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id jiub ■i''|iient'y at Coii.-oril,

District of lis for the Ml that the

uieiit

-1 for

tj, lb37, as successor to John Page, who completed the term of Isaac Hill. He took his seat Sept. 24, 1837, the youngest senator in the chamber, and not till his birthday. Nov. 23. 1837. thirty- tliree }. tion of

■r: their militia, and when the

tarj were questioned Senator

iJed him. He opposed the

ninent employees for political

■ :u^i.'iis. Ho rtiigned his vseat iu the senate at

M close of the second session, Aug. 81, 1842. in

Lice of law, ' •

•ed to Cor

on lilt) bench of ihu U.S. supreme court, ,r 9,fef]«^ iir?-»'d Mr. Pier'^*» to accept the

•til ilale WHO tjlecteJ LJ..S.

te pave to the coalition two

■ S3. When the war with

uruUed as a private in a