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DeWitt Clinton   /dəwˈɪt klˈɪntən/   Listen
DeWitt Clinton

noun
1.
United States politician who as governor of New York supported the project to build the Erie Canal (1769-1828).  Synonym: Clinton.






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... injured man." It was some time before the tumult could be allayed, the audience taking part with the disturbers; but the result was that Maxwell, Verplanck, and several others were prosecuted for riot in the Mayor's Court. DeWitt Clinton was then Mayor of New York. In his charge to the jury he inveighed with great severity against the accused, particularly Verplanck, of whose conduct he spoke as a piece of matchless impudence, and declared the disturbance to be one of the grossest and most shameless outrages he had ever known. ...
— A Discourse on the Life, Character and Writings of Gulian Crommelin - Verplanck • William Cullen Bryant



Words linked to "DeWitt Clinton" :   politico, political leader, pol, politician



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