17, 1732, Wolczyn, Poland - d. Feb. 12, 1798, St. Petersburg, Russia), king of Poland (1764-95). As an envoy to the Russian court, he gained influence through an affair with the future Russian empress Yekaterina II. ...... 4, 1886, Greystone estate, Yonkers, N.Y.), U.S. politician. A leader of the Barnburner or Free-Soil faction of the Democrats, he served in 1846 in the New York Assembly and was a member of the state constitutional conventions of 1846 and 1867. ...
