Excerpt from Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Lewis V. Bogy (a Senator From Missouri): Delivered in the Senate, January 16, 1878, and in the House of Representatives, January 23, 1878

In 1873 he became a candidate for the United States Senate, and having received the caucus nomination by a vote of 64 to 57 for the late distinguished Senator, General Frank P. Blair, was elected over Hon. J ohn E. Henderson, late United States Senator, by a majority of 59 votes, and became the successor. Of General Blair in this body for the term from March 4, 1873, to March. 3, 1879. His career as a Senator in this body is familiar to most of the present Senators.

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