Albany Regency
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The Albany Regency was a group of Democratic politicians who controlled the New York state government during most of the 1820s and 1830s. The group was among the first American political machines.
The Albany Regency was a loosely organized group of politicians with similar views and goals who resided in or near Albany, New York, the state capital. Its leading figure was Martin Van Buren. Upon Van Buren's election to the United States Senate in 1821, several of his friends and aides, including Silas Wright, William L. Marcy, and Azariah C. Flagg, took over the day-to-day management of the political organization that had been developed under Van Buren. These aides became known as the "Regency."
The Regency developed party discipline and originated the control of party conventions through officeholders and others subservient to it.
The Regency waned when Van Buren's power faded in the 1840s.
[edit] References
- Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. The Age of Jackson. Boston : Little, Brown, 1953 [1945].
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