Tag Archives: Horatio Seymour

For the Union at the Union

Posted on October 17, 2012 by SUMPTER

During the 1862 election season Democrats in the small town of Seneca Falls, New York formed a McClellan Club. A couple weeks later Democrats in the big town of New York had a big rally. The resolutions adopted by the … Continue reading →

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Pick and Choose Constitution

Posted on October 13, 2012 by SUMPTER

Native Kentuckian Cassius Marcellus Clay “was a paradox, a southern aristocrat who became a prominent anti-slavery crusader”. While attending Yale he heard William Lloyd Garrison speak and decided to become an abolitionist. He served as a Kentucky state representative and … Continue reading →

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Who would Jeff Davis vote for?

Posted on October 6, 2012 by SUMPTER

Democrat Horatio Seymour opposed Republican James S. Wadsworth in the 1862 race for New York governor. 150 years ago this week the Republican-leaning New-York Times published an editorial about a month from Election Day. There are three classes of Seymour … Continue reading →

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At Club Mac

Posted on October 2, 2012 by SUMPTER

On September 29, 1862 a group of men in Seneca Falls, New York held an organizational meeting of a McClellan Club. Here’s a report from a Seneca County, New York newspaper in 1862: Organization of a McClellan Club. A large … Continue reading →

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