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Charles O'Conor (American politician)

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Charles O'Conor (January 22, 1804 – May 12, 1884) was an American lawyer who was notable for his career as a trial advocate, and for his candidacy in the 1872 U.S. presidential election. [1]

37 relations: American Civil War, Bourbon Democrat, Charles O'Conor (historian), Democratic Party (United States), Electoral College (United States), Electoral Commission (United States), Franklin Pierce, Horace Greeley, Irish Rebellion of 1798, James Emott, Jefferson Davis, John McKeon, John Quincy Adams II, John Van Buren, Lemmon v. New York, Lieutenant Governor of New York, Nantucket, New York City, New York Law Institute, O'Conor, Reading law, Republican Party (United States), Samuel J. Tilden, Society of United Irishmen, St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, States' rights, Straight-Out Democratic Party, Thomas O'Connor (writer), Treason, Ulysses S. Grant, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, United States presidential election, 1872, United States presidential election, 1876, Wheeler Hazard Peckham, William M. Evarts, William M. Tweed, Wolfe Tone.

American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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Bourbon Democrat

Bourbon Democrat was a term used in the United States in the later 19th century (1872–1904) to refer to members of the Democratic Party who were ideologically aligned with conservatism or classical liberalism, especially those who supported presidential candidates Charles O'Conor in 1872, Samuel J. Tilden in 1876, President Grover Cleveland in 1884–1888/1892–1896 and Alton B. Parker in 1904.

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Charles O'Conor (historian)

Charles O'Conor, O'Conor Don (Cathal Ó Conchubhair Donn; 1 January 1710 – 1 July 1791), also known as Charles O'Conor of Belanagare, was an Irish writer and antiquarian who was enormously influential as a protagonist for the preservation of Irish culture and history in the eighteenth century.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).

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Electoral College (United States)

The United States Electoral College is the mechanism established by the United States Constitution for the election of the president and vice president of the United States by small groups of appointed representatives, electors, from each state and the District of Columbia.

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Electoral Commission (United States)

The Electoral Commission was a temporary body created by Congress to resolve the disputed United States presidential election of 1876.

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Franklin Pierce

Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869) was the 14th President of the United States (1853–1857), a northern Democrat who saw the abolitionist movement as a fundamental threat to the unity of the nation.

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Horace Greeley

Horace Greeley (February 3, 1811 – November 29, 1872) was an American author, statesman, founder and editor of the New-York Tribune, among the great newspapers of its time.

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Irish Rebellion of 1798

The Irish Rebellion of 1798 (Éirí Amach 1798), also known as the United Irishmen Rebellion (Éirí Amach na nÉireannach Aontaithe), was an uprising against British rule in Ireland lasting from May to September 1798.

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James Emott

James Emott (March 9, 1771 Poughkeepsie, New York, Dutchess County, New York – April 7, 1850 Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., NY) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

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Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis (June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the only President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865.

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John McKeon

John McKeon (March 29, 1808, Albany, New York – November 22, 1883, New York City) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

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John Quincy Adams II

John Quincy Adams II (September 22, 1833 – August 14, 1894) was an American lawyer and politician.

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John Van Buren

John Van Buren (February 18, 1810 – October 13, 1866) was an American lawyer and politician.

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Lemmon v. New York

Lemmon v. New York, or Lemmon v. The People, popularly known as the Lemmon Slave Case, was a proceeding initiated in 1852 by a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, which was granted by the Superior Court in New York City and eventually affirmed by the New York Court of Appeals in 1860 on the eve of the Civil War.

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Lieutenant Governor of New York

The Lieutenant Governor of New York is a constitutional office in the executive branch of the Government of the State of New York.

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Nantucket

Nantucket is an island about by ferry south from Cape Cod, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York Law Institute

The New York Law Institute is the oldest circulating law library in New York City and is open to Institute members and to scholars of history and the law.

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O'Conor

O'Conor (Middle Irish: Ó Conchubhair; Modern Ó Conchúir, also anglicised as O'Connor), is an Irish princely and noble family of Gaelic origin who are the historic Kings of Connacht and the last High Kings of Ireland before the Norman invasion.

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Reading law

Reading law is the method by which persons in common law countries, particularly the United States, entered the legal profession before the advent of law schools.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

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Samuel J. Tilden

Samuel Jones Tilden (February 9, 1814 – August 4, 1886) was the 25th Governor of New York and the Democratic candidate for president in the disputed election of 1876.

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Society of United Irishmen

The Society of United Irishmen was founded as a liberal political organisation in 18th-century Ireland that initially sought Parliamentary reform.

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St. Patrick's Old Cathedral

The Basilica of Saint Patrick's Old Cathedral, or Old St.

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States' rights

In American political discourse, states' rights are political powers held for the state governments rather than the federal government according to the United States Constitution, reflecting especially the enumerated powers of Congress and the Tenth Amendment.

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Straight-Out Democratic Party

The Straight-Out Democratic Party was a conservative Southern faction that broke with the Democratic Party in the 1872 presidential election.

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Thomas O'Connor (writer)

Thomas O'Connor (or O'Conor) (1 September 1770 in Dublin, Ireland – 9 February 1855 in Sands Point, New York) was an Irishman who in 1801 emigrated from County Roscommon, Ireland, to New York where he devoted himself chiefly to journalism.

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Treason

In law, treason is the crime that covers some of the more extreme acts against one's nation or sovereign.

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Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses Simpson Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American soldier and statesman who served as Commanding General of the Army and the 18th President of the United States, the highest positions in the military and the government of the United States.

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United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York

The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York is the chief federal law enforcement officer in eight New York counties: Manhattan (New York County), Bronx, Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange, Dutchess and Sullivan.

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United States presidential election, 1872

The United States presidential election of 1872 was the 22nd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1872.

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United States presidential election, 1876

The United States presidential election of 1876 was the 23rd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 1876.

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Wheeler Hazard Peckham

Wheeler Hazard Peckham (January 1, 1833 – September 27, 1905) was an American lawyer from New York and a failed nominee to the Supreme Court of the United States.

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William M. Evarts

William Maxwell Evarts (February 6, 1818February 28, 1901) was an American lawyer and statesman from New York who served as U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Attorney General and U.S. Senator from New York.

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William M. Tweed

William Magear Tweed (April 3, 1823 – April 12, 1878)—often erroneously referred to as "William Marcy Tweed" (see below), and widely known as "Boss" Tweed—was an American politician most notable for being the "boss" of Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in the politics of 19th century New York City and State.

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Wolfe Tone

Theobald Wolfe Tone, posthumously known as Wolfe Tone (20 June 1763 – 19 November 1798), was a leading Irish revolutionary figure and one of the founding members of the United Irishmen, and is regarded as the father of Irish republicanism and leader of the 1798 Irish Rebellion.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_O'Conor_(American_politician)

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