biography
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| (1829–88)
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| biography:
| US politician, born in Albany, New York, USA. The son of a prominent judge and himself a lawyer, he served as a Republican in the US House of Representatives (1859–63, 1865–7) and the US Senate (1867–81). Famed for his florid oratory, he was one of the most influential politicians of his day, leader of the powerful New York Republican machine, and an open foe of civil service reform. Nominated and confirmed for a Supreme Court seat after his resignation from the Senate in 1881, he declined, and instead became a corporate lawyer. |
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