Lawyer/Author
Centurion, 1853–1861
Born c. 1798 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Died 21 November 1861 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Buried New York Marble Cemetery, 2d Ave
, Manhattan, New York
Proposed by Charles Gould
Elected 7 May 1853 at about age fifty-five
Archivist’s Note: Son of (nonmember) DeWitt Clinton, governor of New York from 1817 to 1822 and 1825 to 1828, among other political offices
Proposer of:
Century Memorial
The memory of William G. Breese and Henry [sic: Charles] A. Clinton is connected with those earlier days of the association, in which they were actively devoted to it, rather than with the later time in which they were infrequent though always welcome visitors. The name and presence of the latter will always be recalled to us by the portrait of his distinguished father [Governor DeWitt Clinton], which was his gift.
Augustus R. Macdonough
Annual Meeting Minutes, 11 January 1862