...Kansas. He took a prominent part in the contest over the introduction of slavery into Kansu-s, und was a member of the convention that framed the constitution of the state. In July, 1801, he entered the army as lieutenant-colonel of the Üd Kansas volunteers. He commanded...

...co., Kansas. He took a prominent part in the contest over the introduction of slavery into Kansas, and was a member of the convention that framed the constitution of the state. In July, 1801, he entered the army as lieutenant-colonel of the 3d Kansas volunteers. He commanded...

...appointed in 1812, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, an office that he declined to accept. In 1819 he was a member of the Convention that framed the Constitution of Maine, and many times of its Legislature. On the death of Gov. Lincoln, early in the year 1829, hy...

...fifty-two years. In addition to holding the offices indicated by the above enumerated commissions, he was a member of the convention that framed the constitution of the State of Missouri in 1820; he was chosen, in July, 1831, a member of the legislative council of the...

...when he was taken prisoner at the surrender of Charleston, and detained till the close of the war. A member of the convention that framed the constitution of the United States (1787), he introduced the clause forbidding religious tests as a qualification for ollice. He declined...

...niece of Patrick Henry, a Miss Christian, and ranked among the most prominent Kentuckians of his day. He was a member of the convention that framed the Constitution of the State, President of the second Constitutional Convention, served in both branches of the Legislature,...

...prominent Methodist, but he was also one of the distinguished citizens of the State of Delaware. In 1787 he was a member of the Convention that framed the Constitution of the United States. Subsequently he was a member of the United States Congress and Governor of the State of Delaware, and...

...war. In 1779-89 he was professor of law at William and Mary College. In December, 1786, he was chosen a member of the convention that framed the Constitution of the United States. In the latter part of his life, he emancipated his slaves and furnished them with means of support...

...to remedy the defects of early training. Political disappointment drove him in 1849 to California. He was a member of the convention that framed the constitution of that State, and he afterwards served in the legislature. The Democratic party in California, owing...

...to remedy the defects of early training. Political disappointment drove him in 1849 to California. He was a member of the convention that framed the constitution of that State, and he afterwards served in the legislature. The Democratic party in California, owing...