Annual Obituary Notices of Eminent Persons who Have Died in the United States. For 1857[-1858]Phillips, Sampson, 1858 |
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... Senator in that state . Removing to Miss . , he took an active part in public affairs , was a member of the state legislature , and elected a judge of the Circuit Court , and from 1852 to 1857 was senator in Congress from Miss . His ...
... Senator in that state . Removing to Miss . , he took an active part in public affairs , was a member of the state legislature , and elected a judge of the Circuit Court , and from 1852 to 1857 was senator in Congress from Miss . His ...
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... Senate for four years , and in 1834 he was reelected , and in the last term of his eight years ' ser- vice there , he was elected president of the Senate . He took a very active part in the politics of the day , and made his mark . In ...
... Senate for four years , and in 1834 he was reelected , and in the last term of his eight years ' ser- vice there , he was elected president of the Senate . He took a very active part in the politics of the day , and made his mark . In ...
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... Senate , to announce to the body the decease of my late col- league , Hon . James Bell , which occurred at his ... senate for six years from the preceding 4th of March . He served during the whole of the 34th Congress , and during the ...
... Senate , to announce to the body the decease of my late col- league , Hon . James Bell , which occurred at his ... senate for six years from the preceding 4th of March . He served during the whole of the 34th Congress , and during the ...
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... senator from N. H. , in announcing the death of his late colleague . That col- league was one of my early associates ... Senate , though few , evinced an accuracy of judgment , a power of analysis , and a clearness of statement , which ...
... senator from N. H. , in announcing the death of his late colleague . That col- league was one of my early associates ... Senate , though few , evinced an accuracy of judgment , a power of analysis , and a clearness of statement , which ...
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... Senate ; while his thorough comprehension of , and de- votion to , his duties as a senator , marked him for a future alike honorable to him- self and the state of which he was a champion and a child . Many sons have been born to her ...
... Senate ; while his thorough comprehension of , and de- votion to , his duties as a senator , marked him for a future alike honorable to him- self and the state of which he was a champion and a child . Many sons have been born to her ...
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Page 64 - CLAY, be communicated to the family of the deceased by the Clerk. Resolved, That as a further mark of respect for the memory of the deceased, this House do now adjourn.
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