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The length of service of our leading Statement
"None of our great men have held so many offices, nor enjoyed such a long and uninterrupted career, as John Quincy Adams.
He was Minister to the Netherlands under Washington, 1794-96; Minister to Portugal, 1796-'97; Minister to Prussia during the Administration of his father, 1797-1803; Senator, 1803-'8; Minister to Russia under Madison, 1809-'13; Commissioner to Ghent, 1813-'14; Minister to England, 1815- '17; Secretary of State under Monroe, 1812-'24; President, 1825-'29; and member of Congress from 1831 to 1847, the date of his death.
Thus, in a period of fifty-three years, he intervals between the laying down of one office and the assumption of another amount, when added together, to less than two years."-- Philadelphia Press.
The official career of General Lewis Case has been even longer than that of Mr. Adams.
Commencing as a member of the first State Legislature of Ohio, in 1802, he has been in high public position eve