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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:Politician
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gptkbp:advocates_for
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Public education
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gptkbp:affiliation
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gptkb:Anti-Masonic_Party
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gptkbp:associated_with
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gptkb:Martin_Van_Buren
gptkb:William_L._Marcy
gptkb:Horatio_Seymour
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gptkbp:birth_date
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May 24, 1795
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gptkbp:birth_place
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gptkb:Canton,_Massachusetts
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gptkbp:burial_place
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gptkb:Green-Wood_Cemetery
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:Silas_Wright_Jr.
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gptkbp:committee
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1845
1846
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gptkbp:contribution
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Expansion of the Erie Canal
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gptkbp:death_date
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August 27, 1847
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gptkbp:death_place
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gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:Yale_College
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gptkbp:governing_body
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gptkb:New_York_State_Senate
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gptkbp:historical_role
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Key figure in New York politics during the 19th century
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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Prominent political leader in pre-Civil War America
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Silas Wright
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gptkbp:influence
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New York politics
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gptkbp:influence_on
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Democratic Party policies
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gptkbp:involvement
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gptkb:oppression
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gptkbp:is_a_supporter_of
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gptkb:Jacksonian_democracy
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gptkbp:known_for
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Political leadership in New York
Advocacy for state rights
Support of the Democratic Party
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gptkbp:legacy
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Wright's Law
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gptkbp:notable_works
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Speech on the Compromise of 1850
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:lawyer
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gptkbp:office
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gptkb:Governor
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gptkbp:political_affiliation
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gptkb:Democratic_Party
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gptkbp:political_party
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gptkb:Democratic_Party
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gptkbp:position_held
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U. S. Senator from New York
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gptkbp:predecessor
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gptkb:John_Young
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gptkbp:role
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Chairman of the New York State Democratic Committee
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Mary_Wright
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:John_Young
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gptkbp:term_end
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1846
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gptkbp:term_in_office
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1836-1844
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gptkbp:term_start
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1845
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:William_L._Marcy
gptkb:Albany_Regency
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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