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William Christian Bouck (January 7, 1786 – April 19, 1859) was an American politician from New York. He was the 13th Governor of New York, from 1843 to 1844. A native of Fultonham, New York, Bouck was educated in the local schools while working on his family's farm and became a farmer himself.
WILLIAM C. BOUCK, the fifteenth governor of New York, was born in Schoharie Valley, New York on January 7, 1786. His education was limited and attained in the common schools of his native state. Bouck first entered politics in 1807, serving as town clerk.
William C. Bouck (1786–1859) was Sheriff of Schoharie County and a member of both the New York State Assembly and Senate. He served on the Erie Canal Commission and earned the nickname “White Horse Bouck” for the white horse he rode to bring pay to the workers at the canal’s western end.
Correspondence, appointment papers, official documents, and other papers chiefly relating to Bouck's political career include incoming letters concerning his duties as sheriff, the revision of regulations concerning the militia, and state and local politics.
Jun 26, 2017 · Test pilot William C. Bouck takes the controls of the diminutive Wee Bee on its first flight. (Peter Stackpole/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images) Share This Article. In the late 1940s, a group of moonlighting engineers set out to build the world’s smallest piloted airplane.
Who was William C. Bouck? William C. Bouck was born on January 7, 1786 to Christian Bouck and Margaret Borst on Bouck’s Island in Fultonham. Both of his parents had Palatine ancestry.
Dec 10, 2023 · William Christian Bouck was born on the cusp of a new year, January 7th, 1786, but also at the cusp of a new nation emerging on the world stage. Until his death in April of 1859, Bouck was the quintessential “salt of the earth” farmer turned politician and bureaucrat – a man of the new republic.
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