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1854 AD (search for this): entry benton-thomas-hart
He was an early and untiring advocate of a railway from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean. He warmly opposed the repeal of the Missouri compromise (q. v.) in 1854. His free-labor sentiments caused his defeat as a candidate for the Senate by the ultraslavery men of his party in 1850, and in 1852 he was elected to the House of Representatives. By a combination of his old opponents with the American party (q. v.), he was defeated in 1854, and failed of an election for governor in 1856. He had then begun to devote himself to literary pursuits; and he completed his Thirty years view of the United States Senate in 1854. He prepared an Abridgment of the1854. He prepared an Abridgment of the debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, in 16 volumes 8vo. They contain a complete political history of the country during that period, so far as the national legislature is concerned. He died in Washington, D. C., April 10, 1858. The annexation of Texas. On May 16, 17, and 20, 1844, Senator Benton delivered a remarkable
1856 AD (search for this): entry benton-thomas-hart
te by the ultraslavery men of his party in 1850, and in 1852 he was elected to the House of Representatives. By a combination of his old opponents with the American party (q. v.), he was defeated in 1854, and failed of an election for governor in 1856. He had then begun to devote himself to literary pursuits; and he completed his Thirty years view of the United States Senate in 1854. He prepared an Abridgment of the debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, in 16 volumes 8vo. They contain a co1856, in 16 volumes 8vo. They contain a complete political history of the country during that period, so far as the national legislature is concerned. He died in Washington, D. C., April 10, 1858. The annexation of Texas. On May 16, 17, and 20, 1844, Senator Benton delivered a remarkable and characteristic speech in the debate, while the Senate was in secret session, on the ratification of the treaty for the annexation of Texas. He had vigorously opposed the measure, and on the 13th offered the following resolutions, in support
April 10th, 1858 AD (search for this): entry benton-thomas-hart
with the American party (q. v.), he was defeated in 1854, and failed of an election for governor in 1856. He had then begun to devote himself to literary pursuits; and he completed his Thirty years view of the United States Senate in 1854. He prepared an Abridgment of the debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, in 16 volumes 8vo. They contain a complete political history of the country during that period, so far as the national legislature is concerned. He died in Washington, D. C., April 10, 1858. The annexation of Texas. On May 16, 17, and 20, 1844, Senator Benton delivered a remarkable and characteristic speech in the debate, while the Senate was in secret session, on the ratification of the treaty for the annexation of Texas. He had vigorously opposed the measure, and on the 13th offered the following resolutions, in support of which his great speech was delivered: 1. That the ratification of the treaty would be the adoption of the Texan war with Mexico, and would de
1858 AD (search for this): entry benton-thomas-hart
Benton, Thomas Hart, -1858 Statesman; born near Hillsboro, N. C., March 14, 1782. Before finishing his studies at Chapel Hill University, North Carolina, he removed to Tennessee, studied law, and obtained great eminence in his profession. In the legislature of that State he procured the enactment of a law giving to slaves the benefit of a jury trial, and also succeeded in having a law passed which reformed the judicial system of the State. He had been on intimate terms with General Jackson at Nashville (1813), when a quarrel ensued, and in a personal encounter in that town with deadly weapons both parties gave and received severe wounds. He was colonel of a Tennessee regiment from December, 1812, to April, 1813, and lieutenant-colonel in the regular army from 1813 to 1815. Removing to St. Louis in 1813, he established the Missouri inquirer there, and practised his profession. He took an Thomas Hart Benton. active part in favoring the admission of Missouri as a State of the
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