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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Corwin , Thomas 1794 -1865 (search)
Corwin, Thomas 1794-1865
Statesman; born in Bourbon county, Ky., July 29, 1794; reared to manhood on a farm, attending a common school in winter; began the study of law in 1815; admitted to the bar in 1818; became a member of the Ohio legislature in 1822, and was elected to Congress in 1830.
He remained in the
Thomas Corwin. House until elected governor of Ohio in 1840.
In 1845 he was chosen United States Senator, and was called to the cabinet of President Fillmore in 1850, as Secretary of the Treasury.
He was again elected to Congress in 1859.
In 1861 President Lincoln sent him as minister to Mexico.
Mr. Corwin was an eloquent, witty, and effective speaker.
He died in Washington, D. C., Dec. 18, 1865.
The War with Mexico.
The action of Congress upon the subject of the Mexican War, in the winter of 1846-47, gave rise to a question in which an important principle was involved.
Is it the duty of the legislature to provide the means of prosecuting a war made unconsti