DeWitt Clinton (locomotive)
The DeWitt Clinton of the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad (M&H) was an American steam locomotive and the first working steam locomotive built for service in New York state.
DeWitt Clinton (locomotive)
Portrait of DeWitt Clinton
A sign commemorating the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad
The First Railroad Train on the Mohawk and Hudson River, by Edward Lamson Henry, 1892-1893, oil on canvas
DeWitt Clinton was an American politician and naturalist. He served as a United States senator, as the mayor of New York City, and as the sixth governor of New York. In the last capacity, he was largely responsible for the construction of the Erie Canal. Clinton was a major candidate for the American presidency in the election of 1812, challenging incumbent James Madison.
Portrait by Rembrandt Peale (1823)
Print showing Clinton mingling the waters of Lake Erie and the Atlantic, in a ceremony in 1826
Clinton Memorial by Henry Kirke Brown, 1855, at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York
$1,000 Legal Tender note, Series 1880, Fr.187k, depicting DeWitt Clinton