CARPENTER, MATTHEW HALE
\kˈɑːpəntə], \kˈɑːpəntə], \k_ˈɑː_p_ə_n_t_ə]\
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(1824-1881) Senator, settled in Wisconsin in 1848, and soon acquired an extensive law practice. He successfully argued the reconstruction act of 1867 before the U. S. Supreme Court. He was U.S. Senator from 1869 to 1875 and from 1879 till his death.
By John Franklin Jameson
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