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Previous Legislative Experience of United States Senators by Agnes Wallace Smith, 1912, Page 99

while [name?Lowndes?], Clay and Holmes each spoke 3 1/2 hours .Smyth of Virginia 4 1/2 hours and Sergent 5 3/4 hours!
[name?] served only one term in the house and at the age of sixty three retired from national politics.
Wilson Cary Nicholas of Virginia was a cousin of Sir Robert [lastname?] and a blood relative of [name?]. He was elected in 1799 to the senate to fill out the unexpired term of Judge Henry [lastname?]. He had served in the Virginia House of Delegates since 1784 and  had proved his worth sufficiently to be chosen above such men as [name?], Madison, Taylor and Andrew Moore. Nicholas took his seat in the senate Jan 3, 1800. His first vote was to strike out a clause from a bill to regulate disputed presidential elections. The clause

1.[?]- Robert Y. [lastname?] and his [Times p.99?]
2.Virginia Historical Collections Vol. 10 p 344

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while [name?Lowndes?], Clay and Holmes each spoke 3 1/2 hours .Smyth of Virginia 4 1/2 hours and Sergent 5 3/4 hours! [name?] served only one term in the house and at the age of sixty three retired from national politics. Wilson Cary Nicholas of Virginia was a cousin of Sir Robert [lastname?] and a blood relative of [name?]. He was elected in 1799 to the senate to fill out the unexpired term of Judge Henry [lastname?]. He had served in the Virginia House of Delegates since 1784 and had proved his worth sufficiently to be chosen above such men as [name?], Madison, Taylor and Andrew Moore. Nicholas took his seat in the senate Jan 3, 1800. His first vote was to strike out a clause from a bill to regulate disputed presidential elections. The clause 1.[?]- Robert Y. [lastname?] and his [Times p.99?] 2.Virginia Historical Collections Vol. 10 p 344