Samuel Hoar
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Samuel Hoar was an American lawyer and politician. A member of a prominent political family in Massachusetts, he was a leading 19th century lawyer of that state. He was associated with the Federalist
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George N. Briggs
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George Nixon Briggs was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. A Whig, Briggs served for twelve years in the United States House of Representatives, and served seven one-year terms as t
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…courts for the purpose of testing the constitutionality of the laws under which the forcible seizures were being made. In 1844, Massachusetts governor George N. Briggs (Whig party) appointed Hoar commissioner to South Carolina. Upon receipt of the letter from Massachusetts Governor Briggs announcing Hoar's appointment…
Portrait c. 1848
Hiland Hall of Vermont was a longtime friend and Congressional colleague.