Impeachment trial subpoenas and subpoena tickets for Canal Commissioner
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Overview of the Records
Repository
- New York State Archives
222 Madison Avenue
Albany, NY 12230
Summary
- This series contains subpoenas and subpoena tickets issued by the clerk of the Court for the Trial of Impeachments, August 14-16, 1853 of John C. Mather. Mather was convicted for unauthorized and excessive expenditures as canal commissioner.
Title
- Impeachment trial subpoenas and subpoena tickets for Canal Commissioner
Quantity
- 0.5 cubic feet
Inclusive Dates
Series Number
- A0815
Creator
Scope and Content Note
Subpoenas and subpoena tickets were issued by the clerk of the Court for Trial of Impeachment (i.e. State Senate), August 14-16, 1853.
John C. Mather was impeached and convicted for unauthorized and excessive expenditures as Canal Commissioner. The Constitution of 1846 empowered the Assembly to impeach state officers and the Senate, the President of the Senate, and the Judges of the Court of Appeals to form a Court for the Trial of Impeachments to try them.
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