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Political party. Democrat. Republican. Signature. George Opdyke (December 7, 1805 – June 12, 1880) was an entrepreneur and the 76th Mayor of New York City (1862 to 1864) during the American Civil War. The New York City draft riots occurred during his tenure.
- Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Newark New Jersey
- Fernando Wood
- December 7, 1805, Kingwood Township, New Jersey
- Charles Godfrey Gunther
George Opdyke (Kingwood Township, 1805 – New York, 12 giugno 1880) è stato un politico statunitense, 76° sindaco di New York. Voci correlate. New York; Sindaci di New York; Collegamenti esterni. Opere di George Opdyke, su MLOL, Horizons Unlimited.
- 1862 –, 1863
- Fernando Wood
Earlier that morning Kennedy had assigned 12 men to each of six conscription offices scheduled to conduct the draft that day. He and Mayor George Opdyke had adopted a preemptive strategy of dispatching small groups of police to uptown areas where working men and women were gathering.
16 ago 2013 · George Opdyke: The mayor during the Civil War Draft Riots and his unsavory connection to New York’s fashion industry. By Bowery Boys. August 16, 2013. No Comments. KNOW YOUR MAYORS A modest little series about some of the greatest, notorious, most important, even most useless, mayors of New York City.
20 nov 2020 · Proclamation by Mayor Opdyke, November 21, 1863. But before we leave our 19th century mayors, we will give one mayor, George Opdyke (1862-64), a special shout-out in recognition of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday.
In 1862, George Opdyke was elected as mayor of New York City, succeeding Fernando Wood. A staunch supporter of Lincoln since before the war, Opdyke worked hard to raise and equip more state troops, and to prevent commercial panics on Wall Street as the Union's war successes waxed and waned.
Opdyke was as ambitious in politics as business and allied himself with Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase in his 1860 candidacy and in his abortive 1864 presidential quest. Opdyke himself had previously served in the New York State Legislature.
