Governor William Marcy (1786-1857)
Samuel L. Waldo (1783-1861)
Date:
1834
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
55 7/8 H x 43 3/4 W
Credit:
Permanent Deposit by the City of Albany
Accession Number:
1971.12.20
Comments:
Eleventh Governor of New York State from 1833 to 1838, William Marcy later became secretary of war under President James K. Polk, a post he held from 1845 until 1849. In 1853, President Franklin Pierce appointed him as secretary of state, in which role he helped negotiate the Gadsden Purchase.
