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Previous Legislative Experience of United States Senators by Agnes Wallace Smith, 1912, Page 146

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competition to win. After leaving the national house Mr. Benton turned his attention to the completion of his "Thirty Years View."
"John Branch was not one of those who achieve greatness, nor one of those who have greatness thrust upon them. He was born to it. Inheriting an ample estate, he lived for many years upon his plantations and employed himself in superintending their culture. A man of respectable talents, good presence and high social position he was naturally chosen to represent his state in the Senate, afterward to be its governor and again in the Senate. 1 Branch was a gentleman of the strict construction persuasion an entirely respectable but not a brilliant, not even a well known character 2
1. He was returned to the house, not the senate
2. Parton - Life of Jackson Vol 3 p 178

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144 competition to win. After leaving the national house Mr. Benton turned his attention to the completion of his "Thirty Years View." "John Branch was not one of those who achieve greatness, nor one of those who have greatness thrust upon them. He was born to it. Inheriting an ample estate, he lived for many years upon his plantations and employed himself in superintending their culture. A man of respectable talents, good presence and high social position he was naturally chosen to represent his state in the Senate, afterward to be its governor and again in the Senate. 1 Branch was a gentleman of the strict construction persuasion an entirely respectable but not a brilliant, not even a well known character 2 1. He was returned to the house, not the senate 2. Parton - Life of Jackson Vol 3 p 178