Ephraim Hart (NY politician)

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Ephraim Hart was an American merchant who helped to organize the Board of Stock-Brokers, now known as the New York Stock Exchange.

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Ephraim Hart (December 27, 1774 Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut - February 14, 1839 St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida) was an American politician from New York.

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He was the son of Thomas Hart (b. 1749), President of the Hamilton-Oneida Academy and assemblyman in 1806, and Mary (Hungerford) Hart (1751-1823).

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In 1815, Ephraim Hart removed from Clinton to Utica.

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He was a Democratic-Republican/Clintonian member of the New York State Senate from 1817 to 1822.

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In 1818, he was appointed by Governor DeWitt Clinton to the Erie Canal Commission to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Joseph Ellicott. Though Clinton selected Hart based on his proven ability, he failed to take into account Hart's longstanding and vociferous opposition to the Federalist Party. As a result, the Bucktails in the New York State Legislature were able to win the support of enough Federalists to deny Hart confirmation to the board, electing instead Henry Seymour as his replacement and allowing the Bucktails to capture a key part of the governor's political power base. [1]

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The Commission to Explore a Route for a Canal to Lake Erie and Report, known as the Erie Canal Commission, was a body created by the New York State Legislature in 1810 to plan the Erie Canal. In 1817 a Canal Fund led by Commissioners of the Canal Fund was established to oversee the funding of construction of the canal. In 1826 a Canal Board, of which both the planning commissioners and the Canal Fund commissioners were members, was created to take control of the operational canal. The term "Canal Commission" was at times applied to any of these bodies. Afterwards the canal commissioners were minor state cabinet officers responsible for the maintenance and improvements of the state's canals.

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State Senator Truman Hart (1784-1838) was his brother. Congressman Roswell Hart (1824-1883) was his nephew.

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  1. John Niven, Martin Van Buren: The Romantic Age of American Politics (new York: Oxford University Press, 1983), p. 74.

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