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See also:SLIDELL, See also:JOHN (1793-1871) , See also:American See also:political See also:leader and diplomatist, was See also:born in New See also:York See also:City in 1793. He graduated from See also:Columbia See also:College in 181o, engaged in business for a See also:short See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time, then studied See also:law, and became one of the leaders of thebar at New See also:- ORLEANS
- ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
- ORLEANS, DUKES OF
- ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
- ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
- ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
- ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
- ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
- ORLEANS, PHILIP I
- ORLEANS, PHILIP II
Orleans, See also:Louisiana, where he settled permanently in 1825. He was a member of the See also:national See also:House of Representatives as a See also:state's rights Democrat from 1843 to 1845, when he resigned and was sent by See also:President See also:Polk on a See also:secret See also:mission to See also:Mexico, with See also:power to adjust the difficulties growing out of the See also:annexation of See also:Texas to the See also:United States, and to acquire by See also:purchase both New Mexico (including the See also:present See also:Arizona) and Upper See also:California. He was not, however, received by the Mexican See also:government. From 18J3 to 1861 he was a representative of Louisiana in the United States See also:Senate, and was an influential working member of important committees, though he seldom took See also:part in debate. During this See also:period he was intimately associated with See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Buchanan, and is supposed to have had an important part in bringing about Buchanan's nomination for the See also:presidency in 1856. When Louisiana seceded in 1861, Slidell withdrew from the Senate, and See also:late in 1861 was sent by the Confederate Government as See also:commissioner to See also:France. With James M. See also:- MASON, FRANCIS (1799—1874)
- MASON, GEORGE (1725—1792)
- MASON, GEORGE HEMMING (1818–1872)
- MASON, JAMES MURRAY (1798-1871)
- MASON, JOHN (1586-1635)
- MASON, JOHN YOUNG (1799-1859)
- MASON, LOWELL (1792—1872)
- MASON, SIR JOHN (1503–1566)
- MASON, SIR JOSIAH (1795-1881)
- MASON, WILLIAM (1725—1797)
Mason (q.v.), the Confederate commissioner to See also:England, he was taken from the See also:British steamer " See also:Trent " by See also:Captain See also:Charles Wilkes of the United States See also:navy, and was imprisoned at Fort See also:Warren in See also:Boston See also:harbour. In See also:January 1862, at the demand of England, the Confederate commissioners were released, and Slidell proceeded to France. His mission there was to secure the recognition of the Confederate States; in this he was unsuccessful, but he was able to keep France sympathetic, and to help to secure supplies for the Confederate See also:army and navy. After the See also:war he remained abroad, settling in England, and his daughter married a See also:French nobleman. He died in See also:London on the 29th of See also:July 1871.
End of Article: SLIDELL, JOHN (1793-1871)
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