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CILLEY, JONATHAN

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1894 - Dictionary of United States history

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(1802-1838) of Maine, was Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives in 1836, was elected to Congress in 1837 as a Democrat and served till his death, which was the result of a duel with Congressman Graves, of Kentucky.

1894 - Dictionary of United States history
By John Franklin Jameson

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