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During the Revolutionary War, Rodney was major general of the Delaware militia from 1777 and president of the state of Delaware from 1778 to 1781. In these offices he did valuable service in raising troops and supplies for the American army.
RODNEY, rod'ne, Caesar Augustus, American politician; b. Dover, Del., Jan. 4, 1772; d. Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 10, 1824. The nephew and heir of Caesar Rodney, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1789, was admitted to the bar in 1793, and practiced law in Wilmington, Del. He entered the Delaware House of Representatives in 1796. Backed by Thomas Jefferson, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1802 and served for one term.In 12 he was elected to the United States House Representatives, and on March 4, 1913, began long service in the House. In the latter year was elected to the House Interstate and For-;n Commerce Committee, and from 1931 to 1937 •ved as chairman of that committee. During World War I, for the benefit of Amer-.n servicemen, he composed the War Risk In- •ance Act. In 1921 he became chairman of the:mocratic party caucus.
The electoral vote for Nixon was 219; for Kennedy, 303. In the House, Republicans won 174 seats; in the Senate, 36. In the midterm election of 1962, Republicans won 176 seats in the House, lost 4 in the Senate (for a total of 32), and won 17 governorships. Significant gains were the election of attractive gubernatorial candidates in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Oklahoma. GOP votes in the South for the House of Representatives rose from 606,000 in 1958 to 2,084,000 in 1962—a growth of 244 percent. In 1961, Texas sent its first Republican to the U S. Senate.
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