CLINTON, George, 1739-1812
CLINTON, George, (father of George Clinton [1771-1809] and uncle of De Witt Clinton and James Graham Clinton), a Delegate from New York and a Vice President of the United States; born in Little Britain, Ulster (now Orange) County, N.Y., July 26, 1739; completed preparatory studies; served as lieutenant of rangers in the expedition against Fort Frontenac; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Little Britain; clerk of the court of common pleas in 1759 and district attorney in 1765; surveyor of New Windsor; member of the State assembly in 1768; served on the New York Committee of Correspondence in 1774; Member of the Continental Congress from May 15, 1775, to July 8, 1776, when he was ordered to take the field as brigadier general of militia; appointed brigadier general by Congress in March 1777; Governor of New York 1777-1795; president of the State convention which ratified the Federal Constitution; again Governor of New York 1801-1804; elected Vice President of the United States in 1804 as a Republican and served four years under President Thomas Jefferson; reelected in 1808 and served under President James Madison until his death in office; died in Washington, D.C., April 20, 1812; interment in the Congressional Cemetery; reinterment in the First Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery, Kingston, N.Y., in May 1908.
Bibliography DAB; Kaminski, John P. George Clinton: Yeoman Politician of the New Republic. Madison, WI: Madison House, 1993; Spaulding, E. Wilder. His Excellency, George Clinton: Critic of the Constitution. 1938. Reprint. Port Washington, N.Y.: I.J. Friedman, 1964.
File photo of the main building at Mount Vernon 
Friday's major winter storm over the northeastern United States claimed a 227-year-old tree on the estate of the first US President , , in .  As of yesterday, officials overseeing the Mount Vernon estate indicated the  has been collected for preservation and special projects.

The hemlock, planted in 1791, was toppled by the gusts reportedly up to 70  (about 110 ) on Friday.

Mount Vernon was Washington's personal estate, where he conducted most of his two presidential terms between 1789–1797 because the initial White House was not completed yet. According to Mount Vernon officials, the hemlock is the best documented tree at the estate, sent by New York Governor  as a gift delivered in a whisky barrel. The New York governor is not related to the 42nd President , however George Clinton would later become the United States's Vice President under the  and  administrations between 1805–1812. 

Other US historic trees recently fallen include the seventh President 's  at the White House and the   in California's  known for the car-sized tunnel cut into the trunk.


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