Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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... United States , to which he brought such a degree of learning and ability and eloquence as few equalled and none surpassed . He administered afterwards , satisfactorily to his fellow - citizens , the duties of the chair of the ...
... United States , to which he brought such a degree of learning and ability and eloquence as few equalled and none surpassed . He administered afterwards , satisfactorily to his fellow - citizens , the duties of the chair of the ...
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... United States , and was much attracted by the young divine , then only twenty- six . He wrote that " the sermon was truly splendid , and was heard with a breathless silence . The audience was very large , and being in that magnificent ...
... United States , and was much attracted by the young divine , then only twenty- six . He wrote that " the sermon was truly splendid , and was heard with a breathless silence . The audience was very large , and being in that magnificent ...
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... United States Senator from that time until his retirement , on account of ill - health , in 1854. He ran as Vice - President with John Bell on the Conservative ticket in 1860. But it would require more space than I can give to enumerate ...
... United States Senator from that time until his retirement , on account of ill - health , in 1854. He ran as Vice - President with John Bell on the Conservative ticket in 1860. But it would require more space than I can give to enumerate ...
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... United States , under James Madison , in 1816 ; Minister to Eng- land from 1817 to 1825 , under both Monroe and John Quincy Adams ; Secretary of the Treasury from 1825 to 1829 , under the latter ; and candidate for Vice - President with ...
... United States , under James Madison , in 1816 ; Minister to Eng- land from 1817 to 1825 , under both Monroe and John Quincy Adams ; Secretary of the Treasury from 1825 to 1829 , under the latter ; and candidate for Vice - President with ...
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... United States there . He returned to the East over- land in June , 1847. In June , 1849 , he resigned his commission in the navy , and , in 1851 , was elected a Senator in Congress from New Jersey for the term ending in 1857 , but ...
... United States there . He returned to the East over- land in June , 1847. In June , 1849 , he resigned his commission in the navy , and , in 1851 , was elected a Senator in Congress from New Jersey for the term ending in 1857 , but ...
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