biography
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Winthrop, Robert Charles
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| lived:
| (1807–94)
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| biography:
| US representative and senator, born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. After studying law in Daniel Webster's office, he served in the state legislature before his election to the US House of Representatives (Whig, Massachusetts, 1840–50), and was also Speaker of the House (1847–9). Appointed to succeed Daniel Webster in the US Senate (1850–1), he was defeated for re-election by anti-slavery forces the following year. A scholar and orator, he published a biography of his illustrious ancestor, John Winthrop. |
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