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... 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 in Congress for six years from the 4th of March.
... 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 in Congress for six years from the 4th of March.
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in Congress for six years from the 4th of March , 1857. I had seen him but once before , in 1848 , when Mr. Edwin Croswell , the well - known editor of the Albany Argus , who is still living in New York , greatly esteemed for his ...
in Congress for six years from the 4th of March , 1857. I had seen him but once before , in 1848 , when Mr. Edwin Croswell , the well - known editor of the Albany Argus , who is still living in New York , greatly esteemed for his ...
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His memorable words in reply to the haughty Hammond of South Carolina , on the 22d of March , 1858 , after the latter had spoken of the producing class of the North as the " mudsills " of society , illustrate this theory .
His memorable words in reply to the haughty Hammond of South Carolina , on the 22d of March , 1858 , after the latter had spoken of the producing class of the North as the " mudsills " of society , illustrate this theory .
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At the inauguration of March 4 , 1861 , I was present as Clerk of the House . At the inauguration of March 4 , 1865 , I was present as Secretary of the Senate . James Buchanan , as ex - President , heard the remarkable first message of ...
At the inauguration of March 4 , 1861 , I was present as Clerk of the House . At the inauguration of March 4 , 1865 , I was present as Secretary of the Senate . James Buchanan , as ex - President , heard the remarkable first message of ...
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[ March 5 , 1871. ] IX . CIRCUMSTANCE often controls men as inexorably as conscience . Many a Confederate would have been a Radical if he had lived in the North , just as many a Radical would have been a Confederate if he had lived in ...
[ March 5 , 1871. ] IX . CIRCUMSTANCE often controls men as inexorably as conscience . Many a Confederate would have been a Radical if he had lived in the North , just as many a Radical would have been a Confederate if he had lived in ...
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| Title | Anecdotes of Public Men |
| Author | John Wien Forney |
| Publisher | Harper & Brothers, 1877 |
| Original from | University of Iowa |
| Digitized | 10 Sep 2015 |
| Length | 444 pages |
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