Lewis Cass
| 1782-10-09 - 1866-06-17 |
Lewis Cass (1782–1866) was a United States Army officer and politician who represented Michigan in the U.S. Senate and served in the Cabinets of Presidents Andrew Jackson and James Buchanan. He was the Democratic presidential nominee in 1848 and a leading spokesman for the doctrine of popular sovereignty regarding slavery in the territories.
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