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Hemenway’s rise mirrors Indiana politics and era
A long narrative traces James A. Hemenway of Indiana from a modest Boonville family through early labor, frontier struggles, and local service to become a three term congressman and chairman of the Appropriations Committee. It links party shifts, the 1890s political realignment, and his ascent within Republican circles under leaders like Morton and Harrison, noting judge Rhinehard’s mentorship and Hemenway’s frontier grit.
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Jim Hemenwar
Hemenway
James A. Hemenway
American Congress
Hemeway
Benjamin Hall
Tawa
Wintl
St. Paul
Appropriations Committee
Hall
Ottumwa
Marshall Field
Chicago
Boonville
Ind
Harper County
Kansas
Congress
Thaddeus Stevens
James A. Garfield
Samuel J. Randall
Indiana
Morton
Dricks
Harrison
Voorhees
Fairbanks
Wichita
Beckwith
United States Senate
Democratic Party
Achilles
Boorville
Burt
George Rhinehard
Indiana State Law School
Warrick
Oslo Valle
Judge Rhinehard
George Rhinehard Hemenway
Young Hemenway
Rrick
Spencer
Perry
Bir
Andy Johnson
Tennessee
Aliat
Abraham Lincoln
Washington
Missisippi Valley
James
Benjamin Flirrison
Oliver P. Morton
Morrill
Ways
Appropriations
Elihu B&b. Washburn
Henry L. Dawes
Samuel 3. Randall
W. S. Holman
J. D. C. Atkins
Franke Hiscock
J. G. Cannon
J. D. Sayers
R. J. Stevens
California
E. D. Baker
Ball's Bluff
James C. Coutts
Capitol
Randall
Cannon
Garfield