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Excerpt from National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Americans
He was also, in 1776, appointed a deputy to the New York Provincial Congress, which framed the first State Constitution. At the first election un der this instrument, he was chosen both governor and lieutenant-governor. Accepting the higher office, he entered upon its duties in July, 1777, and was continued in it by popular election for eighteen years.
It was not long before an opportunity was afforded the new governor to prove his mettle, in a contest with the son of his old friend and early patron, George Clinton.
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