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James W. Nye

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to the U.S. Senate. He was reelected in 1867 and served from February 1, 1865, to March 3, 1873. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection. While in the Senate, Nye was chairman of the Committee on Enrolled Bills (Thirty-ninth Congress), a member of the Committees on Revolutionary Claims
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were funnier than his; neither had he any Senatorial dignity whatever. He had, in its place, a vast store of humor and genial humanity—better articles, that brought him in love all that he lost in respect.
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Nye was considered insane during his later years, and resided in an asylum. He suffered from delusions, including the belief that he was dead and waiting for his coffin to arrive. Nye died in
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he gave an account of their parting, which occurred after Twain supposedly wrote ridiculous letters to constituents following Nye's instructions not to address controversial issues.
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in the late 1840s, Nye was identified with the anti-slavery Barnburners. He supported
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Upon the admission of Nevada as a state into the Union in 1864, he was elected a
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from 1852 to 1857, where he continued the practice of law. In 1857, he moved to
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and his Senate neighbor, James Nye, in a political cartoon from
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Perley's Reminiscences of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis
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During the New York Democratic Party's fight between the
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Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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Republican Party United States senators from Nevada
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Perley, 529:Brooklyn Daily Eagle 384:Sketches Old and New 306:'s candidacy as the 888:Governors of Nevada 403:was named for him. 329:from 1857 to 1860. 274:admitted to the bar 1366:Nevada Republicans 820:Political offices 805:William M. Stewart 802:Served alongside: 776: 401:Nye County, Nevada 319:Syracuse, New York 281:master in chancery 270:Hamilton, New York 258:DeRuyter, New York 1333: 1332: 1122: 1121: 955: 932: 900: 855: 854: 844:Succeeded by 810:Succeeded by 800:1865–1873 715:Media related to 668:978-0-8063-4823-0 395:Woodlawn Cemetery 289:brigadier general 231: 230: 195:Woodlawn Cemetery 178:December 25, 1876 141:as state governor 16:(Redirected from 1413: 1262: 1149: 1142: 1135: 1126: 956: 953: 933: 930: 921: 920: 901: 898: 881: 874: 867: 858: 847:Henry G. 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James Nye

United States Senator
Nevada
John P. Jones
Governor of Nevada Territory
Isaac Roop
Henry G. Blasdel
DeRuyter (town), New York
White Plains, New York
The Bronx
Republican
Free Soil
Governor of Nevada Territory
United States senator
Nevada
DeRuyter, New York
Homer, New York
studied law
Hamilton, New York
admitted to the bar
master in chancery
New York Militia
brigadier general
major general
Barnburners and Hunkers
Martin Van Buren
Free Soil Party
in 1848
Syracuse, New York

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