John Scott Harrison
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John Scott Harrison was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio from 1853 to 1857. Harrison was a son of U.S. president William Henry Harr
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Benjamin Harrison, head and shoulders bw photo, 1896
Anti-Nebraska movement
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The Anti-Nebraska movement was a political alignment in the United States formed in opposition to the Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 and to its repeal of the Missouri Compromise provision forbidding slav
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…studies and studied law. He later abandoned this to become a farmer. He was elected a Whig to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1852, reelected an Anti-Nebraska candidate in 1854, and served from 1853 to 1857. In 1855, he declined "the use of his name in connection with the office of Governor at the coming…
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