biography
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Henderson, David (Bremner)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1840–1906)
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| biography:
| US representative, born in Old Deer, Moray and Aberdeenshire, NE Scotland, UK. Emigrating to the USA as a child, he grew up on a farm in Iowa and left college to serve as a private in the Union Army. A leg amputation ended his military career in 1863 and he became a lawyer in Dubuque, IA (1866–82). A Republican congressman (1883–1903), he served as Speaker of the House for two terms (1899–1903), and fought for veterans' benefits and supported protective tariffs. |
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