New York, 1829

New York, 1829


The 1829 United States Senate special election in New York was held on January 15, 1829, by the New York State Legislature to elect a U.S. Senator (Class 1) to represent the State of New York in the United States Senate.

Martin Van Buren had been re-elected in 1827 to this seat, but resigned his seat on December 20, 1828, after his election as Governor of New York.

Governor DeWitt Clinton died on February 11, 1828, which led to a re-alignment of the two major parties in the State. The previously opposed "Clintonians" and "Bucktails" (Anti-Clintonians) had lost their reference point, and now became "Jacksonians" (supporters of Andrew Jackson, later known as the Democratic Party, led by Martin Van Buren), and "Anti-Jacksonians" or "Adams men" (supporting the re-election of John Quincy Adams, later known as the National Republican Party). Besides, the Anti-Masonic Party appeared as a strong third party in the Western part of the State.

At the State election in November 1828, Van Buren was elected Governor, a Jacksonian majority was elected to the Assembly, and of the nine State Senators elected, four were Jacksonians, four Anti-Masons and 1 Adams man who joined the Jacksonians after Adams's defeat for the presidency. The 52nd State Legislature met from January 6 to May 5, 1829, at Albany, New York.

Feb 19, 1829 - The Antimasonic convention which met on February 19, 1829, marks a new starting point in the history of the party in New York. In the words of Bancroft: "Henceforth, until. a Hammond, Political History of New York, II, 392. the Antiinasonic decline set in ...The Antimasonic convention which met on February 19, 1829, marks a new starting point in the history of the party in New York. In the words of Bancroft: "Henceforth, until. a Hammond, Political History of New York, II, 392. the Antiinasonic decline set in, they carried on the most effective system of political propagandism that the State had ever known/'" It was all the more effective because the political nature of it was concealed by an outward show of Antimasonry with all ..

Some Places and Dates of Finney's Revivals & Travels


EARLY NEW YORK REVIVALS 1824–1825
Evans Mills, LeRay Antwerp, Gouverneur Dekalb, Western

1826–1827
Rome (Jan 1826)
Utica (Feb.–May, Nov. 1826, Jan. l827)
Auburn (June–Aug. 1826)
Troy (October 1826)
New Lebanon (April 1827)
New Lebanon Conference and national recognition
Little Falls, (July 1827)
Stephentown (July–Oct. 1827)

LEAVES NEW YORK STATE
Wilmington, Delaware (Dec.1827)

1828–1829

Philadelphia, PA (Jan. 1828)
Wilmington, DE -Jan. 1829)
Reading, PA (Jan.–May 1829)
Lancaster, PA (May–June 1829)
New York City (Oct. 1829–May 1830)

1830-1831

Rochester, NY (Sept. 1830–Mar. 1831) Great Rochester Revival


1831–1837

Auburn, NY (May–Apr. 1831)
Buffalo, NY (April–June 1831)
Providence, RI (Aug. 1831)
Boston, MA (Aug. 1831–Apr. 1832)