Col blaine biography
Col blaine biography
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Earlier this week, the House of Representatives elected Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, as the next speaker of the House. Ryan, 45, became youngest Speaker since James G. Blaine, who was 39 years old when he was elected speaker in 1869, according to the House historian.
Blaine, a Republican, started his career in elected office by winning a seat in the Maine House of Representatives in 1858.
He gradually climbed the ranks, eventually becoming House speaker for his last two years in the state legislature.
Blaine's foray into national politics began in 1862 when he made a run for the U.S.
House of Representatives.
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He was elected, and went on to represent Maine's 3rd district.
Following Blaine's reelection in 1864, the issue of Reconstruction consumed Congress. In the wake of the civil war, the Republican Congress exerted great influence over the defeated South, and Blaine was in favor of dissolving the state governments President Andrew Johnson had installed after the war ended.
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