This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

The first biography in over half a century of New York's first governor and vice president under Jefferson and Madison, George Clinton analyzes the public career of this pivotal founder who has remained lost to history.

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Although overshadowed during the same period of history by luminaries such as Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton, the less famous George Clinton played a major role in state and national politics.