He managed to get the Danish tariff of 1695 reduced, and Matthew Maury was made head of the National Observatory during his presidency.
He was elected to Congress to fill the seat left empty after John Clopton's death.  He managed to get the Danish tariff of 1695 reduced, and Matthew Maury was made head of the National Observatory during his presidency. He appointed Samuel Nelson to the Supreme Court, and one of his first acts was to veto the Fiscal Corporation bill, while the Treaty of Wangxia was signed during his presidency.  Two of his cabinet members, Thomas Gilmer and Abel Upshur, were killed by an explosion on the U.S.S. Princeton, while other events during his presidency were Dorr's Rebellion and the signing of the Webster-Ashburton treaty. FTP, Texas was annexed during the term of what man known as "His Accidency," who became president upon the death of William Henry Harrison?
He was elected to Congress to fill the seat left empty after John Clopton's death.  
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