When William Sulzer was elected to the office of Governor of New York State in November 1912, it represented the culmination of a long and successful career in politics.
The son of a German immigrant father and a Scotch-Irish American mother, Sulzer (1863–1941) rose through the powerful Tammany Hall machine to become the youngest man ever to serve as speaker of the New York State Assembly. In 1894, he was elected to the U.S. Congress, where he served with distinction for eighteen years, rising to chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
When he became Governor, it was with the support of the Tammany Hall machine, and everyone expected that he would duly perform his duties under the direction of Tammany boss Charles F. Murphy. [Read more…] about The Impeachment of Governor Sulzer