓘ |
| termEndAsUSSenator | 1844-11-26 ⓘ |
| termStartAsGovernorOfNewYork | 1845-01-01 ⓘ |
| termStartAsUSSenator | 1833-03-04 ⓘ |
| wasAdmittedToTheBarIn | 1819 ⓘ |
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