The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . al and was sub-sequently elected to the .statesenate. He resigned his place inthe senate to accompany his fa-ther to the court of St. James assecretary of legation. Whenon account
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . al and was sub-sequently elected to the .statesenate. He resigned his place inthe senate to accompany his fa-ther to the court of St. James assecretary of legation. Whenon account of ill health his fa-ther was compelled to return to the United States, heremained in England as charge daffaires until thenew minister arrived. In 1838 he was again returnedto the legislature, and in 1849 was elected to congressby the whig party. He opposed all compromise nieas-ures, particularly the fugitive slave law, and advoca-ted the admission of California as a free state. He wasprominent at several whig nominating conventionsand presided at the convention held at Syracuse,N. Y., in 1855, when the republican party wasformed, and in 1856 at the Philadelphia conventionhe was a warm supporter of Gen. Fremont. was elected governor of New York in 1856and gave particular attention to educational internal improvements. He declined a renom-ination, and on account of advanced vears retired. tl-^^^^g .,y^iY OF AMERICAN BIOGKAPHY. 51
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