The story of a great nationOr, Our country's achievements, military, naval, political, and civil . Tenth Prksiiient. Boni ill Charles City ro., Ia., March 2q, l/ijo. Gratliiatc at William and Mary Admitted to the bar when ig, and elected to the Legislature when 21. Elected toCongress, 1816. Elected Governor of Virginia, 1S26, and sent to the U. S. Senate thefollowing year, resigning in 1836. Elected Vice-President, 1S40. Became President of theUnited States by the death of President Harrison, April ^, 1S41. Presiding officer of thePeace Congress, Washington, D. C, Feb., 1861. Mem

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The story of a great nationOr, Our country's achievements, military, naval, political, and civil . Tenth Prksiiient. Boni ill Charles City ro., Ia., March 2q, l/ijo. Gratliiatc at William and Mary Admitted to the bar when ig, and elected to the Legislature when 21. Elected toCongress, 1816. Elected Governor of Virginia, 1S26, and sent to the U. S. Senate thefollowing year, resigning in 1836. Elected Vice-President, 1S40. Became President of theUnited States by the death of President Harrison, April ^, 1S41. Presiding officer of thePeace Congress, Washington, D. C, Feb., 1861. Member of Virginia Convention whichdecided to secede, .April, 1861. Elected member of Confederate Senate. Died Jan. 17, of the Senate, William H. King. 9-^

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