See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
HENRY See also:LAURENS See also:DAWES (1816-1903)
, See also:American lawyer, was See also:born at Cummington, See also:Massachusetts, on the 3oth of See also:October 1816
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After graduating at Yale in 1839, he taught for a 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 at See also:Greenfield, See also:Mass., and also edited The Greenfield See also:Gazette
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In 1842 he was admitted to the See also:bar and began the practice of See also:law at See also:North See also:- ADAMS
- ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
- ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
- ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
- ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
- ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
- ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
- ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
- ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
- ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)
Adams, where for a time he conducted The Transcript
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He served in the Massachusetts See also:House of Representatives in 1848–1849 and in 1852, in the See also:state See also:Senate in 185o, and in the Massachusetts constitutional See also:convention in 1853
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From 1853 to 1857 he was See also:United States See also:district See also:attorney for the western district of Massachusetts; and from 1857–1875 he was a Republican member of the See also:national House of Representatives
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In 1875 he succeeded See also:Charles See also:Sumner as senator from Massachusetts, serving until 1893
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During this See also:long See also:period of legislative activity he served in the House on the committees on elections, ways and means, and appropriations, took a prominent See also:part in the See also:anti-See also:slavery and reconstruction See also:measures during and after the See also:Civil See also:War, in See also:tariff legislation, and in the See also:establishment of a See also:fish See also:commission and the inauguration of daily See also:weather reports
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In the Senate he was chairman of the See also:committee on See also:Indian affairs, and gave much See also:attention to the enactment of See also:laws for the benefit of the See also:Indians
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On leaving the Senate, in 1893, he became chairman of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes (sometimes called the See also:Dawes Indian Commission),and served in this capacity for ten years, negotiating with the tribes for the extinction of the communal See also:title to their See also:land and for the See also:dissolution of the tribal governments, with the See also:object of making the tribes a constituent part of the United States.' Dawes died at See also:Pittsfield, Mass., on the 5th of See also:February 1903
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