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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sargent , Aaron Augustus 1827 -1887 (search)
Sargent, Aaron Augustus 1827-1887
Diplomatist; born in Newburyport, Mass., Sept. 28, 1827; learned the printer's trade; removed to California in 1849 and engaged in mining; studied law, while editing the Nevada Journal, which he established, and was admitted to the bar in 1854.
He was elected district attorney of Nevada county in 1856; vice-president of the Republican National Convention in 1860; served in Congress in 1860-72, and in the United States Senate in 1872-79; was appointed United States minister to Germany in 1882; and was offered the Russian mission, which he declined.
He died in San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 14, 1887.