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Chauncey Boughton
Chauncey Boughton (January 21, 1805 – April 3, 1895) was an American physician and politician from New York. Life Boughton was born on January 21, 1805, in Nassau, New York, the son of John Boughton and Elizabeth Roberts. Boughton initially considered a career in law, but when he was seventeen he began studying medicine in the Fairfield Medical College. He began practicing medicine when he was twenty-one, initially practicing in Mechanicville. He moved to Halfmoon shortly afterwards and practiced medicine with his brother-in-law Dr. William Shaw. He attended lectures in New York City and Philadelphia in 1833, returning home and resuming his practice later that year. Until 1845, he spent nearly twenty years active in military affairs, serving as sergeant, major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel for the 144th Regiment of Infantry. Boughton held various town offices, including town supervisor. He was initially a Free Soil Whig, but later came to support the American Party. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nassau (town), New York
Nassau is a town in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. The population was 4,545 in 2020, down from 4,789 at the 2010 census. The Town of Nassau is at the southern border of the county. History The region was first settled around 1760. The town was originally formed as the "Town of Philipstown" in 1806 from parts of the Towns of Petersburgh, Schodack, and Stephentown. The town changed its name to "Nassau" in 1808, in honor of Fort Nassau, the first settlement by the Dutch in what is now New York. The Henry Tunis Smith Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 45.2 square miles (117.1 km2), of which 44.5 square miles (115.4 km2) is land and 0.7 square mile (1.7 km2) (1.46%) is water. The southern town line is the border of Columbia County, New York. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 4,818 peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baptists In The United States
As of 2014, approximately 15.3% of Americans identified as Baptist, making Baptists the second-largest religious group in the United States, after Roman Catholics. By 2020, Baptists became the third-largest religious group in the United States, with the rise of nondenominational Protestantism. Baptists adhere to a congregationalist structure, so local church congregations are generally self-regulating and autonomous, meaning that their broadly Christian religious beliefs can and do vary. Baptists make up a significant portion of evangelicals in the United States (although many Baptist groups are classified as mainline) and approximately one third of all Protestants in the United States. Divisions among Baptists have resulted in numerous Baptist bodies, some with long histories and others more recently organized. There are also many Baptists operating independently or practicing their faith in entirely independent congregations. English Baptists migrated to the American coloni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Halfmoon, New York
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
