Silas Wright Jr.

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Politician
gptkbp:advocatesFor State rights
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:Albany_Regency
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:New_York_State_Assembly
gptkbp:assemblyLocation 1825
1826
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:New_York_Democratic_Party
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Canton,_New_York
gptkbp:born May 24, 1795
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Greenwood_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:Silas_Wright_III
gptkbp:committee 18th District
gptkbp:contribution Expansion_of_the_Democratic_Party_in_New_York
gptkbp:descendant gptkb:Silas_Wright_IV
gptkbp:died August 27, 1847
gptkbp:district gptkb:St._Lawrence_County
gptkbp:education gptkb:Union_College
gptkbp:historicalRole Governor_of_New_York
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Key_figure_in_New_York_politics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Silas Wright Jr.
gptkbp:influenced New_York_State_laws
New_York_politics
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Martin_Van_Buren
gptkbp:knownFor Advocacy_for_the_Democratic_Party
gptkbp:legacy Wright's_Law
gptkbp:legislation 1836
1844
1845
1846
Chairman_of_the_Democratic_National_Committee
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableWorks Speech on the Compromise of 1850
gptkbp:occupation lawyer
gptkbp:office U.S._Senator_from_New_York
gptkbp:opposedBy Slavery
gptkbp:party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:politicalRole 1825
1847
Public official
gptkbp:positionHeld Governor_of_New_York
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:John_Young
gptkbp:recognizedBy Political leadership
gptkbp:residence gptkb:New_York
gptkbp:role State Senator
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:U.S._Senate
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Wright
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Horatio_Seymour
gptkb:John_Young
gptkbp:supported Compromise of 1850
gptkbp:termEnd 1846
gptkbp:termStart 1845