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Marcy, William Learned

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Marcy, William Learned (1786-1857)

US Democratic politician. He was a senator 1831-32, governor of New York 1833-38, secretary of war under James Polk 1845-49, and secretary of state under Franklin Pierce 1853-57.

Marcy was born in Southbridge, Massachusette, educated at Brown University, and practised law in Troy, New York. He came to the fore as a Democrat and became one of the Albany ‘regency’, which was reputed to decide the policy of the party in New York State. During his term as senator, in a speech 1832, he used the subsequently much-quoted phrase ‘to the victors belong the spoils of the enemy’.
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