"He studied law under attorney Edward Bates, who later served as Attorney General for President Abraham Lincoln.
He became the owner of The Hannibal Journal after his father died in 1847.
He founded the Muscatine Journal newspaper in Muscatine, Iowa in 1853.
In 1861, he was appointed Secretary of the Nevada Territory by President Abraham Lincoln - a position that Clemens held until the first governor of the state of Nevada was elected in 1865. It was while acting as temporary Governor that Clemens gained political popularity by avoiding a "Sagebrush War" with California over disputed state boundary lines.
He had a printing company in Keokuk, Iowa, where his brother Samuel (aka Mark Twain) worked for two years before he became an author, and in the mid 1870's he moved to Keokuk and stayed until he died."
"He studied law under attorney Edward Bates, who later served as Attorney General for President Abraham Lincoln.
He became the owner of The Hannibal Journal after his father died in 1847.
He founded the Muscatine Journal newspaper in Muscatine, Iowa in 1853.
In 1861, he was appointed Secretary of the Nevada Territory by President Abraham Lincoln - a position that Clemens held until the first governor of the state of Nevada was elected in 1865. It was while acting as temporary Governor that Clemens gained political popularity by avoiding a "Sagebrush War" with California over disputed state boundary lines.
He had a printing company in Keokuk, Iowa, where his brother Samuel (aka Mark Twain) worked for two years before he became an author, and in the mid 1870's he moved to Keokuk and stayed until he died."
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