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href="/wiki/Joseph_C._Yates" title="Joseph C. Yates">Joseph C. Yates</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_Tayler" title="John Tayler">John Tayler</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_Tallmadge_Jr." title="James Tallmadge Jr.">James Tallmadge Jr.</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> from New York</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1831–1833</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">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Perkins_King" title="Perkins King">Perkins King</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/John_Cramer_(representative)" title="John Cramer (representative)">John Cramer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_York%27s_11th_congressional_district" title="New York's 11th congressional district">11th district</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1815–1817</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">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Sherwood_(New_York_politician)" title="Samuel Sherwood (New York politician)">Samuel Sherwood</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/Dorrance_Kirtland" title="Dorrance Kirtland">Dorrance Kirtland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_York%27s_8th_congressional_district" title="New York's 8th congressional district">8th district</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1809–1811</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">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Wilson_(politician)" title="Nathan Wilson (politician)">Nathan Wilson</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/Arunah_Metcalf" title="Arunah Metcalf">Arunah Metcalf</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_York%27s_12th_congressional_district" title="New York's 12th congressional district">12th district</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1803–1805</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">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Seat established</i></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/John_Russell_(New_York_politician)" title="John Russell (New York politician)">John Russell</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_York%27s_14th_congressional_district" title="New York's 14th congressional district">14th district</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"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1773-03-16</span>)</span>March 16, 1773<br /><a href="/wiki/Hebron,_Connecticut" title="Hebron, Connecticut">Hebron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Colony" title="Connecticut Colony">Connecticut Colony</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_America" title="British America">British America</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">December 24, 1846<span style="display:none">(1846-12-24)</span> (aged 73)<br />New York City, US</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic-Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic-Republican">Democratic-Republican</a> (Before 1831) <p><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Jackson" title="Andrew Jackson">Jacksonian</a> (1831–1838) </p> <a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whig</a> (1838–1846)</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;">Elizabeth Stockton</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 4, 1806">1806</span>)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">William Root<br />Zeruiah Baldwin Root</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dartmouth_College" title="Dartmouth College">Dartmouth College</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Militia" class="mw-redirect" title="New York State Militia">New York State Militia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_States)" title="Major general (United States)">Major General</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Erastus Root</b> (March 16, 1773 – December 24, 1846) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He is most notable for serving four separate non-consecutive terms in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives"> U.S. House of Representatives</a> in the early 19th century. </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=Erastus_Root&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Root was born on March 16, 1773, in <a href="/wiki/Hebron,_Connecticut" title="Hebron, Connecticut">Hebron</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Colony" title="Connecticut Colony">Connecticut Colony</a>. He was a son of William Root (1731–1790) and Zeruiah (née Baldwin) Root (1729–1792).<sup id="cite_ref-Root1870_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Root1870-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He graduated from <a href="/wiki/Dartmouth_College" title="Dartmouth College">Dartmouth College</a> in 1793 and became a teacher. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1796, and commenced practice in <a href="/wiki/Delhi_(village),_New_York" title="Delhi (village), New York">Delhi, New York</a>. </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=Erastus_Root&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Erastus Root was a member of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Assembly" title="New York State Assembly">New York State Assembly</a> (Delaware Co.) in <a href="/wiki/22nd_New_York_State_Legislature" title="22nd New York State Legislature">1798–99</a>, <a href="/wiki/24th_New_York_State_Legislature" title="24th New York State Legislature">1800–01</a>, and <a href="/wiki/25th_New_York_State_Legislature" title="25th New York State Legislature">1802</a>. Root was elected as a <a href="/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party" title="Democratic-Republican Party">Democratic-Republican</a> to the <a href="/wiki/8th_United_States_Congress" title="8th United States Congress">8th United States Congress</a>, holding office from March 4, 1803, to March 3, 1805. Afterwards he resumed his law practice. He was then elected to the <a href="/wiki/11th_United_States_Congress" title="11th United States Congress">11th United States Congress</a>, holding office from March 4, 1809, to March 3, 1811, and was Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Claims" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Committee on Claims">Committee on Claims</a>. Root was a member of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Senate" title="New York State Senate">New York State Senate</a> (Middle D.) from 1812 to 1815, sitting in the <a href="/wiki/35th_New_York_State_Legislature" title="35th New York State Legislature">35th</a>, <a href="/wiki/36th_New_York_State_Legislature" title="36th New York State Legislature">36th</a>, <a href="/wiki/37th_New_York_State_Legislature" title="37th New York State Legislature">37th</a>, and <a href="/wiki/38th_New_York_State_Legislature" title="38th New York State Legislature">38th New York State Legislatures</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hough1858_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hough1858-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1815, Root contested successfully the election of <a href="/wiki/John_Adams_(New_York)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Adams (New York)">John Adams</a> to the <a href="/wiki/14th_United_States_Congress" title="14th United States Congress">14th United States Congress</a> arguing that ballots that were cast for "Erastus Rott" should be counted for him, and took his seat on December 26, 1815, served until March 3, 1817, and was Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Expenditures_in_the_War_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Committee on Expenditures in the War Department">Committee on Expenditures in the War Department</a>. </p><p>He was again a member of the State Assembly (Delaware Co.) in <a href="/wiki/41st_New_York_State_Legislature" title="41st New York State Legislature">1818</a>, <a href="/wiki/42nd_New_York_State_Legislature" title="42nd New York State Legislature">1819</a>, <a href="/wiki/43rd_New_York_State_Legislature" title="43rd New York State Legislature">1820</a>, and <a href="/wiki/44th_New_York_State_Legislature" title="44th New York State Legislature">1820–21</a>; and was a delegate to the <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Constitutional_Convention" class="mw-redirect" title="New York State Constitutional Convention">New York State Constitutional Convention</a> of 1821. He was <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_New_York" title="Lieutenant Governor of New York">Lieutenant Governor of New York</a> from 1823 to 1824, but was defeated when <a href="/wiki/New_York_gubernatorial_election,_1824" class="mw-redirect" title="New York gubernatorial election, 1824">running for re-election</a> on the ticket with <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Young_(New_York_politician)" title="Samuel Young (New York politician)">Samuel Young</a> in 1824. However, in March–April 1824, Erastus Root was honored with two votes at the <a href="/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party" title="Democratic-Republican Party">Democratic-Republican Party</a> Caucus to be the party's candidate for U.S. Vice President at the <a href="/wiki/1824_United_States_presidential_election" title="1824 United States presidential election">election later that year</a>.<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><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was again a member of the State Assembly (Delaware Co.) in <a href="/wiki/49th_New_York_State_Legislature" title="49th New York State Legislature">1826</a>, <a href="/wiki/50th_New_York_State_Legislature" title="50th New York State Legislature">1827</a>, <a href="/wiki/51st_New_York_State_Legislature" title="51st New York State Legislature">1828</a>, and <a href="/wiki/53rd_New_York_State_Legislature" title="53rd New York State Legislature">1830</a>; and 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 1827, 1828, and 1830.<sup id="cite_ref-Root1832_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Root1832-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was elected as a <a href="/wiki/Jacksonian_democracy" title="Jacksonian democracy">Jacksonian</a> to the <a href="/wiki/22nd_United_States_Congress" title="22nd United States Congress">22nd United States Congress</a>, holding office from March 4, 1831, to March 3, 1833, and was Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Agriculture" title="United States House Committee on Agriculture">Committee on Agriculture</a>. In 1838, this time as a <a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whig</a>, he ran again for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">House</a> but was defeated. </p><p>He was again a member of the State Senate (3rd D.) from 1840 to 1843, sitting in the <a href="/wiki/63rd_New_York_State_Legislature" title="63rd New York State Legislature">63rd</a>, <a href="/wiki/64th_New_York_State_Legislature" title="64th New York State Legislature">64th</a>, <a href="/wiki/65th_New_York_State_Legislature" title="65th New York State Legislature">65th</a>, and <a href="/wiki/66th_New_York_State_Legislature" title="66th New York State Legislature">66th New York State Legislatures</a>.<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>Root also served as Major-General of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Militia" class="mw-redirect" title="New York State Militia">New York State Militia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Murray1898_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Murray1898-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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=Erastus_Root&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On October 4, 1806, Root was married to Elizabeth Stockton (1788–1871), a daughter of Charles W. Stockton and Elizabeth (née North) Stockton. Together, they were the parents of five children, three girls and two boys, including:<sup id="cite_ref-Root1870_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Root1870-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Juliana Root (1807–1898), who married U.S. Representative <a href="/wiki/Selah_R._Hobbie" title="Selah R. Hobbie">Selah Reeve Hobbie</a> (1797–1854) in 1826.<sup id="cite_ref-Root1870_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Root1870-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Charles Root (1809–1828), who died aboard the <a href="/wiki/USS_Hudson_(1826)" title="USS Hudson (1826)">USS <i>Hudson</i></a> in Rio de Janeiro in December 1828.<sup id="cite_ref-Root1870_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Root1870-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Elizabeth Root (1813–1868), who married Henry Lee Robinson (1812–1901), a <a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general_(United_States)" title="Brigadier general (United States)">Brig. Gen.</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union Army</a> during the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Civil War">U.S. Civil War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Root1870_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Root1870-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>William Root (b. 1814), who married Emily (née Wheelock) Dickinson (1816–1857), a daughter of Col. J. Wheelock.<sup id="cite_ref-Root1870_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Root1870-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Augusta Root (1815–1838), who married William Fuller.<sup id="cite_ref-Root1870_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Root1870-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Root died in New York City on December 24, 1846. He was originally buried at the Old Cemetery, but later re-interred at Woodland Cemetery, both in Delhi. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legacy_and_honors">Legacy and honors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Erastus_Root&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Legacy and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Town of <a href="/wiki/Root,_New_York" title="Root, New York">Root</a> in <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_New_York" title="Montgomery County, New York">Montgomery County, New York</a> is named for him.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-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 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class="citation book cs1">Root, James Pierce (1870). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=X6VPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA122"><i>Root Genealogical Records. 1600–1870: Comprising the General History of the Root and Roots Families in America</i></a>. R. C. Root, Anthony & Company. pp. 122, 153–156, 211<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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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 />1827–1828 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Robinson_(speaker)" title="Peter Robinson (speaker)">Peter Robinson</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Robinson_(speaker)" title="Peter Robinson (speaker)">Peter Robinson</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 />1830 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/George_R._Davis_(New_York_politician)" title="George R. 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Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Jay" title="John Jay">Jay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Clinton_(vice_president)" title="George Clinton (vice president)">G. Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Lewis_(governor)" title="Morgan Lewis (governor)">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_D._Tompkins" title="Daniel D. Tompkins">Tompkins</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/John_Tayler" title="John Tayler">Tayler</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeWitt_Clinton" title="DeWitt Clinton">D. Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_C._Yates" title="Joseph C. Yates">Yates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeWitt_Clinton" title="DeWitt Clinton">D. Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Pitcher" title="Nathaniel Pitcher">Pitcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Van_Buren" title="Martin Van Buren">Van Buren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enos_T._Throop" title="Enos T. Throop">Throop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_L._Marcy" title="William L. Marcy">Marcy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Seward" title="William H. Seward">Seward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_C._Bouck" title="William C. Bouck">Bouck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silas_Wright" title="Silas Wright">Wright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Young_(governor)" title="John Young (governor)">Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Fish" title="Hamilton Fish">Fish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Hunt" title="Washington Hunt">Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horatio_Seymour" title="Horatio Seymour">Seymour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myron_H._Clark" title="Myron H. Clark">Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_A._King" title="John A. King">King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_D._Morgan" title="Edwin D. Morgan">Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horatio_Seymour" title="Horatio Seymour">Seymour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reuben_Fenton" title="Reuben Fenton">Fenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_T._Hoffman" title="John T. Hoffman">Hoffman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Adams_Dix" title="John Adams Dix">J. Adams Dix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_J._Tilden" title="Samuel J. Tilden">Tilden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucius_Robinson" title="Lucius Robinson">Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alonzo_B._Cornell" title="Alonzo B. Cornell">Cornell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grover_Cleveland" title="Grover Cleveland">Cleveland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_B._Hill" title="David B. Hill">Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roswell_P._Flower" title="Roswell P. Flower">Flower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levi_P._Morton" title="Levi P. Morton">Morton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_S._Black" title="Frank S. Black">Black</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt" title="Theodore Roosevelt">T. Roosevelt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Odell_(politician)" title="Benjamin Odell (politician)">Odell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_W._Higgins" title="Frank W. 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Wilkin">Wilkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_North" title="William North">North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Sanford" title="Nathan Sanford">Sanford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Ross_(speaker)" title="William Ross (speaker)">Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Sheldon" title="Alexander Sheldon">Sheldon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_R._Van_Rensselaer" title="Jacob R. Van Rensselaer">Van Rensselaer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Emott" title="James Emott">Emott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Young_(New_York_politician)" title="Samuel Young (New York politician)">Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Cruger" title="Daniel Cruger">Cruger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Woods_(New_York_politician)" title="David Woods (New York politician)">Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obadiah_German" title="Obadiah German">German</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Canfield_Spencer" title="John Canfield Spencer">Spencer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Sharpe" title="Peter Sharpe">P. Sharpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_B._Romaine" title="Samuel B. Romaine">Romaine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_R._Livingston" title="Peter R. Livingston">P. Livingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Goodell" title="Richard Goodell">Goodell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarkson_Crolius" title="Clarkson Crolius">Crolius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Young_(New_York_politician)" title="Samuel Young (New York politician)">Young</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Root</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Robinson_(speaker)" title="Peter Robinson (speaker)">P. Robinson</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Root</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/Charles_L._Livingston" title="Charles L. Livingston">C. 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. Crain">Crain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_C._Hasbrouck" title="William C. Hasbrouck">Hasbrouck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amos_K._Hadley" title="Amos K. Hadley">Hadley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noble_S._Elderkin" title="Noble S. Elderkin">Elderkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_H._Pruyn" title="Robert H. Pruyn">Pruyn</a> (acting)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferral_C._Dininny" title="Ferral C. Dininny">Dininny</a> (acting)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Jarvis_Raymond" title="Henry Jarvis Raymond">Raymond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_B._Varnum_Jr." title="Joseph B. Varnum Jr.">Varnum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonas_C._Heartt" title="Jonas C. Heartt">Heartt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Ludlow" title="William H. Ludlow">Ludlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_H._Pruyn" title="Robert H. 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. 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