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[264] Born in Vermont, 1793; died, 1868. Graduated at Dartmouth; practiced law in Pennsylvania; Whig member of Congress, 1849–1853, when he strenuously opposed the Compromise of 1850; Republican member, 1859–1868, of a radical type and great influence; advocated very severe measures during the reconstruction period; urged emancipation, the Fourteenth Amendment, the Acts of Confiscation, and the impeachment of President Johnson.