While in the U.S. House of Representatives he worked on several key issues of importance to Missouri, such as opposing the Tariff of 1842 and helping block Federal settlement of the Missouri-Iowa border dispute, a.k.a. the Honey War.
tariff | 1842 | United States House of Representatives elections, 1842 | 1842 in Wales | Tariff of 1842 | Tariff of 1816 | Tariff | New York gubernatorial election, 1842 | Illustration from Edwards's Botanical Register, volume 28 (NS 5) plate 32, 1842, by Sarah Drake | Harmonized Tariff Schedule for the United States | ''Frogner Manor'' (1842)
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