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Everett P. Wheeler
Everett Pepperrell Wheeler (1840, New York City – 1925) was an American lawyer, author, politician, and Anti-suffragism, anti-suffrage activist. He graduated from the City College of New York, College of the City of New York in 1856 and from Harvard University, Harvard in 1859, obtaining an LL.B. degree. In 1894, he was an unsuccessful New York gubernatorial election, 1894, candidate for governor of New York, nominated by a split faction of the United States Democratic Party, Democratic Party who were barred from the state convention, and opposed the nomination of ex-governor David B. Hill. Later he helped found the Citizens Union. Wheeler drafted the bill which created in 1897 the consolidated City of New York, incorporating the boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island. He was one of the founders of the American Bar Association. Wheeler headed anti-suffrage organizations in the 1910s, such as the Men's Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage He claimed his organizations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
