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Favorable or Unfavorable #31: Philip B Barbour


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Favorable or Unfavorable #31: Philip B Barbour  

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This is the much more conservative brother of James Barbour: Phlip P Barbour of VA. He was both Speaker and a SC Justice. 

His actions:

Barbour, Philip P 1820? Supports Missouri's desire to block free blacks from moving to Missouri
Barbour, Philip P 1821 Elected Speaker of the US House
Barbour, Philip P 1823 Comes in distant second in Speaker election
Barbour, Philip P 1832 VP candidate at Dem Conv for anti-Van Buren bloc
Barbour, Philip P 1836 Appt to SC by Jackson
Barbour, Philip P 1841 Dies in office
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5 minutes ago, OrangeP47 said:

TBH I almost give him props for being anti-Van Buren, almost, but unfortunately it's kind of a "a broken clock is right twice a day" thing.

I think you'd find him anti-Van Buren for the wrong reasons.

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