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Charles Edward Dudley was born on May 23, 1780 in Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England. He was 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.
Dudley's schooling was obtained at Newport.
Dudley entered public life in his late thirties. Known as a successful and generous man of affairs and an affable gentleman, he was repeatedly chosen by the Common Council as mayor of Albany and sat in the state Senate from 1820 to 1825.
As a stepping-stone to a place of power in New York State politics, his membership in the “Albany Regency, ” headed by Martin Van Buren, was more important than any state or local office within his grasp.
The details of troublesome patronage problems might safely be left to him, while Van Buren, Marcy, Wright, and other leaders were busied with the big question of public policy.
Accordingly, Dudley became and long remained a useful member of the conclave.
While he had a seat in the state Senate the Regency had to face the most critical situation in its career—the fight with DeWitt Clinton.
Through their votes the Regency declared itself.
Meanwhile, Dudley kept Van Buren, now a Senator at Washington, informed as to Albany developments.
When Van Buren resigned his United States senatorship to become governor of New York, Dudley, having been defeated for a seat in the House of Representatives, was sent to Washington in his place.
Ide retired at the end of his term and passed the rest of his life at Albany, retaining his interest in Democratic politics.
He received no public recognition from Van Buren as President.
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Dudley was known as a successful and generous man of affairs and an affable gentleman. He was a man of personal integrity and, unlike some of the most eminent among them, he had skill and address in dealing with individuals.
Dudley married Blandina Bleecker, a member of a substantial Albany family.
