Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 1Harper, 1873 - Statesmen |
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... Representative from the old Henry Clay Lex- ington district , in Kentucky , he was in no sense an extremist . At that early day , when he had just attained his 30th year , and I was in my 34th , we conferred freely and frequently on the ...
... Representative from the old Henry Clay Lex- ington district , in Kentucky , he was in no sense an extremist . At that early day , when he had just attained his 30th year , and I was in my 34th , we conferred freely and frequently on the ...
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... Oregon , whose prediction of the collapse of the rebellion he has lived to realize , and , I hope , not to regret . [ March 12 , 1871. ] X. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS was a Representative in Congress from JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE. ...
... Oregon , whose prediction of the collapse of the rebellion he has lived to realize , and , I hope , not to regret . [ March 12 , 1871. ] X. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS was a Representative in Congress from JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE. ...
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... representative left of Washington , Jefferson , Clay , Webster , Calhoun , or Jackson . It seems to have been ordain- ed that each was to be the last of his race , and that none should be left to eclipse his fame . The first time I ever ...
... representative left of Washington , Jefferson , Clay , Webster , Calhoun , or Jackson . It seems to have been ordain- ed that each was to be the last of his race , and that none should be left to eclipse his fame . The first time I ever ...
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... Representative from Illinois , was E. D. Baker , afterward a Senator from Oregon , whose noble re- ply to Breckinridge , some fifteen years later , I quoted from in my last number . Born in England , and " brought to this coun- try when ...
... Representative from Illinois , was E. D. Baker , afterward a Senator from Oregon , whose noble re- ply to Breckinridge , some fifteen years later , I quoted from in my last number . Born in England , and " brought to this coun- try when ...
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... Representatives , on the 3d of September , 1850. That was the initiative period - the porch , so to speak , which intro- duced us to the arena of civil war ; and McDowell , like other patriots , stood upon its steps and predicted the ...
... Representatives , on the 3d of September , 1850. That was the initiative period - the porch , so to speak , which intro- duced us to the arena of civil war ; and McDowell , like other patriots , stood upon its steps and predicted the ...
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