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4 unusual facts about Joseph Segar


Joseph Segar

On January 25, 1870, in the Forty-first Congress, Segar claimed an at-large ninth seat for Virginia in the U.S. House, but was not seated.

Segar presented credentials as a Unionist Member-elect to the Thirty-seventh Congress from an election held on October 24, 1861, but the House on February 11, 1862, decided he was not entitled to the seat.

Segar was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for election in 1876 to the Forty-fifth Congress.

In the Thirty-eighth Congress (1863–1865), no Virginia representatives were seated.



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