Albany Regency
The Albany Regency was a group of
History
The Albany Regency was a loosely organized group of politicians with similar views and goals who resided in or near
The Regency developed party discipline and originated the control of
The leading figure of the Albany Regency was Martin Van Buren. Upon Van Buren's election to the United States Senate in 1821, several of his friends and aides, including Benjamin F. Butler, Samuel A. Talcott, Silas Wright, William L. Marcy, and Azariah C. Flagg, took over the day-to-day management of the political organization that had been developed under Van Buren. Roger Skinner, state printer Edwin Croswell, Benjamin Knower, John Adams Dix, and Charles E. Dudley also became members of the Regency. Their organ was the Argus newspaper of Albany, founded in 1813 by Jesse Buel (1778–1839) and edited from 1824 to 1854 by Edwin Croswell.[4] The Regency was powerful enough during this era that it largely dictated policy to New York City's Tammany Hall Democratic organization.[5]
The Regency ended when Marcy was defeated in the election for
In 1845 Mackenzie published private letters between Jesse Hoyt and various members of the Albany Regency. These letters described negotiations between various members of the Regency for financial transactions and appointments to government office and exposed how members of the Regency were able to profit from speculatory notes and political corruption.[7]
See also
- Tammany Hall
- Harlem Clubhouse
Notes
- ^ a b Reynolds, Francis J., ed. (1921). Collier's New Encyclopedia. New York: P. F. Collier & Son Company. .
- New International Encyclopedia(1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
- ^ Thurlow Weed Barnes: Life of Thurlow Weed Vol. II, p. 36
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 490.
- ISBN 0-201-62463-X.
- ^ Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). Encyclopedia Americana. .
- ISBN 978-1-55488-069-0.
Sources
- Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. The Age of Jackson. Boston : Little, Brown, 1953 [1945].
- "New York History (Book 12, Chapter 6, Part 3)". usgennet.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30.
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- Ward, John William 1955. Andrew Jackson, Symbol for an Age. New York: Oxford University Press.