Henry Roberts Pease (February 19, 1835 – January 2, 1907) was an American lawyer, educator, and politician who served as a United States senator for Mississippi from 1874 to 1875. He also served as the state's first superintendent of education and was a member of the South Dakota Senate for one term.
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10-653: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Henry R. Pease Born in Winsted, Connecticut , Pease received a normal school training. Pease engaged in teaching from 1848 to 1859, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Washington, D.C. During the Civil War , he entered the Union Army as a private in 1862 and attained
15-557: The rank of captain ; he was superintendent of education of Louisiana while that state was under military rule and was appointed superintendent of education of freedmen in Mississippi in 1867. In 1869, he was elected state superintendent of education of Mississippi. Pease was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Adelbert Ames and served from February 3, 1874, to March 4, 1875. He chose not to run for reelection. In 1875, he
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25-795: Was appointed postmaster of Vicksburg, Mississippi by President Ulysses S. Grant , and he established and edited the Mississippi Educational Journal . Pease moved to Dakota in 1881 and settled in Watertown (now South Dakota) where he was receiver of the United States General Land Office from 1881 to 1885. From 1895 to 1896 he served one term as a member of the South Dakota Senate , representing Marshall and Roberts Counties. Pease died in Watertown in 1907; interment
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