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William Sulzer

American politician
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March 18, 1863, Elizabeth, N.J., U.S.
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Nov. 6, 1941, New York City
Title / Office:
governor (1913-1913), New York
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William Sulzer (born March 18, 1863, Elizabeth, N.J., U.S.—died Nov. 6, 1941, New York City) was a U.S. political leader, Democratic governor of New York (1913) who was impeached and removed from office as a result of his quarrel with the Tammany Hall Democratic political machine.

Admitted to the bar in New York (1884), Sulzer entered politics as a Democrat affiliated with Tammany Hall. He served in the New York Assembly (1889–94) and in the U.S. House of Representatives (1895–1912), and in 1912 he was elected governor of New York with the support of the Tammany organization. Soon after he took office, however, an intraparty fight between Sulzer and Tammany boss Charles F. Murphy led to Sulzer’s impeachment on charges that were ambiguous and referred to conduct prior to his election as governor. The state senate convicted him and removed him from office (Oct. 18, 1913) in an action that has been described as a political lynching and is widely regarded as a blatant example of the misuse of the impeachment process for political or partisan purposes. He was elected to the state Assembly in a special election (Nov. 4, 1913), but did not thereafter hold public office and engaged in the practice of law until his death.

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