See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
THOMAS See also:CORWIN (1794-1865)
, See also:American statesman and orator, was See also:born in See also:Bourbon See also:county, See also:Kentucky, on the 29th of See also:July 1794
.
In 1798 his See also:father, See also:Matthias See also:Corwin (1761-1829), removed to what later became See also:Lebanon, See also:Ohio, where the son worked on a See also:farm, read much, and in 1817 was admitted to the See also:bar
.
As an See also:advocate he was at once successful, but after 1831 he devoted his See also:attention chiefly to politics, identifying himself first with the Whig and after 1858 with the Republican party
.
He was a member of the See also:lower See also:house of the Ohio legislature in 1821, 1822 and 1829, and of the See also:national House of Representatives from 1831 to 1840; was See also:governor of Ohio in 1840-1842; served in the See also:United States See also:Senate from 1845 to 185o; was secretary of the See also:treasury in the See also:cabinet of See also:President See also:Fillmore in 1850—1853; was again a member of the national House of Representatives from 1859 to 1861; and from 1861 to 1864 was See also:minister of the United States to See also:Mexico—a position of See also:peculiar difficulty at that See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time
.
As a legislator he spoke seldom, but always with See also:great ability, his most famous speech being that of the 11th of See also:February 1847 opposing the Mexican See also:War
.
In 186o he was chairman of the House " See also:Committee of See also:Thirty-three," consisting of one member from each See also:state, and appointed to consider the See also:condition of the nation and, if possible, to devise some See also:- SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)
scheme for reconciling the See also:North and the See also:South
.
He is remembered chiefly as an orator
.
Many anecdotes have been told to illustrate his kindliness, his inimitable See also:humour, and his remarkable eloquence
.
He died at See also:Washington, D.C., on the 18th of See also:December 1865
.
See"the See also:Life and Speeches of See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas Corwin (See also:Cincinnati, 1896), edited by See also:Josiah Morrow; and an excellent See also:character See also:sketch, Thomas Corwin (Cincinnati, 1881), by A
.
P
.
See also:- RUSSELL (FAMILY)
- RUSSELL, ISRAEL COOK (1852- )
- RUSSELL, JOHN (1745-1806)
- RUSSELL, JOHN (d. 1494)
- RUSSELL, JOHN RUSSELL, 1ST EARL (1792-1878)
- RUSSELL, JOHN SCOTT (1808–1882)
- RUSSELL, LORD WILLIAM (1639–1683)
- RUSSELL, SIR WILLIAM HOWARD
- RUSSELL, THOMAS (1762-1788)
- RUSSELL, WILLIAM CLARK (1844– )
Russell
.
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