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~ AARON AUGUSTUS SARGENT
1827-1887
HOMESTEADS OF NEVADA COUNTY'S STATESMAN, A 49ER, ARRIVED
HERE IN 1850 AS A JOURNEYMAN PRINTER. EDITOR AND OWNER OF THE
COUNTY’S FIRST NEWSPAPER THE NEVADA JOURNAL. ADMITTED TO THE
BAR 1854, DISTRICT ATTORNEY 1855 1857.
FIRST CITIZEN ELECTED TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 37TH
CONGRESS 1861-1863; 41ST AND 42ND GONGRESSES 1869-1873. FIRST
CITIZEN ELECTED TO THE UNITED STATES "SENATE 1873-1879. YEOMAN
OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
AUTHOR OF THE BILL WHICH GREATED THE FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL
RAILROAD.
CHAMPION OF WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT, AUTHOR OF THE ANTHONY
AMENDMENT GIVING WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE; AUTHOR OF THE
IMMIGRATION LAW, THE FIRST UNITED STATES POLICY ON IMMIGRATION;
AUTHOR OF THE BILL THAT REVOLUTIONIZED THE MINING INDUSTRY,
PERMITTING. MINERAL LANDS TO BE HELD IN FEE SIMPLE; AUTHOR OF
THE BILL MAKING THE PACIFIC STATES AND TERRITORIES A U.S
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT; SECURED PASSAGE OF THE BILL TO ESTABLISH A BRANCH
MINT IN THE STATE @F NEVADA; SECURED APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MINT AND APPRAISER'S BUILDINGS IN SAN FRANCISCO
ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY FROM 1
UNITED STATES TO THE COURT OF BERLIN, GERMANY, 1882~—1884
DEDICATED AUGUST 12, 1978 ;
BY THE NEVADA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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