In 1940, President Roosevelt and Canadian Prime Minister William Mackenzie King met in Ogdensburg, New York, where they agreed to set up a joint defense commission.
On January 7, 2013, a federal grand jury in Syracuse, NY, indicted Glen Richard Unger 62, Ogdensburg, NY, on seven counts of obstructing and impeding the Internal Revenue Service, filing false claims for refunds, evading paying income taxes, and filing a fictitious obligation.