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ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN ol BY JOHN W. FORNEY WHILE HE WAS CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SECRETARY OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES EDITOR OF THE ORGAN OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ( THE WASHINGTON DAILY UNION ) FROM 1851 TO 1855 ...
ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN ol BY JOHN W. FORNEY WHILE HE WAS CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SECRETARY OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES EDITOR OF THE ORGAN OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ( THE WASHINGTON DAILY UNION ) FROM 1851 TO 1855 ...
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... heard the speech of Pierre Soulé , Senator in Congress from Louisiana - an extremist especially distasteful to Mr. Clay — and that I thought it a very thorough and able presentation of the side adverse to the Compromise Measures .
... heard the speech of Pierre Soulé , Senator in Congress from Louisiana - an extremist especially distasteful to Mr. Clay — and that I thought it a very thorough and able presentation of the side adverse to the Compromise Measures .
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... President Pierce sent for me and told me that he believed I could not be renominated , but that he was resolved , if was not , to send my name into the Senate for an important mission to one of the South American States .
... President Pierce sent for me and told me that he believed I could not be renominated , but that he was resolved , if was not , to send my name into the Senate for an important mission to one of the South American States .
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It is needless to add that the Secretary of State was as much relieved as I was by the majestical Missouri Senator . Although Buchanan and Benton never were intimate friends , the latter went to Cincinnati in 1856 to advocate Buchanan ...
It is needless to add that the Secretary of State was as much relieved as I was by the majestical Missouri Senator . Although Buchanan and Benton never were intimate friends , the latter went to Cincinnati in 1856 to advocate Buchanan ...
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He was a useful member of the convention that adopted the first California constitution , and was two years in the State Senate , and president of that body . In 1856 he was elected a Senator ز in Congress for six years from the 4th of.
He was a useful member of the convention that adopted the first California constitution , and was two years in the State Senate , and president of that body . In 1856 he was elected a Senator ز in Congress for six years from the 4th of.
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