...that which had been so ably and successfully championed by his Democratic competitor. In 1851 he was elected to the United States Senate, to fill the unexpired term of the Hon. HENRY CLAY, whose failing health demanded his release from public service. In this new field,...

...Mexico. This mission being unsuccessful, he returned, and the Mexican War followed. In 1853 he was elected to the United States Senate to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Soule, and was re-elected for six years. He was Chairman of the Committee on the Condition of the...

...by President Lincoln and confirmed as minister to Denmark, but declined the appointment; was in 1866 elected to the United States Senate to fill the unexpired term of Hon. James Harían; was in 1875 again elected governor of Iowa, and resigned that office January 31,...

...Volunteers. For his gallantry at Monterey, the United States Congress voted him a sword. In 1857, he was elected to the United States Senate to fill the unexpired term of Senator Rusk, but his health was then declining and he died before taking his seat. HERKERA, SIMON...

...President Lincoln and confirmed as Minister to Denmark, but declined the appointment ; was in 1866 elected to the United States Senate to fill the unexpired term of Hon. James Harlan; was in 1875 again elected Governor of Iowa and resigned that office January 31,...

...the practice of law; but he hardly got well into practice till, on the 13th of January, 1866, he was elected to the United States Senate to fill the unexpired term of James Harlan, who had resigned to take a seat in Mr. Lincoln's cabinet as Secretary of the Interior....

...once as an orator, and so brilliant and rapid was his legislative career that he was elected in 1806 to the United States Senate to fill the unexpired term of John Adair, — being only twenty-nine years old, the youngest man that ever sat in that body of legislators....

...elected to the Legislature in 1884, 1886 and 1890; licensed to practice law in 1887 ; in April, 1894, elected to the United States Senate to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator ZB Vance; was re-elected in 1897. NORTH CAROLINA REPRESENTATIVES. John Humphrey Small,...

...personally popular. Through his association with the State militia he earned the title of "General." In 1830 he was elected to the United States Senate,...expired in 1841. In 1843 he was elected to a seat upon the Illinois Supreme bench, but died at Ottawa, April 27, of the same year, within three months...

...22d and 23d congresses, 1829-35. In 1835 he was elected governor of Alabama, and in 1837 was chosen to the United States senate to fill the unexpired term of John McKinley, appointed to the supreme bench. He resigned in 1841 and devoted his time to the codification...