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Previous Legislative Experience of United States Senators by Agnes Wallace Smith, 1912, Page 141

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senate, and Eugene Hale who, after serving five terms in the national house was elected an equal number of terms to the senate. Missouri's long term senators were Francis M. Cockrell and Thomas Hart Benton. Mr. Cockrell is scarcely known outside of his own state or the senate, but no history would be complete without some mention of Thomas Hart Benton's work.
To follow his work in detail is unnecessary in this sketch. The study aims to show his attitude toward the more important questions of his day the reason for his defeat for reelection and something of his work in the house.
The Missouri compromise had quieted the agitation concerning slavery just before Mr. Benton entered the senate. and the question was not called up for some time. He was a thorough westerner and as such urged the development of western lands, the

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139 senate, and Eugene Hale who, after serving five terms in the national house was elected an equal number of terms to the senate. Missouri's long term senators were Francis M. Cockrell and Thomas Hart Benton. Mr. Cockrell is scarcely known outside of his own state or the senate, but no history would be complete without some mention of Thomas Hart Benton's work. To follow his work in detail is unnecessary in this sketch. The study aims to show his attitude toward the more important questions of his day the reason for his defeat for reelection and something of his work in the house. The Missouri compromise had quieted the agitation concerning slavery just before Mr. Benton entered the senate. and the question was not called up for some time. He was a thorough westerner and as such urged the development of western lands, the