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History of Orange County
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DEPUTIES TO THE FIRST CONVENTION.
From Orange County—Col. A. Hawks Hay, Henry Wisner, Esq., John Haring Esq., Peter Clowes, Israel Seeley, John Coe, David Pie, Michael Jackson, Benjamin Tusten, Wm. Allison, Jesse Woodhull, Jeremiah Clark, Mr. Cooper and Abraham Lent.
From Ulster County—Charles De Witt, George Clinton, Levi Pawling, Col. Johannis Hardenburgh, Col. James Clinton, Egbert Dumond Esq., Charles Clinton, Christopher Tappan, John Nicholson, Jacob Hornbeck, Thomas Palmer, Mathew Cantine, Mr. Wynkoop, Mr. Rhea and Mr. Lefever.
The convention continued to meet till May 13th, 1777, when it was dissolved, and the Committee of Safety ordered to assemble next morning, which they did, and continued their sessions till January 7, 1778, when the Convention sat as a Senate and Assembly.
Members of Senate—Messrs. Ten Brock, Yates, Van Schaick, Wisner, Pawling, Landon, Webster, Parks, Scott.
Members of Assembly—Messrs. Harper, Kellian Van Rensselaer, Williams, Banker, Dunscomb, Snider, Gilbert Livingston, Jay, Drake, Benson, Morehouse, Speaker, Van Houten, Barns, Hoffman, Clarke, Schoonmaker, Kuyper.
General Officers for the Colonies, appointed by Congress in June, 1775.
George Washington, General and Commander in Chief: Artemas Ward, 1st Major General—Charles Lee 2d do.— Philip Schuyler, 3d do.—Israel Putnam, 4th do.—Seth Pomeroy, 1st Brigadier General—Richard Montgomery, 2d do.—David Wooster, 3d do.—William Heath, 4th do.—Joseph Spencer, 5th do.—John Thomas, 6th do.—John Sullivan, 7th do.—Nathaniel Green, 8th do.—and Horatio Gates Adjutant General.
UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
Members of the New York Convention for deliberating on the adoption of the Constitution of the United States, assembled at Poughkeepsie, June 17, 1788, from the counties of Ulster and Orange—George Clinton, Delegate from Ulster, President.
From Ulster County—George Clinton, John Cantine, Cor. C. Schoonmaker, Ebenezer Clark, James Clinton. Derick Wynkoop.
From Orange County—John Haring, Jesse Woodhull, Henry Wisner, John Wood.
STATE CONSTITUTION.
Members from Ulster and Orange counties in the Convention met at Kingston, Ulster county, April 20, 1777, to frame the Constitution of the State.
From Ulster County—Christopher Tappan, Matthew Rea, Arthur Parks, Matthew Cantine, Charles De Witt, Levi Pawling, Henry Wisner, Jr.
From Orange County—William Allison, Henry Wisner, Jeremiah Clark, David Pye, Thomas Outwater, Isaac Sherwood, Joshua H. Smith, John Haring, Mr. Little.
Members of the Convention who framed the Constitution of the State of New York in 1821, from Orange county were John Duer, John Hallock, jr., Peter Milliken and Benjamin J. Woodward.
The members of the Convention from Orange county, who framed the State Constitution in 1846, were:—John W. Brown of Newburgh, George W. Tuthill of Bloominggrove and Lewis Cuddeback of Deerpark.
The citizens of Orange who have been, or acted as Governors of the State, were:
GOVERNORS.
Cadwallader C. Colden,
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George Clinton,
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Dewitt Clinton,
William H. Seward
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from 1760 to 1762
1763 to 1765
1769 to 1770
1777 to 1795
1801 to 1804
1824 to 1828
1839 to 1843
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