History of the state of New York, political and governmental; . Robert Lansing Robert Lansing, statesman; born at Watertown, N. Y.,October 17, 1864; graduated from Amherst, 1886; admitted tothe bar, 1869; counsel for the United States in the Behring seaarbitration, 1892-1893; counsel for the United States Behringsea claims commission, 1896-1897; solicitor and counsel for theUnited States under the Alaskan boundary tribunal, 1903 ; coun-sel for the North Atlantic coast fisheries arbitration at TheHague, 1909-1910; agent of the United States in American andBritish claims arbitration, 1912-1914;

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History of the state of New York, political and governmental; . Robert Lansing Robert Lansing, statesman; born at Watertown, N. Y.,October 17, 1864; graduated from Amherst, 1886; admitted tothe bar, 1869; counsel for the United States in the Behring seaarbitration, 1892-1893; counsel for the United States Behringsea claims commission, 1896-1897; solicitor and counsel for theUnited States under the Alaskan boundary tribunal, 1903 ; coun-sel for the North Atlantic coast fisheries arbitration at TheHague, 1909-1910; agent of the United States in American andBritish claims arbitration, 1912-1914; counselor for the depart-ment of state from March 20, 1914 to June 23, 1915; secretaryof state in the cabinet of President Wilson, June 23, 1915 toFebruary, 1920; member of the American commission to nego-tiate peace at Paris, 1918-1919. 1920] SMITH SUPPLANTS WHITMAN 321 loyal. As these men had already taken the oath ofoffice the right to suspend them was challenged, thoughthere could be no question of the legal right of theAssembly to expel in its discretion

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