biography
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| (1760–1822)
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| biography:
| Physician and US representative and senator, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. A surgeon, he served in the US House of Representatives (Democrat-Republican, Pennsylvania, 1799–1806) and US Senate (1809–14). He was known for attacking his political opponents and their policies so fiercely that he ended up damaging his own party. |
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