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William Sulzer

William Sulzer, American lawyer and politician, 39th Governor of New York (died 1941)

Born
March 18, 1863
Died
November 6, 1941
Zodiac sign
Pisces
Birth year
1863

About William Sulzer

William Sulzer, nicknamed Plain Bill, was an American lawyer and politician. He was the 39th governor of New York serving for 10 months in 1913, and a long-serving U.S. representative from the same state. Sulzer was the first, and to date only, New York governor to be impeached and the only governor to be convicted on articles of impeachment. He broke with his sponsors at Tammany Hall, and they produced convincing evidence that Sulzer had falsified his sworn statement of campaign expenditures. The Empire State Democracy Party was even founded by reformers such as State Senator Franklin D.

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The world when William Sulzer was born

William Sulzer was born in 1863. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1863

  • Best-selling bookLes Misérables by Victor Hugo (English translation)

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst organized baseball game with set rules
  • Top headlineEmancipation Proclamation frees enslaved people
  • Technology milestoneFirst subway opens in London
  • World population~1.43B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderAbraham Lincoln
  • U.S. population32.6M

1863 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in William Sulzer's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18632026
Population32.6M341 million

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