Lawyer; born in
Havana, N. Y., Aug. 29, 1844; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1864; was a member of the New York Assembly in 1869-71.
He presided over the
Democratic State conventions of 1877 and 1881; was mayor of
Elmira, N. Y., in 1882;
lieutenant-governor of New York in 1882-85, and governor in 1885-91.
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latter year he was elected
United States Senator and served till 1897.
He was a candidate for the Presidential nomination in the
National Democratic Convention of 1892, and prior to the convention of 1896, spent several weeks making a political speaking tour of the principal cities of
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South on the invitation of the
Democratic leaders in that section.
In the convention of 1900 he was offered the nomination for
Vice-President, but firmly declined it.
