Clark Burnham

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Clark Burnham (May 22, 1802 Windham, Windham County, Connecticut – December 30, 1871 Utica, Oneida County, New York) was an American politician from New York.

Windham, Connecticut City in Connecticut, United States

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Life

He lived in Sherburne, Chenango County, New York, and was a contractor on the Chenango Canal. He married Fanny Avery (1808–1872).

Sherburne (village), New York Village in New York, United States

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Chenango County, New York County in the United States

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Chenango Canal

The Chenango Canal was a towpath canal built and operated in the mid-19th century in central New York in the United States. It was 97 miles long and for much of its course followed the Chenango River, along Rt. 12 N-S from Binghamton on the south end to Utica on the north end. It operated from 1834 to 1878 and provided a significant link in the water transportation system of the northeastern U.S., connecting the Susquehanna River to the Erie Canal.

He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Chenango Co.) in 1842.

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65th New York State Legislature

The 65th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 4 to September 7, 1842, during the fourth year of William H. Seward's governorship, in Albany.

He was a member of the New York State Senate (6th D.) from 1844 to 1847, sitting in the 67th, 68th, 69th and 70th New York State Legislature.

New York State Senate upper state chamber of New York State

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67th New York State Legislature

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68th New York State Legislature

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In 1851, he removed to Utica. In the New York state election, 1854 he ran on the Hard-shell Democratic and Know Nothing tickets for Canal Commissioner, but was defeated by Whig Henry Fitzhugh.

The Barnburners and Hunkers were the names of two opposing factions of the New York state Democratic Party in the mid-19th century. The main issue dividing the two factions was that of slavery, with the Barnburners being the anti-slavery faction. While this division occurred within the context of New York politics, it reflected the national divisions in the United States in the years preceding the American Civil War.

Know Nothing American political movement and party in the 19th century with anti-catholic tendency

The Native American Party, renamed the American Party in 1855 and commonly known as the Know Nothing movement, was an American nativist political party that operated nationally in the mid-1850s. It was primarily anti-Catholic, xenophobic, and hostile to immigration, starting originally as a secret society. The movement briefly emerged as a major political party in the form of the American Party. Adherents to the movement were to reply "I know nothing" when asked about its specifics by outsiders, thus providing the group with its common name.

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New York State Senate
Preceded by
Andrew B. Dickinson
New York State Senate
Sixth District (Class 1)

1844 – 1847
Succeeded by
district abolished

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