| LC control no. | nr2002041805 |
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| Personal name heading | Watson, James, 1750-1806 |
| Found in | At a numerous and respectable meeting of Federal electors of the city of Albany, 1801: t.p. (James Watson; Federal candidate for lieutenant governor in the New York election of 1801) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, 1989 (Watson, James, senator from N.Y.; grad Yale 1776; capt. in Amer. Rev.; studied law; settled N.Y.C. 1786, engaged in mercantile pursuits; member of N.Y. Assembly 1791, 1794-6, speaker 1794; regent, New York University, 1795-1806; N.Y. Senate 1796-8; Federalist, U.S. Senate, 1798-1800; unsuccessful candidate for N.Y. lt. gov. 1801; organized and first pres. of the New England Society in New York; b. Woodbury, Conn., April 6, 1750; d. N.Y.C., May 15, 1806) |
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