William I. Skinner
Encyclopedia
William I. Skinner was an American politician from New York
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. He was Sheriff of Herkimer County, New York
from 1847 to 1849.
In 1853, he was appointed Superintendent of Canal Repairs for Section 4 of the Erie Canal
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He was a Canal Commissioner
from 1860 to 1865, elected in 1859
on the Democratic and American
tickets, and re-elected in 1862 on the Democratic ticket.
He was a delegate to the 1864 Democratic National Convention
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New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
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Life
He was the son of Josiah Skinner. He lived at Little FallsLittle Falls (town), New York
Little Falls is a town in Herkimer County, New York, United States. The population was 1,544 at the 2000 census. The town is named after a waterfall located nearby.The Town of Little Falls has on its eastern end a small city called Little Falls...
. He was Sheriff of Herkimer County, New York
Herkimer County, New York
Herkimer County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. It was created in 1791 north of the Mohawk River out of part of Montgomery County. As of the 2010 census, the population was 64,519. It is named after General Nicholas Herkimer, who died from battle wounds in 1777 after taking part...
from 1847 to 1849.
In 1853, he was appointed Superintendent of Canal Repairs for Section 4 of the Erie Canal
Erie Canal
The Erie Canal is a waterway in New York that runs about from Albany, New York, on the Hudson River to Buffalo, New York, at Lake Erie, completing a navigable water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. The canal contains 36 locks and encompasses a total elevation differential of...
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He was a Canal Commissioner
Erie Canal Commission
The New York State Legislature appointed in 1810 a Commission to Explore a Route for a Canal to Lake Erie, and Report which became known as the Erie Canal Commission...
from 1860 to 1865, elected in 1859
New York state election, 1859
The 1859 New York state election was held on November 8, 1859, to elect the Secretary of State, the State Comptroller, the Attorney General, the State Treasurer, the State Engineer, a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, a Canal Commissioner, an Inspector of State Prisons and the Clerk of the...
on the Democratic and American
Know Nothing
The Know Nothing was a movement by the nativist American political faction of the 1840s and 1850s. It was empowered by popular fears that the country was being overwhelmed by German and Irish Catholic immigrants, who were often regarded as hostile to Anglo-Saxon Protestant values and controlled by...
tickets, and re-elected in 1862 on the Democratic ticket.
He was a delegate to the 1864 Democratic National Convention
1864 Democratic National Convention
The 1864 Democratic National Convention was held at The Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois. The Convention nominated General George B. McClellan for the Presidency, and Representative George H. Pendleton for the Vice-Presidency. McClellan, age 37 at the time of the convention and Pendleton, age 39,...
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Sources
- Canal Appointments in NYT on February 21, 1853 [gives middle initial "J."]
- Election results in A Political Text-book for 1860 compiled by Horace GreeleyHorace GreeleyHorace Greeley was an American newspaper editor, a founder of the Liberal Republican Party, a reformer, a politician, and an outspoken opponent of slavery...
& John Fitch Cleveland (Tribune Association, 1860) - The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1867; page 406)
- New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (page 400; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
- http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/skinner.html Political Graveyard
- http://www.rbinforesearch.com/htm_Herk2.htm Early settlers of Herkimer County