. The Fortieth Congress of the United States: historical and biographical. and guiding influences of 37 JAMES W. NYE. Bucli a man, aud he was accordingly appointed to tliat position in1861. When Nevada was admitted into the Union as a State hewas elected United States Senator, and took his seat in 1865. Twoyears later he was re-elected for the term ending in 1873. In the Senate he immediately took rank among the most fearlessand able of the Kadical Republicans. Entering Congress just at theclose of the war, he aided in carrying all the great measures ofre-construction. He opposed the policy of
. The Fortieth Congress of the United States: historical and biographical. and guiding influences of 37 JAMES W. NYE. Bucli a man, aud he was accordingly appointed to tliat position in1861. When Nevada was admitted into the Union as a State hewas elected United States Senator, and took his seat in 1865. Twoyears later he was re-elected for the term ending in 1873. In the Senate he immediately took rank among the most fearlessand able of the Kadical Republicans. Entering Congress just at theclose of the war, he aided in carrying all the great measures ofre-construction. He opposed the policy of President Johnson, andvoted for his conviction. Serving at first as Chairman of theCommittee on Kevolutionary Claims, he was afterward advanced tothe more important position of Chairman of the Committee onTerritories. As a speaker, Mr. Nye is graceful, fluent, and sometimes trenchant logic and luminous facts command the respectfulattention of the Senate, while his pungent satire, ready repartee andkeen wit delight the popular audience in the galleries. S8. ^^g^byC- E retia^ y-tyC^L^AL
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