Senate Years of Service: 1842-1843
Party: Whig CONRAD Charles Magill , a Senator and a Representative from Louisiana; born in Winchester,
Frederick County, Va., December 24, 1804; moved with his…
MALLORY Francis , a Representative from Virginia; born at ``Poplars,'' near Hampton, Elizabeth City
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appointed…
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1795; attended private schools and was graduated from Baltimore Academy in
1812; volunteered and served…
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Party: Republican BROWNLOW William Gannaway , a Senator from Tennessee; born near Wytheville, Wythe County, Va., August 29, 1805; attended the common schools;…
BUTLER Roderick Randum , a Representative from Tennessee; born in Wytheville, Va., April 9,
1827; bound as an apprentice and learned the tailor's trade; moved to
Taylorsville (now Mountain City),…
BATES Edward , a Representative from Missouri; born in Belmont, Goochland County,
Va., September 4, 1793; attended Charlotte Hall Academy, Maryland; acted as
sergeant in a volunteer brigade during…
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Washington County, Pa., near Wheeling, Va. (now West Virginia), November 7, 1788; attended…
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