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I was then Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States , and one of the editors of the Washington Union , published by that fine specimen of manhood , General Robert Armstrong , of Tennessee .
I was then Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States , and one of the editors of the Washington Union , published by that fine specimen of manhood , General Robert Armstrong , of Tennessee .
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In a little more than six years he mounted over their heads into the most important offices , and when he elected himself to the United States Senate he also magnanimously ...
In a little more than six years he mounted over their heads into the most important offices , and when he elected himself to the United States Senate he also magnanimously ...
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29 hardly a county in the United States of which this statement is not true , more or less . There is not a reader of these sketches who can not point out eminent men of his own acquaintance who would suffer for want of national ...
29 hardly a county in the United States of which this statement is not true , more or less . There is not a reader of these sketches who can not point out eminent men of his own acquaintance who would suffer for want of national ...
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The effort to elect a Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States , though not so long as that of 1855-56 , when General Banks was chosen , was equally exciting ; and when ex - Governor William Pennington , of New ...
The effort to elect a Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States , though not so long as that of 1855-56 , when General Banks was chosen , was equally exciting ; and when ex - Governor William Pennington , of New ...
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... as their candidate for United States Senator in 1857 , and in the repeated voluntary tenders of distinguished official position by the present President of the United States , who has not permitted the recollection of my many years ...
... as their candidate for United States Senator in 1857 , and in the repeated voluntary tenders of distinguished official position by the present President of the United States , who has not permitted the recollection of my many years ...
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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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