Samuel Arnold (Congressional Biographical Directory)
Reference
"Arnold, Samuel," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000294.
ARNOLD, Samuel, a Representative from Connecticut; born in Haddam, Conn., June 1, 1806; attended the local academy at Plainfield, Conn., and Westfield Academy, Massachusetts; devoted most of his life to agricultural pursuits; acquired a controlling interest in a stone quarry and became owner of a line of schooners operating between New York and Philadelphia; was, also, for a number of years, president of the Bank of East Haddam; member of the State house of representatives in 1839, 1842, 1844, and again in 1851; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4,
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Drawing it Mild,” April 9, 1859
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“Drawing it Mild,” Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, April 9, 1859
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Cropped, edited, and prepared for use here by Don Sailer, Dickinson College, December 26, 2008.
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Drawing it Mild
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“Drawing it Mild,” Chicago (IL)Press and Tribune, April 9, 1859, p. 2: 1.
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Benjamin Fitzpatrick (Congressional Biographical Directory)
Reference
"Fitzpatrick, Benjamin," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000174.
FITZPATRICK, Benjamin, a Senator from Alabama; born in Greene County, Ga., June 30, 1802; orphaned, he was taken by his brother to Alabama in 1815; attended the public schools; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1821 and commenced practice in Montgomery, Ala.; solicitor of the Montgomery circuit 1822-1823; moved to his plantation in Autauga County in 1829 and engaged in planting; Governor of Alabama 1841-1845; appointed as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Dixon H.
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “The Beginning of the Presidential Campaign,” April 7, 1859
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