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    William Learned Marcy (December 12, 1786 – July 4, 1857) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge who served as U.S. Senator, Governor of New York...
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    Bedford–Stuyvesant and is bordered by Flushing, Marcy, Nostrand and Myrtle avenues. The complex was named after William L. Marcy (1786–1857), a lawyer, soldier, and...
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    Nast cartoon with a picture of Tweed supplemented with a quote from William L. Marcy, the former governor of New York. Arthur Train featured Tweed in his...
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    Marcy is a town in Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 8,777 at the 2020 census. The town was named after Governor William L. Marcy...
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    Mount Marcy was provided by Ebenezer Emmons following his ascent of the mountain in August 1837. The mountain is named after William L. Marcy, the 19th-century...
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  • 1854, also known as the Elgin-Marcy Treaty (after its key negotiators, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and William L. Marcy), was a treaty between the United...
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    from the phrase "to the victor belong the spoils" by New York Senator William L. Marcy, referring to the victory of Andrew Jackson in the election of 1828...
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    Wonsley. The neighborhood is named after Marcy Park and Holmes Park (themselves named in honor of William L. Marcy and Oliver Wendell Holmes[1]) which are...
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    in Utica to determine a gubernatorial candidate. Democratic Governor William Marcy was heavily favored to be re-elected, and few prominent Whigs were anxious...
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    following a special election in November 1830. In January 1829, incumbent William L. Marcy resigned as New York State Comptroller in order to accept a judgeship...
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  • Eunice Marcy Pat Marcy (1913–1993), American mobster and politician Randolph B. Marcy (1812–1887), U.S. Army officer and explorer William L. Marcy (1786–1857)...
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    unsure of how to proceed. At the suggestion of Secretary of State William L. Marcy, American ministers in Europe—Pierre Soulé for Spain, James Buchanan...
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    1852 United States presidential election (category William R. King)
    Michigan James Buchanan, former U.S. secretary of state from Pennsylvania William L. Marcy, former U.S. secretary of war from New York Stephen A. Douglas, U.S...
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    Retrieved November 13, 2021. "Biographies of the Secretaries of State: William Learned Marcy (1786–1857)". Office of the Historian. Archived from the original...
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    Jesse Buel, newspaper publisher and agricultural reformer (Whig) William L. Marcy, incumbent Governor since 1833 and former U.S. Senator (Democratic)...
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    Governor William L. Marcy, Seymour won election to the New York State Assembly. He was elected that body's speaker in 1845 and aligned with Marcy's "Softshell...
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    Daniel Webster, Lewis Cass, John C. Calhoun, John M. Clayton, William L. Marcy, William Seward, Edward Everett, Jeremiah S. Black, James Blaine, Elihu...
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  • Mourning Bride by William Congreve: "Music hath charms..." Bobby quotes (slightly misquotes) the words of Senator William L. Marcy: "To the victor belong...
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    presidential nomination, alongside Lewis Cass, Stephen Douglas, and William L. Marcy; however, the Pennsylvania convention did not vote unanimously in his...
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  • William Learned Marcy Pendleton (February 19, 1865 – 1947) was a French-born painter, classified as a member of the American School[clarification needed]...
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  • Frank Licht (A.B. 1938) – 67th Governor of Rhode Island (1969–1973) William L. Marcy (A.B. 1808) – Justice of New York State Supreme Court (1829); 11th...
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    Mississippi Senator Walker as Secretary of the Treasury and New York's William Marcy as Secretary of War. The members worked well together, and few replacements...
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  • named the newly established fort after William L. Marcy, the secretary of war and his boss at the time. Fort Marcy engaged in little action during the American...
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    Washington for more than two months, staying with former Secretary of State William L. Marcy. Buchanan altered course from the Pierce administration, replacing...
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  • publisher of the Albany Argus Daniel S. Dickinson, U.S. Senator (1844–51) William L. Marcy, U.S. Secretary of State (1853–57), U.S. Secretary of War (1845–49)...
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    presided at Anti-Rent leader trials Ambrose L. Jordan, defense counsel at trials of Anti-Rent leaders. William Marcy, participated in posse to end Anti-Renter...
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  • 1852 Democratic National Convention (category William R. King)
    Illinois, candidate of the expansionists and the railroad interests; and William L. Marcy of New York, whose strength was centered in his home state. Cass led...
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    National Republican) William L. Marcy, U.S. Senator since 1831 (Democratic) The Democratic Party nominated U.S. senator William L. Marcy. They nominated University...
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  • included John King (son of Federalist Rufus King), and William L. Marcy of Troy. Van Buren and Marcy would later be influential members of the Democratic...
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    William Wilkins (December 20, 1779 – June 23, 1865) was an American judge and politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Jacksonian member of the United...
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