Henry Laurens Dawes 1816-1903, U.S. Senator (1875-93), b. Cummington, Mass. He was U.S. district attorney for W Massachusetts (1853-57) and a Republican member of the House of Representatives (1857-75). He performed his most important service as chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and gave his name to the Dawes Act and the Dawes Commission . Author not available, DAWES, HENRY LAURENS. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ...
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