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New Hampshire Delegation

This is one of the 45 delegations in the convention, accounting for 6 of 449 people who took part.

Members (6):

Name	Visualize	Details	Delegations
Daniel Clark	Visualize	(24 October, 1809 -- 2 January, 1891) Clark was an American lawyer and politician. Born in Stratham, N.H., Clark studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1837. Clark was a member of the State house of representatives (1842-1843, 1846, 1854-1855) and was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James Bell and succeeded in reelection in 1861. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774- Present', available at http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp]	New Hampshire Delegation (United States Thirteenth Amendment 1863-65) , New Hampshire Delegation (This negotiation) , New Hampshire Delegation (United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866)
Thomas M. Edwards	Visualize	(December 16, 1795 — May 1, 1875) Thomas McKay Edwards, a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Keene, Cheshire County, N.H., December 16, 1795; tutored privately; was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1813; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1817 and commenced practice in Keene, N.H.; postmaster of Keene from June 30, 1818, to July 23, 1829; served in the State house of representatives in 1834, 1836, 1838, and 1839; abandoned his law practice in 1845 and superintended the construction of the Cheshire Railroad, serving as its first president; also served as president of a bank and a fire-insurance company; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1859-March 3, 1863); was not a candidate for renomination in 1862 to the Thirty-eighth Congress; resumed his former business pursuits; died in Keene, N.H., May 1, 1875; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/E000081]	New Hampshire Delegation (This negotiation)
John P. Hale	Visualize	(31 March, 1806 -- 19 November, 1873) Hale was an American lawyer and politician. Born in Strafford County, N.H., Hale studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1830. Hale was appointed by President Andrew Jackson as United States attorney in 1834, however, was removed by President John Tyler in 1841. Hale was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress and had his renomination revoked after refusing to vote in favor of the annexation of Texas. Later, Hale was elected as a Free Soil candidate to the United States Senate in 1846 and later in 1855 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles G. Atherton, with successful reelection in 1859. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774- Present', available at http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp]	New Hampshire Delegation (United States Thirteenth Amendment 1863-65) , New Hampshire Delegation (This negotiation)
Gilman Marston	Visualize	"(August 20, 1811 -- July 3, 1890) Gilman Marston was a lawyer, public servant, soldier, and American politician. Marston was born in Oxford, New Hampshire. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1841. He was a member of the State house of representatives (1845-1849, 1872, 1873, 1876-1878), delegate to the State constitutional convention of 1850 and 1876, and turned down a governorship of the Idaho Territory in 1870. Marston served in the Union Army during the Civil War and resigned his commission as brigadier general in 1865. Marston was elected as a republican to the 36th and 37th Congresses (March 4, 1859 - March 3, 1863) and was appointed to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy in the term commencing on that date (March 4, 1889 to June 18, 1889), was not a successful candidate for the 45th Congress. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=M000165]"	New Hampshire Delegation (This negotiation) , New Hampshire Delegation (United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866)
Edward H. Rollins	Visualize	(3 October, 1824 -- 31 July, 1889) Rollins was an American businessman and politician. Rollins was born in Strafford County, N.H.. Rollins was a member of the State house of representatives (1855-1857) and was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-seventh, Thirty-eighth, and Thirty-ninth Congresses. In 1876, Rollins was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774- Present', available at http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp]	New Hampshire Delegation (United States Thirteenth Amendment 1863-65) , New Hampshire Delegation (United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866) , New Hampshire Delegation (This negotiation)
Mason W. Tappan	Visualize	(October 20, 1817 — October 25, 1886) Mason Weare Tappan, a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Newport, Sullivan County, N.H., October 20, 1817; moved to Bradford, N.H., with his parents; attended private schools and the Hopkinton and Meriden Academies; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1841 and commenced practice in Bradford, N.H.; served in the state house of representatives 1853-1855; elected as an American Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1861); chairman, Committee on Claims (Thirty-sixth Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1860; during the Civil War served in the Union Army as colonel of the First Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry; again a member of the state house of representatives in 1860 and 1861; resumed the practice of law; appointed attorney general of the state in 1876, which position he held until his death in Bradford, Merrimack County, N.H., October 25, 1886; interment in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/T000040]	New Hampshire Delegation (This negotiation)