COVODE, JOHN
\kˈɒvə͡ʊd], \kˈɒvəʊd], \k_ˈɒ_v_əʊ_d]\
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(1808-1871), of Dutch descent, was elected to Congress in 1854 as an Anti-Masonic Whig from Pennsylvania, and served from 1855 to 1863 as a Republican. He was chairman of the committee to investigate charges against President Buchanan in 1860.
By John Franklin Jameson
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Procollagen Proline Dioxygenase
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