Statistics for occurrence #1 of “United States” in alphabetic letter P, entry group 3, entry pendleton-george-hunt of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:

...cs, he became in 1857 a Democratic member of Congress from Ohio, and continued in the House until 1865. During President Cleveland's first administration, 1885-89, Senator Pendleton represented the United States at Berlin. He died in Brussels, Belgium, Nov. 24, 1889.
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† United States (United States) 100,886 16,340 0 0 0 user votes
United States (New Mexico, United States) 6 0 0 0 0 user votes

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