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North</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:General_William_North.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/General_William_North.jpg/220px-General_William_North.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="265" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/General_William_North.jpg/330px-General_William_North.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/General_William_North.jpg/440px-General_William_North.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1659" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Portrait by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Willson_Peale" title="Charles Willson Peale">Charles Willson Peale</a>, 1785</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senator</a><br />from <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />May 5, 1798 – August 17, 1798</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Appointed by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Jay" title="John Jay">John Jay</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Sloss_Hobart" title="John Sloss Hobart">John Sloss Hobart</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_Watson_(New_York)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Watson (New York)">James Watson</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">1755<br /><a href="/wiki/Bristol,_Maine" title="Bristol, Maine">Pemaquid</a>, <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Maine" title="Province of Maine">Province of Maine</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">January 3, 1836 (aged 80–81)<br /><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Federalist_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federalist Party (United States)">Federalist</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Mary Duane</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="October 14, 1787">1787</span>)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_Duane" title="James Duane">James Duane</a> (father-in-law)<br /><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Wilhelm_von_Steuben" title="Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben">Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben</a> (adopted father)<br /><a href="/wiki/George_William_Featherstonhaugh" title="George William Featherstonhaugh">George William Featherstonhaugh</a> (brother-in-law)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">6</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Soldier, <a href="/wiki/Politician" title="Politician">Statesman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Signature_of_William_North_(1755%E2%80%931836).png" class="mw-file-description" title="William North's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Signature_of_William_North_%281755%E2%80%931836%29.png/128px-Signature_of_William_North_%281755%E2%80%931836%29.png" decoding="async" width="128" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Signature_of_William_North_%281755%E2%80%931836%29.png 1.5x" data-file-width="158" data-file-height="48" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>William North</b> (1755 – January 3, 1836) was an American soldier and politician. He was a soldier in the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Army" title="Continental Army">Continental Army</a> during the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>, and later served as a member of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Assembly" title="New York State Assembly">New York State Assembly</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_North&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>William North was born in <a href="/wiki/Bristol,_Maine" title="Bristol, Maine">Pemaquid, Maine</a>, to John North and Elizabeth Pitson in 1755. John was an Irish immigrant and Elizabeth a native of Boston. He had two half-siblings from his father's previous marriage to Elizabeth Lewis, Joseph and Mary North. </p><p>His father, Captain John North, was Lieutenant Commander of <a href="/wiki/Fort_William_Henry_(Pemaquid_Beach,_Maine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort William Henry (Pemaquid Beach, Maine)">Fort Frederick</a> between 1744 and 1756, and in charge of <a href="/wiki/Fort_St._George_(Thomaston,_Maine)" title="Fort St. George (Thomaston, Maine)">Fort St. George</a> from 1756 to 1763. He was also appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the county in 1760.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the death of his father in 1763, North moved north with his mother to <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston, Massachusetts</a>. There he attended the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Latin_School" title="Boston Latin School">Boston Latin School</a> in North Boston between 1764 and 1770.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While in Boston, North worked in a Merchant's office, where he remained until the northern port was closed by British authorities in the fall of 1774.<sup id="cite_ref-North_1870,_p._180_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-North_1870,_p._180-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_North&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military_career">Military career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_North&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Military career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He entered the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Army" title="Continental Army">Continental Army</a> in 1775 and served under <a href="/wiki/Benedict_Arnold" title="Benedict Arnold">Benedict Arnold</a> in the unfortunate expedition to Canada in that year. Though he volunteered, he was apparently too sick to participate.<sup id="cite_ref-North_1870,_p._180_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-North_1870,_p._180-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 9, 1776, he was commissioned second lieutenant in Captain John Gill's company of Colonel Thomas Craft's regiment of train artillery. He was then appointed in May 1777 as captain in Colonel <a href="/wiki/Henry_Jackson_(Continental_Army_general)" title="Henry Jackson (Continental Army general)">Henry Jackson</a>'s <a href="/wiki/16th_Massachusetts_Regiment" title="16th Massachusetts Regiment">16th Massachusetts Regiment</a>, with which he participated in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Monmouth" title="Battle of Monmouth">Battle of Monmouth</a>. According to his son, the commission "went with my father in his bosom through the War of the Revolution".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1778 he met <a href="/wiki/Baron_Steuben" class="mw-redirect" title="Baron Steuben">Baron Steuben</a>, and the following year was appointed his <a href="/wiki/Aide-de-camp" title="Aide-de-camp">aide-de-camp</a>, and greatly assisted him introducing his system of discipline in the Continental Army. Later he accompanied Steuben to <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>, and was present at the surrender of <a href="/wiki/Cornwallis" class="mw-redirect" title="Cornwallis">Cornwallis</a> and the siege of <a href="/wiki/Yorktown_campaign" title="Yorktown campaign">Yorktown</a>. Based on the Baron's recommendation, North was appointed as Inspector of the Troops under General <a href="/wiki/Henry_Knox" title="Henry Knox">Henry Knox</a> in 1784.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>North was appointed by Act of Congress a <a href="/wiki/Major_(rank)" title="Major (rank)">Major</a> in the 2nd United States Regiment on October 20, 1786. This regiment was added to the army temporarily in response to <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Shays" title="Daniel Shays">Daniel Shays</a>' <a href="/wiki/Shays%27_Rebellion" class="mw-redirect" title="Shays' Rebellion">uprising</a> of debtor farmers in Massachusetts.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the war he settled in <a href="/wiki/Duanesburg,_New_York" title="Duanesburg, New York">Duanesburg, New York</a>, where he married. </p><p>He was appointed adjutant general of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> with the rank of <a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general" title="Brigadier general">brigadier general</a> on July 19, 1798.<sup id="cite_ref-bioguide_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bioguide-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March of 1799, after eight months of inactive duty, Congress added the role of assistant inspector general to the position. As inspector general, <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton" title="Alexander Hamilton">Alexander Hamilton</a>, who had worked closely with North during the Revolutionary War, subsequently requested him to serve as his chief of staff. There he assisted in Hamilton's attempt at reforming and strengthening the army. North began a revision of the army's general regulations in the winter of 1799–1800 before Congress abolished his and other staff appointments as <a href="/wiki/Quasi-War" title="Quasi-War">tensions with France</a> diminished in May. He was discharged in June.<sup id="cite_ref-Skelton_2000_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Skelton_2000-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 1812, he was again appointed adjutant-general of the Army, but declined. He may have declined due to his <a href="/wiki/Opposition_to_the_War_of_1812_in_the_United_States" title="Opposition to the War of 1812 in the United States">party's opposition</a> to the war, which was especially strong in his home state of <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>George Washington included North "among the most intelligent and active Officers of the late American Army" in a letter suggesting men for military appointment.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Caesar Russell, an African American Private in the <a href="/wiki/4th_Massachusetts_Regiment" title="4th Massachusetts Regiment">4th Massachusetts Regiment</a>, served as North's personal servant while aide-de-camp to Baron Steuben.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Relationship_with_Baron_Steuben">Relationship with Baron Steuben</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_North&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Relationship with Baron Steuben"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>North and a fellow aide-de-camp, Captain <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Walker_(New_York_soldier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Benjamin Walker (New York soldier)">Benjamin Walker</a>, were formally adopted by Steuben and made his heirs.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some historians believe that these 'extraordinary intense emotional relationships'<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> were romantic,<sup id="cite_ref-Benemann,_William_2006_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Benemann,_William_2006-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and given Steuben's reported earlier behaviour, it has been suggested it would have been out-of-character for him if they were not.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, based on the limited historical record, it is impossible to prove.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following Baron Steuben's death, North divided the property bequeathed to him among his military companions.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>North named two of his six children after the Baron, Frederic William Steuben North and William Augustus Steuben North. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_office">Political office</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_North&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Political office"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was a member of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Assembly" title="New York State Assembly">New York State Assembly</a> from <a href="/wiki/Albany_County,_New_York" title="Albany County, New York">Albany County</a> in 1792, 1794 and 1795, from Albany and Schenectady Counties in 1796, and from <a href="/wiki/Schenectady_County,_New_York" title="Schenectady County, New York">Schenectady County</a> in 1810. He was <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_New_York_State_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Speaker of the New York State Assembly">Speaker</a> in 1795, 1796 and 1810. North was appointed as a <a href="/wiki/Federalist_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federalist Party (United States)">Federalist</a> to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of <a href="/wiki/John_Sloss_Hobart" title="John Sloss Hobart">John Sloss Hobart</a> and served from May 5, 1798, to August 17, 1798, when <a href="/wiki/James_Watson_(New_York)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Watson (New York)">James Watson</a> was elected and qualified to succeed. </p><p>As a strong Federalist, North supported the <a href="/wiki/Alien_and_Sedition_Acts" title="Alien and Sedition Acts">Aliens and Sedition Acts</a> and other efforts against the <a href="/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party" title="Democratic-Republican Party">Democratic-Republican</a> opposition. Additionally, he supported the establishment of a <a href="/wiki/Provisional_Army_of_the_United_States" title="Provisional Army of the United States">Provisional army</a>, following the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/Quasi-War" title="Quasi-War">Quasi-war</a> with <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Skelton_2000_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Skelton_2000-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was a member of the first <a href="/wiki/Erie_Canal_Commission" title="Erie Canal Commission">Erie Canal Commission</a>, from 1810 to 1816. </p><p>North was a commissioner and director of the Great Western Turnpike Company which was established by the New York state legislature March 15, 1799. It was commissioned to build <a href="/wiki/First_Great_Western_Turnpike" class="mw-redirect" title="First Great Western Turnpike">a road</a> from <a href="/wiki/Albany,_New_York" title="Albany, New York">Albany</a> to <a href="/wiki/Cherry_Valley_(village),_New_York" title="Cherry Valley (village), New York">Cherry Valley</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_North&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:General_William_North_House,_North_Mansion_Road,_Duanesburg_(Schenectady_County,_New_York).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/General_William_North_House%2C_North_Mansion_Road%2C_Duanesburg_%28Schenectady_County%2C_New_York%29.jpg/220px-General_William_North_House%2C_North_Mansion_Road%2C_Duanesburg_%28Schenectady_County%2C_New_York%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/General_William_North_House%2C_North_Mansion_Road%2C_Duanesburg_%28Schenectady_County%2C_New_York%29.jpg/330px-General_William_North_House%2C_North_Mansion_Road%2C_Duanesburg_%28Schenectady_County%2C_New_York%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/General_William_North_House%2C_North_Mansion_Road%2C_Duanesburg_%28Schenectady_County%2C_New_York%29.jpg/440px-General_William_North_House%2C_North_Mansion_Road%2C_Duanesburg_%28Schenectady_County%2C_New_York%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="516" data-file-height="384" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/North_Mansion_and_Tenant_House" title="North Mansion and Tenant House">Gen. William North's house</a> in <a href="/wiki/Duanesburg,_New_York" title="Duanesburg, New York">Duanesburg</a>, built c. 1795</figcaption></figure> <p>On October 14, 1787, North married Mary Duane (b. 1762), the daughter of <a href="/wiki/James_Duane" title="James Duane">James Duane</a> (1733–1797), the <a href="/wiki/Mayors_of_New_York_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayors of New York City">44th</a> <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_New_York_City" title="Mayor of New York City">Mayor of New York City</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="United States District Court for the District of New York">U.S. District Judge for the District of New York</a>, appointed by <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a>. Together, they had six children, Frederic William Steuben (1788–1789), Marie (1780–1812), James Duane (1791–1792), Elizabeth (1792–1845), William Augustus Steuben (1793–1845), Adelia (1797–1878). </p><p>It has been suggested that North and Benjamin Walker had a romantic relationship, but like with the Baron, this is difficult to be certain of.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Benemann,_William_2006_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Benemann,_William_2006-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nevertheless, and despite a falling out between 1811 and 1813, Walker remained North's most intimate friend until their deaths.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Walker was named as a sponsor of North's daughter Adelia at her baptism.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/North_Mansion_and_Tenant_House" title="North Mansion and Tenant House">General William North House</a> was listed on the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a> in 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-nris_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nris-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>General North was an original member of the <a href="/wiki/Society_of_the_Cincinnati" title="Society of the Cincinnati">Society of the Cincinnati</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He died in New York City, and was buried in the crypt under the <a href="/wiki/Christ_Episcopal_Church_(Duanesburg,_New_York)" title="Christ Episcopal Church (Duanesburg, New York)">Christ Episcopal Church</a> in Duanesburg.<sup id="cite_ref-bioguide_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bioguide-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_North&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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April 1810]"</a>. <i>New York Heritage Digital Collections</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=New+York+Heritage+Digital+Collections&rft.atitle=Letter+from+William+North+to+George+Featherstonhaugh%2C+undated+%5Bc.+April+1810%5D&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org%2Fdigital%2Fcollection%2Fp16124coll1%2Fid%2F44245%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+North" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bls.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=203830&type=d&pREC_ID=404406">"Notable Alumni"</a>. <i>Boston Latin School</i>.</cite><span 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Lehrman Institute of American History</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Gilder+Lehrman+Institute+of+American+History&rft.atitle=Thomson%2C+Charles+%281729-1824%29+%5BAppointment+of+Major+William+North+as+Inspector+of+Troops+under+General+Knox%5D&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gilderlehrman.org%2Fcollection%2Fglc0254210&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+North" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWilliam2000" class="citation web cs1">William, Skelton (2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-0300360">"North, William (1755-1836), army officer and U.S. senator"</a>. <i>American 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Wilkin">James W. Wilkin</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_New_York_State_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Speaker of the New York State Assembly">Speaker of the New York State Assembly</a> </b><br />1810 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Sanford" title="Nathan Sanford">Nathan Sanford</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Sloss_Hobart" title="John Sloss Hobart">John Sloss Hobart</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_New_York" title="List of United States senators from New York"> U.S. senator (Class 1) from New York</a> </b><br />1798 <br />Served alongside: <b><a href="/wiki/John_Laurance" title="John Laurance">John Laurance</a></b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/James_Watson_(New_York)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Watson (New York)">James Watson</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #CF9C65;">Military offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Hand" title="Edward Hand">Edward Hand</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Adjutant_Generals_of_the_U.S._Army" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Adjutant Generals of the U.S. Army">Adjutant General of the U.S. Army</a> </b><br />November 5, 1783 – October 28, 1787 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Ebenezer_Denny" title="Ebenezer Denny">Ebenezer Denny</a> (acting)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Wilhelm_von_Steuben" title="Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben">Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Inspectors_General_of_the_U.S._Army" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Inspectors General of the U.S. Army">Inspectors General of the U.S. Army</a> </b><br />April 17, 1784 – October 28, 1787 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"> Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold">vacant</div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_H._Cushing" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas H. Cushing">Thomas H. Cushing</a> (acting)</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Adjutant_Generals_of_the_U.S._Army" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Adjutant Generals of the U.S. Army">Adjutant General of the U.S. Army</a> </b><br />July 19, 1798 – June 15, 1800 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_H._Cushing" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas H. Cushing">Thomas H. 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Livingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Baker_(New_York_politician)" title="William Baker (New York politician)">Baker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Humphrey" title="Charles Humphrey">Humphrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Livingston_(speaker)" title="Edward Livingston (speaker)">E. Livingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luther_Bradish" title="Luther Bradish">Bradish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_W._Patterson" title="George W. Patterson">G. Patterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_B._Porter_Jr." title="Peter B. Porter Jr.">Porter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levi_S._Chatfield" title="Levi S. Chatfield">Chatfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_R._Davis_(New_York_politician)" title="George R. Davis (New York politician)">Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elisha_Litchfield" title="Elisha Litchfield">Litchfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horatio_Seymour" title="Horatio Seymour">Seymour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_C._Crain" title="William C. 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Pruyn">Pruyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeWitt_Clinton_Littlejohn" title="DeWitt Clinton Littlejohn">Littlejohn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orville_Robinson" title="Orville Robinson">O Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeWitt_Clinton_Littlejohn" title="DeWitt Clinton Littlejohn">Littlejohn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_G._Alvord" title="Thomas G. Alvord">Alvord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeWitt_Clinton_Littlejohn" title="DeWitt Clinton Littlejohn">Littlejohn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Jarvis_Raymond" title="Henry Jarvis Raymond">Raymond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theophilus_C._Callicot" title="Theophilus C. Callicot">Callicot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_G._Alvord" title="Thomas G. Alvord">Alvord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Gilbert_Hoskins" title="George Gilbert Hoskins">Hoskins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyman_Tremain" title="Lyman Tremain">Tremain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_L._Pitts" title="Edmund L. Pitts">Pitts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Hitchman" title="William Hitchman">Hitchman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Truman_G._Younglove" title="Truman G. Younglove">Younglove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Hitchman" title="William Hitchman">Hitchman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Smith_(speaker)" title="Henry Smith (speaker)">H Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alonzo_B._Cornell" title="Alonzo B. Cornell">Cornell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_W._Husted_(speaker)" title="James W. Husted (speaker)">Husted</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_McGuire" title="Jeremiah McGuire">McGuire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_W._Husted_(speaker)" title="James W. Husted (speaker)">Husted</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_B._Sloan" title="George B. Sloan">Sloan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_W._Husted_(speaker)" title="James W. Husted (speaker)">Husted</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_G._Alvord" title="Thomas G. Alvord">Alvord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_H._Sharpe" title="George H. Sharpe">G. Sharpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_E._Patterson" title="Charles E. Patterson">C. Patterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_C._Chapin" title="Alfred C. Chapin">Chapin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titus_Sheard" title="Titus Sheard">Sheard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Z._Erwin" title="George Z. Erwin">Erwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_W._Husted_(speaker)" title="James W. Husted (speaker)">Husted</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fremont_Cole" title="Fremont Cole">Cole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_W._Husted_(speaker)" title="James W. Husted (speaker)">Husted</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_F._Sheehan" title="William F. Sheehan">Sheehan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_P._Bush" title="Robert P. Bush">Bush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Sulzer" title="William Sulzer">Sulzer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_R._Malby" title="George R. Malby">Malby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Fish_II" title="Hamilton Fish II">Fish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_M._E._O%27Grady" title="James M. E. O'Grady">O'Grady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._Frederick_Nixon" title="S. Frederick Nixon">Nixon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_W._Wadsworth_Jr." title="James W. Wadsworth Jr.">Wadsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_D._Frisbie" title="Daniel D. Frisbie">Frisbie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Albert_Merritt" title="Edwin Albert Merritt">Merritt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Smith" title="Al Smith">A. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thaddeus_C._Sweet" title="Thaddeus C. Sweet">Sweet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._Edmund_Machold" title="H. Edmund Machold">Machold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_A._McGinnies" title="Joseph A. McGinnies">McGinnies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irwin_Steingut" title="Irwin Steingut">I. Steingut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irving_Ives" title="Irving Ives">Ives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oswald_D._Heck" title="Oswald D. Heck">Heck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_F._Carlino" title="Joseph F. Carlino">Carlino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_J._Travia" title="Anthony J. Travia">Travia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moses_M._Weinstein" title="Moses M. Weinstein">Weinstein</a> (acting)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perry_B._Duryea_Jr." title="Perry B. Duryea Jr.">Duryea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Steingut" title="Stanley Steingut">S. Steingut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Fink" title="Stanley Fink">Fink</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Miller" title="Mel Miller">Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_R._Tallon" title="James R. Tallon">Tallon</a> (acting)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saul_Weprin" title="Saul Weprin">Weprin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheldon_Silver" title="Sheldon Silver">Silver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Morelle" title="Joseph Morelle">Morelle</a> (acting)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Heastie" title="Carl Heastie">Heastie</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="United_States_senators_from_New_York99" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:United_States_senators_from_New_York" title="Template:United States senators from New York"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:United_States_senators_from_New_York" title="Template talk:United States senators from New York"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:United_States_senators_from_New_York" title="Special:EditPage/Template:United States senators from New York"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="United_States_senators_from_New_York99" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_New_York" title="List of United States senators from New York">United States senators from New York</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Class 1</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Schuyler" title="Philip Schuyler">Schuyler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Burr" title="Aaron Burr">Burr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Schuyler" title="Philip Schuyler">Schuyler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Sloss_Hobart" title="John Sloss Hobart">Hobart</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Watson_(New_York_politician)" title="James Watson (New York politician)">Watson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gouverneur_Morris" title="Gouverneur Morris">Morris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodorus_Bailey_(politician)" title="Theodorus Bailey (politician)">Bailey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Armstrong_Jr." title="John Armstrong Jr.">Armstrong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_L._Mitchill" title="Samuel L. Mitchill">Mitchill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obadiah_German" title="Obadiah German">German</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Sanford" title="Nathan Sanford">Sanford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Van_Buren" title="Martin Van Buren">Van Buren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_E._Dudley" title="Charles E. Dudley">Dudley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_P._Tallmadge" title="Nathaniel P. Tallmadge">Tallmadge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_S._Dickinson" title="Daniel S. Dickinson">Dickinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Fish" title="Hamilton Fish">Fish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preston_King_(politician)" title="Preston King (politician)">P. King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_D._Morgan" title="Edwin D. Morgan">Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reuben_Fenton" title="Reuben Fenton">Fenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Kernan" title="Francis Kernan">Kernan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_C._Platt" title="Thomas C. 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King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Laurance" title="John Laurance">Laurance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Armstrong_Jr." title="John Armstrong Jr.">Armstrong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeWitt_Clinton" title="DeWitt Clinton">D. Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Armstrong_Jr." title="John Armstrong Jr.">Armstrong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(New_York_politician,_born_1752)" title="John Smith (New York politician, born 1752)">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rufus_King" title="Rufus King">R. King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Sanford" title="Nathan Sanford">Sanford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_L._Marcy" title="William L. Marcy">Marcy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silas_Wright" title="Silas Wright">Wright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_A._Foster" title="Henry A. Foster">Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Adams_Dix" title="John Adams Dix">Dix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Seward" title="William H. Seward">Seward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ira_Harris" title="Ira Harris">Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roscoe_Conkling" title="Roscoe Conkling">Conkling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elbridge_G._Lapham" title="Elbridge G. Lapham">Lapham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_M._Evarts" title="William M. Evarts">Evarts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_B._Hill" title="David B. Hill">Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_C._Platt" title="Thomas C. Platt">Platt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elihu_Root" title="Elihu Root">Root</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_W._Wadsworth_Jr." title="James W. Wadsworth Jr.">Wadsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Wagner" title="Robert F. Wagner">Wagner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Foster_Dulles" title="John Foster Dulles">Dulles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_H._Lehman" title="Herbert H. 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Livingston">Livingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Fulton" title="Robert Fulton">Fulton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_D._Cooper" title="Charles D. Cooper">Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Ellicott_(surveyor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph Ellicott (surveyor)">Ellicott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myron_Holley" title="Myron Holley">Holley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Young_(New_York_politician)" title="Samuel Young (New York politician)">Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ephraim_Hart_(NY_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ephraim Hart (NY politician)">Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Seymour_(Commissioner)" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Seymour (Commissioner)">Seymour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_C._Bouck" title="William C. Bouck">Bouck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonas_Earll,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Jonas Earll, Jr.">Earll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Hoffman_(congressman)" title="Michael Hoffman (congressman)">Hoffman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heman_J._Redfield" title="Heman J. Redfield">Redfield</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bowman_(New_York_politician)" title="John Bowman (New York politician)">Bowman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Baker_(New_York_politician)" title="William Baker (New York politician)">Baker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_B._Ruggles" title="Samuel B. Ruggles">Ruggles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Hudson_(New_York_politician)" title="David Hudson (New York politician)">D Hudson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Newton_Dexter" title="Simon Newton Dexter">Dexter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Hamilton_(New_York_politician)" title="Henry Hamilton (New York politician)">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_H._Boughton" title="George H. Boughton">Boughton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asa_Whitney_(canal_commissioner)" title="Asa Whitney (canal commissioner)">Whitney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Clark_(New_York_treasurer)" title="Stephen Clark (New York treasurer)">Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Hooker_(New_York_politician)" title="James Hooker (New York politician)">Hooker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Enos" title="Benjamin Enos">Enos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_W._Little" title="George W. Little">Little</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_P._Bissell" title="Daniel P. Bissell">Bissell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Jones_(representative)" title="Nathaniel Jones (representative)">Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_T._Hudson" title="John T. Hudson">J Hudson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Clowes" title="Thomas Clowes">Clowes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelson_J._Beach" title="Nelson J. 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