The Clintons
- Charles Clinton, legislator in colonial New York
- George Clinton, son of Charles, delegate to Continental Congress, army brigadier general, first Governor of New York (for 21 years, still the US record), Vice President under Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
- James Clinton, son of Charles, Revolutionary War general
- DeWitt Clinton, son of James, legislator in New York, US Senator from New York, Mayor of New York City, candidate for US President, twice Governor of New York, responsible for Erie Canal
- George Clinton (1771–1809), New York Assemblyman 1803-1805, U.S. Representative from New York 1805-1809. Son of George Clinton.
- James Graham Clinton (1804–1849), Master in Chancery of Orange County, New York; Judge of the Orange County, New York Court of Common Pleas; U.S. Representative from New York 1841-1845. Nephew of George Clinton.
NOTE: DeWitt Clinton was also brother-in-law of U.S. Representative Ambrose Spencer.
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“There is a cannibalism that’s loose in our society in which public figures such as the Clintons could try to come into this town and do something good for this country and then they get hammered away even though they’re trying to do the right thing.”
—David R. Gergen (b. 1942)