In passing it might be timely to state that under Colonial rule one of her native sons was Governor another Colonial President one term and Lieut. Governor five terms; four have filled the office of Governor of the State; one of her four Governors represented his state in the United States Senate and later was Secretary of State in the cabinet of President Lincoln, and another was elected Vice-President of the United States.
The names, offices and terms of service of those distinguished men are:
George Clinton, Colonial Governor, 1743-1753;
Cadwallader Colden, Colonial President, and Lieut. Gov., 1760-1761; Lieut. Gov., 1761-1762; 1763-1765; 1769-1770 and 1774-1775;
George Clinton, first Governor of the State, 1777-1795; 1801-1804;
DeWitt Clinton, Governor, 1817-1822; 1824-1826;
William H. Seward, Governor, 1839-1842;
Benjamin B. Odell, Governor, 1901-1904.
The list of men and women who have made history in legal, literary, military, business and scientific channels is a long and illustrious one.
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