An illustrated history of the State of Iowa - being a complete civil, political, and military history of the state, from its first exploration down to 1875; including a cyclopaedia of legislation (14779630564)

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Title: An illustrated history of the State of Iowa : being a complete civil, political, and military history of the state, from its first exploration down to 1875; including a cyclopaedia of legislation during the administration of each of the governors, from Lucas (1836) to Carpenter; with historical and descriptive sketches of each county in the state separately, embracing interesting narratives of pioneer life, including an account of the commercial, agricultural and educational growth of Iowa
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Tuttle, Charles R. (Charles Richard), b. 1848 Durrie, Daniel S. (Daniel Steele), 1819-1892
Subjects: Mormons
Publisher: Chicago : Richard S. Peale & Company
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University



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their endeavors to defeat 196 Ttittles History of Iowa. their political opponents, and will compare favorably with thepoliticians of the present time. The democrats seemed to havehad the advantage in the early history of the state in the politi-cal contests against their whig opponents. The democrats this year were triumphant, both at the Augustand November elections, and elected the congressional, state andelectoral ticket by a decided majority, and also had the ascend-ancy in both branches of the legislature, and on joint ballot amajority of nineteen. It was thus known that the democratscould elect United States senators and supreme judges, and thoseoffices elicited much interest among the politicians; and at theconvening of the legislature, December 4, 1848, there were agreat number of the leading democrats from all parts of the stateassembled at Iowa City, each using his best exertions to get him-belf or his particular friend elected United States senator or su-preme court judge.
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CHAPTER XXIY. BRIGGS ADMINISTRATION. Election of United States Senators — Second Meeting of the State Legislature— Aid to Railroads — Legislation—State University — Hungarian Settlement. The second general assembly of the state convened on thefourth day of December, 1848. John H. Selman was electedpresident of the senate, and Smiley H. Bonham, speaker of thehouse. Soon after the organization of the legislature, the demo-crats held a caucus and nominated candidates for senators, andadjourned till the next night to nominate candidates for supremecourt judges. At this caucus Augustus C. Dodge and Geo. W.Jones were nominated for senators ; Joseph Williams, chief jus-tice ; George Greene and John F. Kinney, associate judges. Thecaucus having selected the candidates, the contest for places wasover, and the legislature only had to go through with the form ofan election to complete the work. The memorials sent to congress by the previous legislature,asking for a grant of land to aid