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Senate Years of Service:
1789-1795; 1795-1796; 1813-1823; 1823-1825
Party:
Pro-Administration; Federalist; Federalist; Adams-Clay Federalist
KING, Rufus, (half brother of Cyrus King and father…
Senate Years of Service: 1854-1855; 1855-1857; 1857-1864; 1865-1869Party: Whig; Opposition; Republican; RepublicanFESSENDEN, William Pitt, (brother of Samuel Clement Fessenden and Thomas Amory…
