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John Kent arrived in Newfoundland in 1820 and started working for his uncle, Patrick Morris, a successful businessman and entrepreneur.
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The 1872 Canadian federal election was held from July 20 to October 12, 1872, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 2nd Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald's Conservative Party remained in power, defeating the Liberals. However, the Liberals increased their parliamentary representation considerably, while the Conservative seat count remained static, giving them only six more seats than the Liberals. The election produced the country's first minority government. The support of two independent Conservative MPs functionally gave Macdonald an extremely slim majority that allowed it to survive for two years, until it fell due to scandal.
Benjamin Gratz Brown was an American politician. He was a U.S. Senator, the 20th Governor of Missouri, and the Liberal Republican and Democratic Party vice presidential candidate in the presidential election of 1872.
The Liberal Republican Party was an American political party that was organized in May 1872 to oppose the reelection of President Ulysses S. Grant and his Radical Republican supporters in the presidential election of 1872. The party emerged in Missouri under the leadership of Senator Carl Schurz and soon attracted other opponents of Grant. The party sought civil service reform and opposed Grant's Reconstruction policies, particularly the Enforcement Acts which destroyed the Ku Klux Klan. It lost in a landslide and disappeared from the national stage after the 1872 election.
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The 1872 Cork City by-election was fought on 6 December 1872[20 3]. The byelection was fought due to the death of the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party, John Francis Maguire. It was won by the Home Rule candidate Joseph Philip Ronayne.
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The 1872 Bedfordshire by-election was fought on 27 June 1872. The byelection was fought due to the Succession to a peerage of the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party, Francis Russell. It was won by the Liberal candidate Francis Bassett.
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The 1872 Oldham by-election was fought on 5 June 1872. The byelection was fought due to the death of the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party, John Platt. It was won by the Conservative candidate John Morgan Cobbett.
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The 1872 Wick Burghs by-election was fought on 28 February 1872. The byelection was fought due to the Resignation of the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party, George Loch. It was won by the Liberal candidate John Pender.
The 1872 North Nottinghamshire by-election was fought on 26 February 1872. The byelection was fought due to the incumbent Liberal MP, Evelyn Denison, becoming a peer. It was won by the Conservative candidate George Monckton-Arundell.
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The 1872 United States elections were held on November 5, electing the members of the 43rd United States Congress. The election took place during the Third Party System. The election took place during the Reconstruction Era, and many Southerners were barred from voting. Despite a split in the party, the Republicans retained control of the presidency and both houses of Congress.
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