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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Choate , Rufus 1799 -1859 (search)
Choate, Rufus 1799-1859
Lawyer; born in Essex, Mass., Oct. 1, 1799; studied at the Cambridge Law School, and, with William Wirt, became one of the most eminent lawyers and orators of his time.
He began the practice of law at Danvers, Mass., in 1824.
He was a distinguished member of both branches of his State legislature, a member of the Lower House of Congress, and United States Senator, succeeding Daniel Webster in 1841.
In 1853 he was attorney-general of Massachusetts.
After the death of Webster, Mr. Choate was the acknowledged leader of the Massachusetts bar. Impaired health compelled him to retire from public life in 1858.
He died in Halifax, N. S., July 13, 1859.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Edwards , Ninian , 1775 -1833 (search)
Edwards, Ninian, 1775-1833
Jurist; born in Montgomery county, Md., in March, 1775.
William Wirt directed his early education, which was finished at Dickinson College, and in 1819 he settled in the Green River district of Kentucky.
Before he was twenty-one he became a member of the Kentucky legislature; was admitted to the bar in Kentucky in 1798, and to that of Tennessee the next year, and rose very rapidly in his profession.
He passed through the offices of circuit judge and judge of appeals to the bench of chief-justice of Kentucky in 1808.
The next year he was appointed the first governor of the Territory of Illinois, and retained that office until its organization as a State in 1818.
From 1818 till 1824 he was United States Senator, and from 1826 to 1830 governor of the State.
He did much, by promptness and activity, to restrain Indian hostilities in the Illinois region during the War of 1812.
He died in Belleville, Ill., July 20, 1833.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kennedy , John Pendleton 1795 -1870 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Monroe , James 1759 -1870 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Nominating conventions, National (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Presidential elections. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)