. History of Huntingdon and Blair counties, Pennsylvania . tered upon the practiceof his profession, and lor a while with no competitorbut Mr. Crawford, he was soon called to share theiield with Thaddeus Banks and 11. A. McMurtrie,long his adversaries in many contests, but whom hesurvives. With James M. Bell, his old preceptor, McMurtrie,and others, he was an ardent iriend of the proposi-tion lor a new county, and in 184G their etforts werecrowned with success, the county of Blair being or-ganized in ISlti under an act of Assembly passed thesame year. In 1848, Mr. Calvin was elected ;is a Whig
. History of Huntingdon and Blair counties, Pennsylvania . tered upon the practiceof his profession, and lor a while with no competitorbut Mr. Crawford, he was soon called to share theiield with Thaddeus Banks and 11. A. McMurtrie,long his adversaries in many contests, but whom hesurvives. With James M. Bell, his old preceptor, McMurtrie,and others, he was an ardent iriend of the proposi-tion lor a new county, and in 184G their etforts werecrowned with success, the county of Blair being or-ganized in ISlti under an act of Assembly passed thesame year. In 1848, Mr. Calvin was elected ;is a Whig memberof the Thirty-Hrst Congress, to represent Blair, Hunt-ingdon, Miflim, Juniata, and Centre Counties. Hehad the honor of being a member of a Congress illus-trious in the history of the country. His advent upoathat arena was contemporaneous with some of themost conspicuous names in American , Calhoun, Webster, Cass, and Benton were stillin the Senate, and Chase, Seward, Jefferson Davis,and Mason were ripening for future fame. In the. -^^\y\.yyyu -Qp^OLlJ BOROUGH OF HOLLIDAYSBURG. 81 House, Gifldings, of Ohio; Stephens, of Georgia;Stevens and Wilmot, of Pennsylvania; Jolinson,of Tennessee ; Toombs, of Georgia, and many otherswere familiar names to tlie people. Taylor was Pres-ident, to be followed shortly by Fillmore. Congresswas often the scene of aerinioMJoiis discussions uponClays compromise bills and other kindred growing hostility between the free and slaveStates reached a crisis during this session, and South-ern senators and members freely threatened the seces-sion of their States if California was admitted to theUnion. The passage of the Fugitive Slave bill for thetimercpressed the turbnlenceand bitternessof thepub-lic mind, but it only postponed the outbreak to a laterday, and that day was the inauguration of PresidentLincoln, in 1861. Whilst Mr. Calvin was a witnessof these stirring events, he was not forgetful -of theinterests of his
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