Elizabeth Sheffer-Winig

Program Type:

History & Genealogy

Age Group:

Adults
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THE COLONIE HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Cordially Invites You to a Special Presentation by  Elizabeth Sheffer-Winig

Samuel Jones Tilden was an American politician who served as the 25th governor of New York and was the Democratic nominee in the disputed 1876 United States presidential election. Born into a wealthy family in New Lebanon, New York and attracted to politics at a young age, he became a protégé of Martin Van Buren. Tilden won election as governor of New York in 1874, and in that office, he helped break up the Canal Ring. His battle against public corruption, along with his personal fortune and electoral success in New York, made him the leading candidate for the Democratic nomination for president in 1876.  

Elizabeth Sheffer-Winig, MA, who is New Lebanon Town Historian and also a DAR Hendrick Hudson Chapter member, holds degrees in history, education, and political science. She worked as a secondary-school teacher in the New Lebanon Central School District and an Assistant in Educational Services for NYSUT, the state teachers’ union. Sheffer-Winig was born and raised in Hudson, but now, as a New Lebanon resident, serves not only as town historian but as senior warden for the Church of Our Saviour in Lebanon Springs.