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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 166

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On Jan 12, 1861 Mr. McRae and his four associates presented their withdrawal to the speaker. 'While we regret the necessity which impels our state to the adoption of this course (withdrawing from the Union), we desire to say it meets our unqualified approval and we shall return to her bosom to share her fortunes whatever they may be.' Mr. McRae was a representative from Mississippi to the first confederate congress, Morton S. Wilkinson was one of the pioneer lawyers of Minnesota. He is said to have been a personal friend of Lincoln, and to have carried with him into the territory a recommendation from the great man. He was a member of the first legislature of the territory and elected form it, to the United States senate over and 1. Congressional Globe 1860-61 p 345
 
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