Mungen, William (1821-1887) President's message and repudiation
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01265.35 Author/Creator: Mungen, William (1821-1887) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Pamphlet Date: 1869 Pagination: 15 p. ; 22 x 14 cm. Order a Copy
Reported and printed by F. & J. Rives and George A. Bailey. A speech delivered in the House of Representatives on January 27, 1869. Mungen argues that he is not in favor of repudiation but is in favor of equal taxation.
Representative from Ohio; born in Baltimore, Md., May 12, 1821; moved with his parents to Ohio in 1830; attended the common schools; taught school; editor and publisher of the Findlay Democratic Courier; auditor of Hancock County, Ohio, 1846-1850; member of the State senate in 1851 and 1852; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1853 and commenced practice in Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1856; entered the Union Army on December 5, 1861, as lieutenant colonel of the Fifty-seventh Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; commissioned colonel December 16, 1861, and served until April 24, 1863, when he was honorably discharged; elected as a Democrat to the Fortieth and Forty-first Congresses (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1871); was not a candidate for renomination in 1870; resumed the practice of law.
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