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Governors of Iowa Territory: Robert Lucas, John Chambers, James Clarke, List of Governors of Iowa Territory

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Description:Chapters: Robert Lucas, John Chambers, James Clarke, List of Governors of Iowa Territory. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Robert Lucas (April 1, 1781 February 7, 1853) was the 12th Governor of the U.S. state of Ohio, serving from 1832 to 1836. He served as the first Governor of Iowa Territory from 1838 to 1841. Lucas was born in 1781 in Shepherdstown, a small community along the Potomac River in Virginia (now located in far eastern West Virginia), son of William Lucas and Susannah Barnes. Lucas came from a Quaker family whose roots stretched back to 1679 in Pennsylvania, and had recently moved to Virginia. His father, a Revolutionary War veteran, owned slaves and large amounts of land. According to family legend, Robert's uncle, Joseph Barnes, built a steam-powered boat long before Fulton's invention. Robert received some early schooling in mathematics and surveying, skills which would prove invaluable to his future work. At about the age of 19 he moved to the Scioto Valley of the Northwest Territory, later Ohio. He was preceded by other family members, including two older brothers and a cousin. One brother would later become a general, while his other brother and his cousin would become Ohio legislators. The family bought large parcels of land; eventually the nearby town of Lucas was named for them. For his skill in recruiting troops for the Army during the increasing hostilities between England, France, and the U.S., Robert Lucas was made Captain in 1807. He was elected to the Ohio General Assembly for the first time in 1808 being elected to the Ohio House of Representatives. He became married to Elizabeth Brown, his landlord's daughter, in 1810, and they had a daughter, Minerva, in 1811. Through complex political maneuvering, Lucas was mad...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1327589We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Governors of Iowa Territory: Robert Lucas, John Chambers, James Clarke, List of Governors of Iowa Territory. To get started finding Governors of Iowa Territory: Robert Lucas, John Chambers, James Clarke, List of Governors of Iowa Territory, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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26
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Publisher
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Release
2010
ISBN
1158392680

Governors of Iowa Territory: Robert Lucas, John Chambers, James Clarke, List of Governors of Iowa Territory

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Description: Chapters: Robert Lucas, John Chambers, James Clarke, List of Governors of Iowa Territory. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Robert Lucas (April 1, 1781 February 7, 1853) was the 12th Governor of the U.S. state of Ohio, serving from 1832 to 1836. He served as the first Governor of Iowa Territory from 1838 to 1841. Lucas was born in 1781 in Shepherdstown, a small community along the Potomac River in Virginia (now located in far eastern West Virginia), son of William Lucas and Susannah Barnes. Lucas came from a Quaker family whose roots stretched back to 1679 in Pennsylvania, and had recently moved to Virginia. His father, a Revolutionary War veteran, owned slaves and large amounts of land. According to family legend, Robert's uncle, Joseph Barnes, built a steam-powered boat long before Fulton's invention. Robert received some early schooling in mathematics and surveying, skills which would prove invaluable to his future work. At about the age of 19 he moved to the Scioto Valley of the Northwest Territory, later Ohio. He was preceded by other family members, including two older brothers and a cousin. One brother would later become a general, while his other brother and his cousin would become Ohio legislators. The family bought large parcels of land; eventually the nearby town of Lucas was named for them. For his skill in recruiting troops for the Army during the increasing hostilities between England, France, and the U.S., Robert Lucas was made Captain in 1807. He was elected to the Ohio General Assembly for the first time in 1808 being elected to the Ohio House of Representatives. He became married to Elizabeth Brown, his landlord's daughter, in 1810, and they had a daughter, Minerva, in 1811. Through complex political maneuvering, Lucas was mad...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1327589We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Governors of Iowa Territory: Robert Lucas, John Chambers, James Clarke, List of Governors of Iowa Territory. To get started finding Governors of Iowa Territory: Robert Lucas, John Chambers, James Clarke, List of Governors of Iowa Territory, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
26
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Books LLC
Release
2010
ISBN
1158392680

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