Clinton
Clinton names 6 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Clinton GEORGE, Vice-President of the United States
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
GEORGE, Vice-President of the United States; born in Little Britain, Ulster co., N. Y., July 26, 1739. He served as lieutenant under his brother James at the capture of Frontenac, but afterward studied law. He was a member of Congress in 1776, and voted for the Declaration of Independence, but was summoned to the army as brigadiergeneral before it was prepared for signature. In 1777 he was elected governor and at the same time lieutenant-governor of the State of New York, which latter office was, on his acceptance of the other, conferred upon Mr. Van Courtlandt. He held the office of governor during the next 18 years, for which eventful period the history of his life is that of the State. He was again chosen governor after spending five years in private life, in 1801, and in 1804 became Vice-President of the United States. He died in Washington, D. C., April 20, 1812. 1
Clinton JAMES, an American military officer
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JAMES, an American military officer; born in Little Britain, Ulster co., N. Y., Aug. 9, 1736. With his father he served at Frontenac, in 1758, as captain, and commanded in 1763 the forces raised to protect Ulster and Orange counties against the Indians. He accompanied Montgomery to Quebec in 1775, and was appointed brigadier-general the following year. While his brother George was governor of New York, he was overpowered at Fort Clinton by the superior force under Sir Henry Clinton, and being severely wounded narrowl narrowly escaped with his life. He afterward served against the Indians under Sullivan, in 1779, and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis. After the peace he occupied many distinguished civil stations. He died Dec. 22, 1812.
Clinton DE WITT, an American lawyer and statesman
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
DE WITT, an American lawyer and statesman; born in Little Britain, N. Y., March 2, 1769. He was United States Senator from New York (1802); mayor of New York City (1803- 1807, 1809-1810, 1811-1815); lieutenantgovernor (1811-1813); candidate for President (1812); governor (1817-1823, 1825-1828). He was the chief originator of the Erie Canal (1817-1825). Besides Besides purely political works, addres s, addresses, etc., he wrote: "Antiquities ciquities of Western New York," "Nat Natural History and Internal Resources of New York," etc. He died in Albany, N. Y., Feb. 11, 1828.
Clinton a city and county-seat of Clinton co.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city and county-seat of Clinton co., Ia.; on the Mississippi river, and the Chicago and Northwestern, the Chicago, Milwau Milwaukee and St. Paul, and other railroads: 60 miles S. E. of Dubuque. It is the trade center for a region of 50 miles radius, and has large manufacturing interests. The Mississippi is crossed at this point by several bridges. The city has Wartburg College (Lutheran, 1894), public schools, several churches, daily and weekly newspapers, electric lights, and railways, three National banks, etc. Pop. (1910) 25,577; (1920) 24,151.
Clinton town in Worcester a co.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
town in Worcester a co., Mass.; on the Nashua river, and the Boston and Maine and the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroads; 40 miles W. of Boston. It has important cotton and carpet manufactories, furnished with excellent power from the river; is connected with neighboring towns by electric street railroads; and has numerous churches, daily newspapers, electric lights, public library, high and graded public schools, a National bank, etc. Pop. (1910) 13,075; (1920) 12,979.
Clinton SIR HENRY, a British general
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
SIR HENRY, a British general, born about 1738; served in the Hanoverian war, and was sent in 1775, with the rank of major-general, to America, where he distinguished himself in the Battle of Bunker Hill. He defeated the Americans at Long Island, but had to evacuate Philadelphia to Washington. In 1782 he returned to England. He died in Gibraltar, Dec. 23, 1795.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
The six entries Collier's gathered in 1921 are all still in the reference books, but the name now belongs first to a family the 1921 editors never heard of: Bill Clinton, president 1993-2001, and Hillary Clinton, senator for New York, secretary of state and the 2016 Democratic nominee. On the older figures little has moved except a date: modern authorities put Sir Henry Clinton's birth in 1730, not "about 1738" as Collier's has it. DeWitt Clinton's Erie Canal, finished in 1825, had already been superseded by the enlarged New York State Barge Canal by the time this article appeared, and now carries pleasure boats rather than freight. The two towns have barely budged: Clinton, Iowa, listed at 24,151 in 1920, was about 24,500 in the 2020 census, though Wartburg College left the city in the 1930s and is now at Waverly, Iowa.
Written for this edition, 2026.