...ransferred to the Senate, where he had the longest unbroken term in the history of that body. For this reason he became popularly known as the Father of the Senate. He opposed the admission of Kansas as a slave State in 1855; introduced the tariff bill known by his name in 1861; and was a member of the Senate committee on finance from 1867 till his death in Washington, D. C., Dec. 28, 1898. ...