Collier's New Encyclopedia

A complete general encyclopedia of 1921 — the world as it was understood just after the Great War, from Aachen to Zwingli, across twelve volumes and six thousand pages.

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JAMES B., an American lawyer; born in Dayton, O., June 12, 1833; was admitted to the bar in 1854; served in the Union army during the Civil War, becoming a Brigadier-General of volunteers. After the war he practiced law in Iowa; filled several offices in that State; edited the "Iowa Tribune," published in Des Moines; was a member of Congress in 1879-1881; the Greenback candidate for President of the United States in 1880; again in Congress in 1885-1889; and in 1892 again became a candidate for the presidency, this time on the People's party ticket, receiving 22 electoral votes. He died in 1912.

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