. The life of James W. Grimes : governor of Iowa, 1854-1858; a senator of the United States, 1859-1869 . that of the pres-ent Governor of Ohio, in everything that relates to our cause CHAPTEK IV. A SENATOR OF THE UNITED STATES. 1859-1869. § 1.—In the Thirty-sixth Congress.—1859-1861. Me. Grimes took his seat in the Senate on the 4th of March,1859, and served in the thirty-sixth Congress on the Committeeson Pensions and on Private Land Claims, and was placed, January24, 1861, upon the Committee on Naval Affairs, in which he re-mained during the rest of his senatorial career, serving
. The life of James W. Grimes : governor of Iowa, 1854-1858; a senator of the United States, 1859-1869 . that of the pres-ent Governor of Ohio, in everything that relates to our cause CHAPTEK IV. A SENATOR OF THE UNITED STATES. 1859-1869. § 1.—In the Thirty-sixth Congress.—1859-1861. Me. Grimes took his seat in the Senate on the 4th of March,1859, and served in the thirty-sixth Congress on the Committeeson Pensions and on Private Land Claims, and was placed, January24, 1861, upon the Committee on Naval Affairs, in which he re-mained during the rest of his senatorial career, serving as chair-man from December, 1864. 47. — To Mrs. Grimes Washington, March 5, 1859. I write you my first letter from the Senate-Chamber. I wassworn into office yesterday, with seven other new Senators, threeof whom are of my complexion in politics, and as substitutes forpro-slavery Democrats. March 6th.—It is remarked here that a great change has takenplace with Southern Senators. For the first time, they came overto the Republican side of the chamber, and sought introductionsto the new Republican Senators. Heretofore they cut them so-cially. I do not include all from the South in
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