William B. Allison
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William Boyd Allison was an American politician. An early leader of the Iowa Republican Party, he represented northeastern Iowa in the United States House of Representatives before representing his st
Allison in 1870
Portrait of Senator Allison which hangs in the U.S. Capitol.
Sen. William Boyd Allison Monument, Des Moines, Iowa, 1916
Orville H. Platt
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Orville Hitchcock Platt was a United States senator from Connecticut. Platt was a prominent conservative Republican and by the 1890s he became one of the "big four" key Republicans who largely control
William B. Allison
…state in the United States Senate. By the 1890s, Allison had become one of the "big four" key Republicans who largely controlled the Senate, along with Orville H. Platt of Connecticut, John Coit Spooner of Wisconsin and Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode Island. Born in Perry, Ohio, Allison established a legal practice in…
Orville Hitchcock Platt