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Lewis Cass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lewis Cass ; 1782 - 1866 ... A New Hampshire schoolmate of Daniel Webster's, Lewis Cass moved to Ohio at the turn of the century, where his opposition to Aaron Burr in the Ohio legislature led Thomas Jefferson to appoint him marshal of the state.
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Dictionary of American Biography; Klunder, Willard C. Lewis Cass and the Politics of Moderation. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 1996; Wooford, Frank B. Lewis Cass: The Last Jeffersonian. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1950.
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(1836 - 1908) ... a Representative from South Carolina; born in Putnam, ... at an early age began writing for the press, and was connected with the New York papers for several years; went to Washington, D.C., in 1864 and was employed in the Treasury Department; studied law at Columbian (now George Washington) University;
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The American general and statesman Lewis Cass was born at Exeter, New Hampshire, on the 9th of October 1782. He was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, joined his father at Marietta, Ohio, about 1799, studied law there in the office of Return Jonathan Meigs (1765-1825), and was admitted to the bar at the age of twenty.
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LEWIS CASS was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, on 9 October 1782; attended Exeter Academy; taught school in Wilmington, Delaware, 1799; moved to Marietta, Ohio, 1800, where he entered the practice of law in 1802; moved to Zanesville, Ohio;
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Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866 ... Lewis Cass' long public career spanned the period from the War of 1812 to the Civil War. Born in Exeter, N.H., he emigrated to the Northwest Territory in 1801, settling near Zanesville, Ohio. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and, at the young age of 24, was elected to the Ohio House...
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About the statue of Lewis Cass, given by Michigan to the National Statuary Hall Collection ... Born October 9, 1782, Lewis Cass was the eldest child of Jonathan Cass, a craftsman who had fought in the Revolution. The family lived in Exeter, New Hampshire, and young Lewis attended Exeter Academy, where he became close...
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