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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 183

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181. His enemies pursued him to the house to which he was elected in 1883 and there accused him of being implicated in the "Star Route Frauds." He again demands an investigation, and when he is accused of transferring land grants given to the Louisiana railroads tot he Southern Pacific he demands another investigation. After the one term in the house he was not reelected and instead of returning to Louisiana took up residence in Washington, D.C. Thomas M. Norwood was elected from the legislature in Georgia to a seat in the United States senate. Upon his arrival in Washington Foster Blodgett appeared as a contestant for the place. The senate, however, decided that Mr. Norwood was duly elected
 
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