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73 relations: Abram Hewitt, Albany, New York, American Civil War, Atlantic Guards, Benjamin Wood, Bowery Boys, Charles G. Ferris, City-state, Clarkson Nott Potter, Confederate States of America, Copperhead (politics), Daniel F. Tiemann, David B. Mellish, Dead Rabbits, Democratic Party (United States), Edward Curtis (politician), Five Points Gang, Francis A. Thomas, Frederick A. Tallmadge, George Opdyke, George W. Matsell, George Walker (novelist), Gothic fiction, Henry Alexander Wise Wood, Henry L. Dawes, Hot Springs, Arkansas, Isaac Vanderbeck Fowler, Jacob Aaron Westervelt, James I. Roosevelt, James Monroe (New York politician), John Hardy (US politician), John McKeon, Jonas P. Phoenix, Lee Pace, Lincoln (film), List of mayors of New York City, List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899), List of United States Representatives expelled, censured, or reprimanded, Mayor of New York City, Moses H. Grinnell, Nelson Taylor, New York (state), New York City, New York City Council, New York City Hall, New York City Police riot, New York Daily News, New York Daily News (19th century), New York State Legislature, New York's 10th congressional district, ..., New York's 3rd congressional district, New York's 5th congressional district, New York's 9th congressional district, Ogden Hoffman, Partition and secession in New York, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Political machine, Richard Schell, Sachem, Spoils system, Stephen A. Douglas, Steven Spielberg, Tammany Hall, Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, United States Congress, United States House Committee on Ways and Means, United States House of Representatives, War Democrat, William Augustus Darling, William M. Tweed, William Wall (U.S. politician), 107th Infantry Regiment (United States). Expand index (23 more) »
Abram Hewitt
Abram Stevens Hewitt (July 31, 1822January 18, 1903) was an American teacher, lawyer, an iron manufacturer, chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1876 to 1877, U.S. Congressman, and a mayor of New York City.
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Albany, New York
Albany is the capital of the U.S. state of New York and the seat of Albany County.
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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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Atlantic Guards
The Atlantic Guards were a 19th-century American street gang active in New York City from the 1840s to the 1860s.
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Benjamin Wood
Benjamin Wood (October 13, 1820 – February 21, 1900), was an American politician and publishing entrepreneur from the state of New York during the American Civil War.
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Bowery Boys
The Bowery Boys were a Nativist, anti-Catholic, and anti-Irish gang based out of the Bowery neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City in the early-mid-19th century.
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Charles G. Ferris
Charles Goadsby Ferris (ca. 1796 – June 4, 1848) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
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City-state
A city-state is a sovereign state, also described as a type of small independent country, that usually consists of a single city and its dependent territories.
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Clarkson Nott Potter
Clarkson Nott Potter (April 25, 1825 – January 23, 1882) was a New York attorney and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives.
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Confederate States of America
The Confederate States of America (CSA or C.S.), commonly referred to as the Confederacy, was an unrecognized country in North America that existed from 1861 to 1865.
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Copperhead (politics)
In the 1860s, the Copperheads were a vocal faction of Democrats in the Northern United States of the Union who opposed the American Civil War and wanted an immediate peace settlement with the Confederates.
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Daniel F. Tiemann
Daniel Fawcett Tiemann (January 9, 1805 – June 29, 1899) was Mayor of New York City from 1858 to 1860.
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David B. Mellish
David Batcheller Mellish (January 2, 1831 – May 23, 1874) was a businessman, journalist, and public official from Oxford, Massachusetts.
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Dead Rabbits
The Dead Rabbits was the name of an Irish American criminal street gang in Lower Manhattan in the 1850s.
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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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Edward Curtis (politician)
Edward Curtis (born October 25, 1801 in Windsor, Vermont – died August 2, 1856) was a Representative from New York for two terms, March 4, 1837 through March 3, 1841.
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Five Points Gang
Five Points Gang was a 19th-century and early 20th-century criminal organization, primarily of Italian-American origins, based in the Sixth Ward (The Five Points) of Manhattan, New York City.
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Francis A. Thomas
Francis A. Thomas (1826 – September 28, 1899) was a prominent physician and Republican politician in New York City's 19th ward.
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Frederick A. Tallmadge
Frederick Augustus Tallmadge (August 29, 1792 – September 17, 1869) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
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George Opdyke
George Opdyke (December 7, 1805 – June 12, 1880) as an entrepreneur and the 76th Mayor of New York City (1862 to 1864) during the American Civil War.
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George W. Matsell
George Washington Matsell (October 26, 1811 New York City – July 25, 1877 in Manhattan, New York) was the first New York City Police Commissioner.
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George Walker (novelist)
George Walker (December 24, 1772 – February 8, 1847) was an English gothic novelist.
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Gothic fiction
Gothic fiction, which is largely known by the subgenre of Gothic horror, is a genre or mode of literature and film that combines fiction and horror, death, and at times romance.
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Henry Alexander Wise Wood
Henry Alexander Wise Wood (March 1, 1866 - April 9, 1939) was the American inventor of a high speed newspaper press and member of the Naval Consulting Board.
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Henry L. Dawes
Henry Laurens Dawes (October 30, 1816February 5, 1903) was a Republican United States Senator and United States Representative, notable for the Dawes Act, intended to stimulate assimilation of Indians by ending tribal government and control of communal lands.
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Hot Springs, Arkansas
Hot Springs is the eleventh-largest city in the state of Arkansas and the county seat of Garland County.
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Isaac Vanderbeck Fowler
Isaac Vanderbeck Fowler (August 20, 1818 – September 29, 1869) was thrice the Grand Sachem of the Tammany Society, better known as Tammany Hall, from 1848–1850, 1857–1858, and 1858–1859, the last term shared with William M. "Boss" Tweed.
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Jacob Aaron Westervelt
Jacob Aaron Westervelt (January 20, 1800 – February 21, 1879) was a renowned and prolific shipbuilder who constructed 247 vesselsShips and Shipping of Old New York (1915) by the Bank of the Manhattan Company, page 48.
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James I. Roosevelt
James John Roosevelt, known as James I. (December 14, 1795 – April 5, 1875) was an American politician, jurist, businessman, and member of the Roosevelt family.
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James Monroe (New York politician)
James Monroe (September 10, 1799 – September 7, 1870) was an American politician who served as the United States Representative from New York (1839–1841).
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John Hardy (US politician)
John Hardy (September 19, 1835 – December 9, 1913) was a United States Representative from New York.
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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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Jonas P. Phoenix
Jonas Phillips Phoenix (January 14, 1788 – May 4, 1859) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
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Lee Pace
Lee Grinner Pace (born March 25, 1979) is an American actor.
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Lincoln (film)
Lincoln is a 2012 American epic historical drama film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg, starring Daniel Day-Lewis as United States President Abraham Lincoln.
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List of mayors of New York City
The Mayor of New York City is the chief executive of New York City's government, as stipulated by New York City's charter.
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List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)
The following is a list of U.S. Senators and Representatives who died of natural or accidental causes, or who took their own lives, while serving their terms between 1790 and 1899.
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List of United States Representatives expelled, censured, or reprimanded
The United States Constitution (Article 1, Section 5) gives the House of Representatives the power to expel any member by a two-thirds vote.
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Mayor of New York City
The Mayor of the City of New York is head of the executive branch of New York City's government.
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Moses H. Grinnell
Moses Hicks Grinnell (March 3, 1803 – November 24, 1877) was a United States Congressman representing New York, and a Commissioner of New York City's Central Park.
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Nelson Taylor
Nelson Taylor (June 8, 1821 – January 16, 1894) was a U.S. Representative from New York and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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New York (state)
New York is a state in the northeastern United States.
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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 City Council
The New York City Council is the lawmaking body of the City of New York.
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New York City Hall
New York City Hall, the seat of New York City government, is located at the center of City Hall Park in the Civic Center area of Lower Manhattan, between Broadway, Park Row, and Chambers Street.
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New York City Police riot
The New York City Police Riot of 1857, known at the time as the Great Police Riot, was a conflict which occurred in front of New York City Hall between the recently dissolved New York Municipal Police and the newly formed Metropolitan Police on June 16, 1857.
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New York Daily News
The New York Daily News, officially titled Daily News, is an American newspaper based in New York City.
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New York Daily News (19th century)
The New York Daily News was a daily New York City newspaper from 1855 to 1906, unrelated to the present-day Daily News founded in 1919.
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New York State Legislature
New York State Legislature are the two houses that act as the state legislature of the U.S. state of New York.
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New York's 10th congressional district
New York's 10th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives, formerly located from 2003 to 2013 in Brooklyn, New York City, currently represented by Democrat Jerrold Nadler.
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New York's 3rd congressional district
The 3rd district of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives currently represented by Tom Suozzi.
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New York's 5th congressional district
The 5th Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives, represented by Democrat Gregory Meeks.
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New York's 9th congressional district
New York's 9th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City, represented by Yvette Clarke.
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Ogden Hoffman
Ogden Hoffman (October 13, 1794 – May 1, 1856) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms in the United States House of Representatives.
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Partition and secession in New York
There are or have been several movements regarding secession from the U.S. state of New York.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.
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Political machine
A political machine is a political group in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses (usually campaign workers), who receive rewards for their efforts.
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Richard Schell
Richard Schell (May 15, 1810 – November 10, 1879) was an American politician who represented New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1874 to 1875.
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Sachem
Sachem and Sagamore refer to paramount chiefs among the Algonquians or other Native American tribes of the northeast.
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Spoils system
In politics and government, a spoils system (also known as a patronage system) is a practice in which a political party, after winning an election, gives government civil service jobs to its supporters, friends and relatives as a reward for working toward victory, and as an incentive to keep working for the party—as opposed to a merit system, where offices are awarded on the basis of some measure of merit, independent of political activity.
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Stephen A. Douglas
Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861) was an American politician from Illinois and the designer of the Kansas–Nebraska Act.
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Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker.
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Tammany Hall
Tammany Hall, also known as the Society of St.
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Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
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United States Congress
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States.
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United States House Committee on Ways and Means
The Committee on Ways and Means is the chief tax-writing committee of the United States House of Representatives.
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United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber.
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War Democrat
War Democrats in American politics of the 1860s were members of the Democratic Party who supported the Union and rejected the policies of the Copperheads (or Peace Democrats).
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William Augustus Darling
William Augustus Darling (December 27, 1817 – May 26, 1895) was a U.S. Representative 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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William Wall (U.S. politician)
William Wall (March 20, 1800 – April 20, 1872) was a U.S. Representative from New York during the American Civil War.
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107th Infantry Regiment (United States)
The 107th Infantry Regiment was a regiment of the New York Army National Guard.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Wood
