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Charles Dudley |
Charles Edward Dudley, 1780-1841
Senate Years of Service: 1829-1833
Party: Jacksonian
Congressional Biography
Dudley, Charles Edward,
a Senator from New York; born in Johnston Hall, Staffordshire, England,
May 23, 1780; immigrated to the United States with his mother, who settled in
Newport, R.I., in 1794; entered a counting room as clerk; moved to Albany, N.Y.,
where he engaged in the mercantile business; member of the State senate
1820-1825; mayor of Albany 1821-1824, 1828-1829; elected to the United States
Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Martin Van Buren and
served from January 15, 1829, to March 3, 1833; became interested in
astronomical science; died in Albany, N.Y., January 23, 1841; interment in the
Rural Cemetery. Senate Years of Service: 1829-1833
The following citation was taken from the New York State Library's catalog -
Excelsior. The Dudley Papers are part of the Tibbets Family Papers in the
Library's Manuscript division
Author: Dudley, Charles,
1780-1841.
Title: Papers, 1804-1852.
Quantity: 35 boxes.
Arrangement: Arranged in two subseries: I. Correspondence, 1807-1862. II.
Business and Financial Papers, 1804-1862.
Historical/biographical note: A Senator from New York; born in Johnston
Hall, Staffordshire, England, May 23, 1780; immigrated to the United States with
his mother, who settled in Newport, R.I., in 1794; entered a counting room as
clerk; moved to Albany, N.Y., where he engaged in the mercantile business;
member of the State senate 1820-1825; mayor of Albany 1821-1824, 1828-1829;
elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Martin Van Buren and served from January 15, 1829, to March 3,
1833; became interested in astronomical science; died in Albany, N.Y., January
23, 1841; interment in the Rural Cemetery.
Abstract: The papers of Charles Edward Dudley have great research
potential primarily because of his association with the Albany Regency, a
political organization that became part of the present day Democratic Party, was
an early champion of the spoils system as a means of maintaining party
discipline. By bestowing political appointments on friends, and turning enemies
out of office the Albany Regency became one of the most powerful political
organizations in New York State from the 1820's through 1840's. Leaders of the
regency included Martin Van Buren, William L. Marcy, and Silas Wright all of
whom corresponded with Charles Dudley, usually concerning matters of patronage.
When in the Senate, Dudley received advice from the leaders regarding the
Regency's stance on proposed legislation.
Abstract: These papers also contains a wealth of information relating to
Dudley's mercantile affairs and his landholdings in Albany, Utica, and Lockport,
New York. After Charles Dudley's death in 1841, his wife,
Blandina,
inherited his financial and land interests, whereupon she added many related
papers of her own.
Indexes: Unpublished finding aid in the repository.
Preferred citation: Charles Dudley Papers, 1780-1862.
Linking entry note: In: Tibbits Family Papers.
Personal subject: Marcy, William L., 1786-1857.
Personal subject: Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862.
Personal subject: Wright,Silas, 1795-1847.
Corporate subject: United States Congress. Senate (Dudley: 1829-1833)
Corporate subject: Democratic Party--New York (State)
Subject: Real Estate Investment--New York (State)
Subject: Mayors--Albany, NY.
Geographic terms: United States--Politics and government--1815-1861.
Geographic terms: New York (State)--Politics and government--1775-1865.
Geographic terms: Albany (N.Y.)--Politics and government.
Geographic terms: New York (State)--Commerce.
Form/genre terms: Land records--Albany, NY.
Form/genre terms: Land records--Utica, NY.
Form/genre terms: Land records--Lockport, NY.
Occupation term: Merchants--New York (State)--Albany.
Occupation term: Politicians.
#(N) KM13256
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