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    Paul Leidy (November 13, 1813 – September 11, 1877) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, serving one term from...
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  • Leidy is a surname and given name. Notable people with the name include: surname Joseph Leidy (1823–1891), American paleontologist Paul Leidy (1813–1877)...
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  • March 4, 1857 – April 24, 1857 Preceded by Henry M. Fuller Succeeded by Paul Leidy Personal details Born John Gallagher Montgomery (1805-06-27)June 27, 1805...
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    William L. Dewart (D) ▌12. John G. Montgomery (D), until April 24, 1857 ▌Paul Leidy (D), from December 7, 1857 ▌13. William H. Dimmick (D) ▌14. Galusha A...
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    Pennsylvania's 12th district In office March 4, 1859 – March 24, 1861 Preceded by Paul Leidy Succeeded by Hendrick Bradley Wright Personal details Born (1811-05-11)May...
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    35th Elected in 1856. Died. Vacant April 24, 1857 – December 7, 1857 Paul Leidy (Danville) Democratic December 7, 1857 – March 3, 1859 Elected to finish...
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    Gillis (D) John Dick (R) 35th (1857–1859) William H. Keim (R) Paul Leidy (D) John Paul Verree (R) William Millward (R) John Wood (R) John Hickman (D)...
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  • February 14, 1806 Owen D. Leib Democratic 11th March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1847 Paul Leidy Democratic 12th December 7, 1857 – March 4, 1859 George G. Leiper Jacksonian...
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    Incumbent died April 24, 1857. New member elected October 13, 1857. Democratic hold. ▌Y Paul Leidy (Democratic) 61.0% ▌Smith Thompson (Republican) 39.0%...
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    (Democratic) 28.95% ▌Joseph W. Cake (Anti-Lecompton Dem.) 23.85% Pennsylvania 12 Paul Leidy Democratic 1857 (special) Incumbent retired. Republican gain. ▌Y George...
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  • September 2, 1856 35th PA 12 John G. Montgomery (D) Died April 24, 1857 Paul Leidy (D) October 13, 1857 35th PA 8 J. Glancy Jones (D) Resigned October 30...
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    Hadrosaurus (category Taxa named by Joseph Leidy)
    as the Hadrosaurus foulkii Leidy site, is now a National Historic Landmark. Foulke contacted paleontologist Joseph Leidy, and together they recovered...
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    Xiphactinus (category Taxa named by Joseph Leidy)
    sic Vavrek, M.J.; Murray, A.M.; Bell, P.R. (2016). "Xiphactinus audax Leidy, 1870 from the Puskwaskau Formation (Santonian to Campanian) of northwestern...
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  • Jones D-PA William High Keim R-PA James Landy D-PA William Lawrence D-OH Paul Leidy D-PA Joseph C. McKibbin D-CA Joseph Miller D-OH John Gallagher Montgomery...
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  • 21 November 1886. Retrieved 14 January 2021. "He Has Passed Away". St. Paul Daily Globe. 7 December 1886. Retrieved 14 January 2021. "Congressman Price...
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  • Democratic-Republican 1760–1822 Owen D. Leib 1845–1847 Pennsylvania Democratic ????–1848 Paul Leidy 1857–1859 Pennsylvania Democratic 1813–1877 Jacob D. Leighty 1895–1897...
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    imprisonment. On 4 July 2014, Van der Sloot married a Peruvian woman named Leidy Figueroa, whom he met while she was selling goods inside the prison. She...
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    Megacerops (category Taxa named by Joseph Leidy)
    existing for approximately 4.1 million years. Megacerops was named by Leidy (1870). Its type species is Megacerops coloradensis. It was synonymized...
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    description until 1853 when Joseph Leidy named the fragmentary specimen (ANSP 12546) Felis atrox ("savage cat"). Leidy named another species in 1873, Felis...
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    Camelops (category Taxa named by Joseph Leidy)
    Joseph Leidy in 1854, based on a partial maxilla (upper jaw bone), that was found in a gravel drift somewhere in the Kansas Territory, with Leidy naming...
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    Nebraska, Leidy found the vertebrae of an extinct Canis species that he reported the following year under the name C. dirus. The name C. primaevus (Leidy 1854)...
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    Antrodemus (category Taxa named by Joseph Leidy)
    valens, first described and named as a species of Poekilopleuron by Joseph Leidy in 1870. The first described fossil specimen was a bone obtained secondhand...
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    southeastern Montana. This specimen, ANSP 8568, was described by Joseph Leidy in 1872 as belonging to the dermal armor of a reptile or an armadillo-like...
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    given to Leidy. They were described in the same year as Hadrosaurus foulkii, giving a slightly better picture of the form of a hadrosaur. Leidy provided...
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  • December 7, 1857 01st term John B. Clark D MO-03 December 7, 1857 01st term Paul Leidy D PA-12 December 7, 1857 01st term Left the House in 1859. William E....
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    Grilled Cheese All-Stars won exclusive use of chocolate for $25, Lei-Away Leidies paid $45 for fresh fruit, and Carretto Siciliano were left with nuts for...
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    Astrodon in 1859. However, he did not attach a specific epithet, so Joseph Leidy is credited with naming Astrodon johnstoni (the type species) in 1865, with...
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    valens (Leidy, 1870) Nopcsa, 1901, = Poekilopleuron valens Leidy, 1870, = Antrodemus valens (Leidy, 1870) Leidy, 1870, = Allosaurus valens (Leidy, 1870)...
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    Aublysodon (category Taxa named by Joseph Leidy)
    recognized species, Aublysodon mirandus, was named by paleontologist Joseph Leidy in 1868. It is sometimes considered dubious now, because the type specimen...
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    coined by Cope for a partial leg found in the Navesink Formation that Joseph Leidy had referred earlier to the ornithomimid Coelosaurus, distinguishing it...
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