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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 133

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131 Matthew Lyon which had been levied during Joh Adams' administration under the sedition law. He refers to the previous work in the capital, in a speech on the Cumberland Road. "The Cumberland Road was begun near thirty years ago when I was a member of the other house. I was for that road then as necessary and proper and a great national utility in a political, commercial and social view." He did not believe in internal improvements at federal expense, which affected one state only, but he considered this a national highway and ought to be promoted at national expense. he presented the Maysville Road Bill which was vetoed by President Tyler. Mr. Pope was elected to the house three successive terms but was defeated in 1843.
 
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