
Henry L. Dawes
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 121 years ago |
Date of birth | October 30,1816 |
Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
Born | Cummington |
Massachusetts | |
United States | |
Date of died | February 5,1903 |
Died | Pittsfield |
Massachusetts | |
United States | |
Party | Republican Party |
Previous offices | MA |
Children | Anna Laurens Dawes |
Job | Physician |
Lawyer | |
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Politician | |
Books | The Indian Territory |
The Admission of Oregon | |
Have We Failed with the Indian? | |
Encyclopedia of Massachusetts - Scholar's Choice Edition | |
Parents | Mercy Burgess |
Mitchell Dawes | |
Previous position | Senator, MA (1875–1893) |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 613195 |
Henry L. Dawes Life story
Henry Laurens Dawes was an attorney and politician, a Republican United States Senator and United States Representative from Massachusetts. He is notable for the Dawes Act, which was intended to stimulate the assimilation of Native Americans by ending the tribal government and control of communal lands.