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

Previous Legislative Experience of United States Senators by Agnes Wallace Smith, 1912, Page 125

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never brought to trial. 1
Mr. Adair was aide to General Shelby in the battle of the Thames Oct. 5, 1813; he was made brigadier general of the state militia in 1814; commanded the Kentucky troops with distinction at New Orleans and from 1820 to 1824 was governor of Kentucky.
The state became divided between the Jackson democrats and the national democrats. In 1831, Clay was re-elected to the senate and Adair, a Jackson democrat, was elected to the house. 2
Mr. Adair was placed upon the committee of military affairs and served upon it throughout the term. His record as a speech-maker is as follows, "Mr. Adair spoke for some time but in a voice inaudible at the reporter's desk. The few faint sounds that reached it conveyed the impression that he was advocating the
1. McCaleb - The Aaron Burr Conspiracy
2. Niles Register Vol 40 p 417

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123 never brought to trial. 1 Mr. Adair was aide to General Shelby in the battle of the Thames Oct. 5, 1813; he was made brigadier general of the state militia in 1814; commanded the Kentucky troops with distinction at New Orleans and from 1820 to 1824 was governor of Kentucky. The state became divided between the Jackson democrats and the national democrats. In 1831, Clay was re-elected to the senate and Adair, a Jackson democrat, was elected to the house. 2 Mr. Adair was placed upon the committee of military affairs and served upon it throughout the term. His record as a speech-maker is as follows, "Mr. Adair spoke for some time but in a voice inaudible at the reporter's desk. The few faint sounds that reached it conveyed the impression that he was advocating the 1. McCaleb - The Aaron Burr Conspiracy 2. Niles Register Vol 40 p 417