Northerners in the House of Representatives
Northerners in the House of Representatives gallery cheer, as Nathaniel Banks is elected Speaker of the House. On Feb. 2, 1856, the northern anti-slavery Banks defeated a slaver owner from South Carolina. Banks was supported by a coalition of that included the nativist American Party, northern Democrats, and Whigs
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2880px x 3000px
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Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
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Courtesy Everett Collection
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