George Clinton was an American

United States

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 soldier

Soldier

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 and politician

Politician

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, considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States

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. He was the first Governor of New York

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, and then the fourth Vice President of the United States

Vice President of the United States

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 (1805–1812), serving under Presidents Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

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 and James Madison

James Madison

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. He and John C. Calhoun

John C. Calhoun

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 are the only persons to serve as Vice-President under different U.S. Presidents.
His political interests were inspired by his father, Charles Clinton

Charles Clinton

Charles Clinton was a French and Indian War Colonel, the father of American Revolutionary War general James Clinton and Vice President of the United States George Clinton, and the grandfather New York Governor DeWitt Clinton....

, who was an English

England

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 immigrant to Little Britain, New York

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 and a member of the New York colonial assembly.