Now multitudes of root words are identical in the American languages over vast areas some of them with precisely the same senses, and others with various shades of analogical meaning.
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Canada has two emblems - the beaver and the maple.
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Birth: | 21st October, 1820 |
Death: | 10th September, 1877 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Politician |
John W. Dawson was born in Cambridge, Indiana, USA. He was an American Republican politician. He was Governor of Utah Territory in 1861. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Indiana House of Representatives in 1854, Secretary of State of Indiana in 1856, and United States Congress in 1858. Abraham Lincoln named him governor of Utah Territory in 1861, but he left the territory and his post as governor after only three weeks due to tensions with the Mormon residents.
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