Philip Livingston (Southern D.) and Ambrose Spencer (Eastern D.) were elected to fill the vacancies.

The town and its primary village is named after Ambrose Spencer.

In 1796, Eddy helped State Senators Philip Schuyler and Ambrose Spencer to draft a bill which established the penitentiary system.

This was resented by the party leaders DeWitt Clinton and Ambrose Spencer, and eventually led to a split of the party into "Lewisites" and "Clintonians".

Ambrose Spencer was Chairman.

Ambrose Spencer, New York's Attorney General, took notice.

This led to Ambrose Spencer, by then the state's Attorney General, securing an indictment of Croswell from a grand jury on two charges of violating the Sedition Act in 1803.

His father, Ambrose Spencer, a prominent New York lawyer, judge and politician, is also buried nearby.

The National Republican state convention met on July 26, Ambrose Spencer was Chairman.

The Assembly nominated Ambrose Spencer by a vote of 77 to 45.