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James Burnie Beck (1822 - 1890). Senate Years of Service: 1877-1890. Party: Democrat.OFFERED HERE: Signature on approx. 4 x 5 in. album piece. Right edge has toning & stain at bottom else very good condition.$3.12 First Class/Insured within US. Outside US to be determined. See our other auctions. We accept credit cards directly but NOT PayPal. We will invoice winning bidder soon after auction closes. Please respond within 3 days to that email. Thanks. Multiple purchases can be shipped together even when auctions end on different days.Representative & Senator from Kentucky;Born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, February 13, 1822; immigrated to the United States in 1838 and settled in Wyoming County, N.Y.;Moved to Lexington, Ky., in 1843 and was graduated from Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., in 1846; admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in Lexington;Elected as a Democrat to the Fortieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1875);Appointed in May 1876 a member of the commission to define the boundary line between Maryland and Virginia;Elected to the United States Senate in 1876; reelected in 1882, again in 1888, and served from March 4, 1877, until his death in Washington, D.C., on May 3, 1890; Democratic Conference Chairman 1885-1890; chairman, Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Forty-sixth Congress); interment in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky. Portrait not included with item.
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