Charles E. Dudley
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| United States Senator from New York | |
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In office January 15, 1829 – March 3, 1833 Serving with Nathan Sanford (1829-31) William L. Marcy (1831-33) |
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| Preceded by | Martin Van Buren |
| Succeeded by | Nathaniel P. Tallmadge |
| Mayor of Albany, New York | |
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In office 1828–1829 |
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| Preceded by | James Stevenson |
| Succeeded by | John Townsend |
| Member of the New York State Senate | |
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In office 1820–1825 |
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| Mayor of Albany, New York | |
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In office 1821–1824 |
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| Preceded by | Philip S. Van Rensselaer |
| Succeeded by | Ambrose Spencer |
| Personal details | |
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May 23, 1780 Johnson Hall, Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England |
| Died | January 23, 1841 (aged 60) Albany, New York |
| Resting place | Albany Rural Cemetery, Section 61, Lot 1 |
| Nationality | American |
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Democratic-Republican Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Blandina Bleecker |
| Profession | Merchant |
| Religion | Dutch Reformed |
Charles Edward Dudley (May 23, 1780 – January 23, 1841) was an American businessman and politician. A member of Martin Van Buren's Albany Regency, Dudley served as mayor of Albany, New York, a member of the New York State Senate, and a U.S. Senator.
Dudley was born in England during the American Revolution, the son of Loyalist parents. His father, Charles Dudley, an Englishman, was Collector of the King's Customs at Newport, Rhode Island, where he married Catherine Cooke, of a Rhode Island colonial family. The elder Charles Dudley was the son of Thomas Dudley and his wife Mary Levett of Staffordshire, England. In November 1775, he abandoned his office at Newport and sought refuge on board a British ship of war. In the following year he took up his residence in England, where his wife joined him. Charles E. Dudley was born at Johnson Hall, Eccleshall, Staffordshire; his family remained in England until his father's death in 1790. In 1795 Dudley's mother returned to Rhode Island, bringing with her the fifteen-year-old youth, who was schooled in Newport.
Near the beginning of the nineteenth century, Dudley worked as a clerk in a counting room and made voyages from New York to the East Indies as a supercargo. He later moved to Albany, New York, where he engaged in the mercantile business and married Blandina Bleecker, a member of a substantial Albany family.
Dudley entered public life when he was in his late thirties. He joined the Albany Regency, the coterie which Martin Van Buren formed to lead the Bucktails, the group which fought DeWitt Clinton for control of New York's Democratic-Republican Party.
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