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Hunkers Hunkers
Hunkers conservative faction of the Democratic party in New York state in the 1840s, so named because they were supposed to "hanker" or "hunker" after office. In opposition to them stood the radical Democrats, or Barnburners . The Hunkers favored internal improvements and liberal... Read more
Barnburners Barnburners
Barnburners radical element of the Democratic party in New York state from 1842 to 1848, opposed to the conservative Hunkers . The name derives from the fabled Dutchman who burned his barn to rid it of rats; by implication, the Barnburners would destroy corporations and public works to do away... Read more
Azariah Cutting Flagg Azariah Cutting Flagg
Azariah Cutting Flagg 1790-1873, American political leader, b. Orwell, Vt. He fought in the War of 1812, was editor of the Plattsburgh (N.Y.) Republican until 1825, and was elected (1823) to the New York state assembly. Flagg, a relentless Jeffersonian Democrat, was a leader of the Albany... Read more
Free-Soil party Free-Soil party
Free-Soil party in U.S. history, political party that came into existence in 1847-48 chiefly because of rising opposition to the extension of slavery into any of the territories newly acquired from Mexico. The struggle in Congress over the Wilmot Proviso helped to consolidate the Free-Soil... Read more
Free Soil Party Free Soil Party
FREE SOIL PARTY The Free Soil Party evolved in the 1840s in response to the growing split between pro- and anti-slavery movements in the United States. National politics was controlled primarily by two parties, Democratic and Whig. Within both parties there were supporters and opponents of slavery,... Read more
Mark Chesnutt Mark Chesnutt
Mark Chesnutt Singer, guitarist For the Record… Selected discography Sources Country singer Mark Chesnutt has taken up the reins of traditional honky-tonk for a ride into the future. With his roots in the musical traditions of working-class Texas, Chesnutt can belt out a barnburner, then... Read more
Samuel Jones Tilden Samuel Jones Tilden
Samuel Jones Tilden 1814-86, American political figure, Democratic presidential candidate in 1876, b. New Lebanon, N.Y. Admitted to the bar in 1841, Tilden was an eminently successful lawyer, with many railroad companies as clients. He became a strong partisan of Martin Van Buren and the ... Read more
Albany Regency Albany Regency
Albany Regency name given, after 1820, to the leaders of the first political machine, which was developed in New York state by Martin Van Buren . The name derived from the charge that Van Buren's principal supporters, residing in Albany, managed the machine for him while he served in the U.S.... Read more
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modello , small plan of a major work presented by Renaissance and baroque artists to the patron who commissioned the work. The modello was intended to show the patron how the finished project would look. Many modelli exist as works of art in their own right.... Read more

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YOU GOTTA HAVE FAITH HILL'S AMBITION IN COUNTRY MUSIC MATCHES HER...
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) ...selling debut album. This artist is determined -- determined...and that's where Hill plans to spend the immediate future...dubbed, is sure to be a real barnburner for country music fans. Both artists are red hot right now on the...Country Album chart, both ...

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