101:(1742–1829), businessman and politician; represented Albany County in the New York State Assembly (1777–1779, 1780–1781, and 1785–1787); appointed City Recorder (Deputy Mayor) of Albany in 1793; justice of the Court of Common Pleas in 1797; represented Albany in the New York Senate 1802–1813; Lieutenant Governor (1811-1822); Acting Governor in 1817; died in Albany and is buried in
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247:(1705–1765), mayor of Albany from 1750 to 1754
204:(1779–1855), U.S. Congressman; born in Albany
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463:Emily Sullivan Oakey
310:Joseph Bradford Carr
304:New York Legislature
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266:Danbury Evening News
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66:Continental Congress
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