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New York World
New York World (1866–1931), founded as a penny daily religious newspaper. Since morality did not pay, it was forced to go through several mergers, and soon became worldly in fact as well as in name as the organ of the Albany Regency. In 1883 it was purchased by Joseph Pulitzer, who made it a flamboyant crusading paper and attracted an audience by espousing popular causes. In 1894 it inaugurated the multicolored comic strip “Hogan's Alley,” whose hero's name, the Yellow Kid, is said to have been the original of the term “yellow journalism.” The paper vied with the Hearst publications during the Spanish‐American War in gaudy and unscrupulous sensationalism. Under the editorship of Pulitzer's son, its standards were raised, when it championed the Democratic party and became known for such columnists as Walter Lippmann, F.P. Adams, and Heywood Broun. In 1931 it was combined with the New York Telegram to become the WorldTelegram, a member of the Scripps‐Howard chain, which in turn absorbed the New York Sun to become the New York World‐Telegram and The Sun (1950–66), continued to 1967 by merger with the Herald‐Tribune and Journal‐American.
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "New York World." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "New York World." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-NewYorkWorld.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "New York World." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-NewYorkWorld.html |
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Albany, John Stewart, 2nd duke of
Albany, John Stewart, 2nd duke of [S] (1484–1536). When James IV of Scotland was killed at Flodden in 1513, his son was 17 months old. Albany, a grandson of James II, was heir presumptive. His father had laid claim to the Scottish throne but was defeated and fled to France. Albany was summoned to become regent to his young cousin and held office from 1515 until 1524. Bred in France, Albany strove to restore the Franco-Scottish alliance and by the treaty of Rouen (1517) negotiated marriage for James V to a French princess. From 1517 to 1521 Albany was in France, weakening his Scottish position. In 1521 he effected a reconciliation with Margaret, the king's mother and sister to Henry VIII, and there were rumours of a possible marriage. In 1522 Henry VIII went to war, protesting that the king's life was in jeopardy, but Albany's grand preparations came to nothing. He resumed the contest in 1523 but again the campaign against northern England misfired, and he returned to France for good in 1524. The enduring legacy of his regency was a French marriage for James, though it did not take place until 1537.
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JOHN CANNON. "Albany, John Stewart, 2nd duke of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Albany, John Stewart, 2nd duke of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-AlbanyJohnStewart2nddukef.html JOHN CANNON. "Albany, John Stewart, 2nd duke of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-AlbanyJohnStewart2nddukef.html |
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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. Senate. During the Jacksonian period the Regency controlled the Democratic party in New York. It was one of the first effective political machines, using the spoils system and rigid party discipline to maintain its control. Notable figures in the Regency were William L. Marcy , Silas Wright , Azariah C. Flagg , and the elder Benjamin F. Butler . After 1842 it split into factions ( Barnburners and Hunkers ) over issues of internal improvements and slavery, thereby losing its power.
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"Albany Regency." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Albany Regency." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-AlbanyRe.html "Albany Regency." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-AlbanyRe.html |
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Albany Regency
ALBANY REGENCYALBANY REGENCY. In the early 1820s, New York "Bucktail" Republicans led by Martin Van Buren fashioned an organization to impose discipline on their faction-ridden, personality-dominated state party. Dubbed the "Albany Regency," their apparatus became famous, and notorious, as the prototypical political machine, using caucuses and patronage to control its ranks and rewarding loyalty with political promotion. The organization backed Andrew Jackson for president in 1828 and affiliated with the Jackson-led national Democratic Party. It elevated Van Buren to national stature along with New York senators William L. Marcy (spokesman for the political Spoils System) and Silas Wright. It lost its dominance in state politics with the rise of the Whigs and dissolved into factions in the 1840s. BIBLIOGRAPHYRemini, Robert V. Martin Van Buren and the Making of the Democratic Party. New York: Columbia University Press, 1959. DanielFeller |
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"Albany Regency." Dictionary of American History. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Albany Regency." Dictionary of American History. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3401800103.html "Albany Regency." Dictionary of American History. 2003. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3401800103.html |
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Albany, John Stewart, 2nd duke of
Albany, John Stewart, 2nd duke of [S] (1484–1536). When James IV of Scotland was killed at Flodden in 1513, his son was 17 months old. Albany, a grandson of James II, was heir presumptive. He was summoned to become regent to his young cousin and held office from 1515 until 1524. Bred in France, Albany strove to restore the Franco‐Scottish alliance and by the treaty of Rouen (1517) negotiated marriage for James V to a French princess.
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JOHN CANNON. "Albany, John Stewart, 2nd duke of." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Albany, John Stewart, 2nd duke of." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-AlbanyJohnStewart2nddukef.html JOHN CANNON. "Albany, John Stewart, 2nd duke of." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-AlbanyJohnStewart2nddukef.html |
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