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. He was Minister to the Netherlands under Washington, 1794-96; Minister to Portugal, 1796-'97; Minister to Prussia during the Administration of his father, 1797-1803; Senator, 1803-'8; Minister to Russia under Madison, 1809-'13; Commissioner to Ghent, 1813-'14; Minister to England, 1815- '17; Secretary of State under Monroe, 1812-'24; President, 1825-'29; and member of Congress from 1831 to 1847, the date of his death. Thus, in a period of fifty-three years, he intervals between the laying dncluded as a member of the same body in 1852, an interval of forty-five years. He was United States Senator, member of the House, Speaker of that body for twelve years--a longer period than any other man ever served in that capacity — Minister to Ghent as one of the commissioners to conclude the peace with Great Britain in 1814, and Secretary of State from 1825 to 1829. Thomas H. Benton served a longer period in Congress than any other of our public men. He entered the United States Senate