... the bar of Spring- field. In politics, to which, whilst following his profes- sion, he paid great attention, he joined the Whig party, and was a warm supporter of Henry Clay. In 1846 he was elected to Congress, and continued to belong to it till 1849 ...

... Wales, which had become a serious taxation on the agricultural classes. In political opinions, his lordship was originally a Whig about twenty years ago, however, when the zealots of change appeared to be pushing opinions to doubtful practical results, ...