BOTTS, JOHN MINOR
\bˈɒts], \bˈɒts], \b_ˈɒ_t_s]\
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(1802-1869), of Virginia, statesman, was first elected to Congress in 1839. When President Tyler seceded from the Whig party Mr. Botts violently denounced him and thereafter supported Mr. Clay. During the Civil War he was a strong Unionist.
By John Franklin Jameson