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Claggett, William H

state legislator, congressman, was born Sept. 21, 1838, in Marlborough, Md. He was a member of the legislature of Nevada in 1862, 1863 and 1865, and was elected to the forty-second congress from Montana.

CLAIBORNE, JOHN FRANCIS HAM- TRAMCK, journalist, congressman, author, was born April 24, 1809, in Natchez, Miss. During three sessions he was a representative of the Mississippi legislature, and during 1835-38 was a representative in congress from that state. He was a successful journalist, and for many years conducted the Natchez Free Trader, and also the Louisiana Courier. He was the author of Mississippi as a Province, Territory and State; Life of General Dale, and Life of Quitnam. He died May 17, 1884, in Natchez, Miss.