Editing George Clinton (vice president) (section)

===Starting a political career===
[[File:Coat of Arms of George Clinton.svg|thumb|left|upright|Coat of Arms of George Clinton]]
His father's survey of the New York frontier so impressed the provincial governor (also named [[George Clinton (Royal Navy officer)|George Clinton]], and "a distant relative"<ref name=":0" />) that he was offered a position as sheriff of New York City and the surrounding county in 1748. After the elder Clinton declined the honor, the governor later designated George as successor to the Clerk of the Ulster County Court of Common Pleas, a position he would assume in 1759 and hold for the next 52 years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.revolutionaryday.com/usroute9w/kingston/default.htm |title=A Revolutionary Day Along Historic US Route 9W |publisher=Revolutionaryday.com |date=May 30, 1908 |access-date=February 27, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618042348/http://www.revolutionaryday.com/usroute9w/kingston/default.htm |archive-date=June 18, 2012}}</ref>

[[File:NewYorkNYStPaulsChapelGeorgeClintonsPew060709.JPG|thumb|Clinton's pew at [[St. Paul's Chapel]] in New York City]]
After the war, he read law in New York City under the attorney William Smith. He returned home (which at that time was part of Ulster County) and began his legal practice in 1764. He became district attorney the following year.<ref name=ussen/> He was a member of the [[New York General Assembly]] for [[Ulster County]] from 1768 to 1775, aligned with the anti-British Livingston faction.<ref name=kaminski>Kaminski, John P., "Clinton, George", ''The Encyclopedia of New York State'', (Peter Eisenstadt, ed.), Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2005</ref> His brother James was a member of the [[New York Provincial Congress]] that assembled in New York City on April 20, 1775.