About John Harris
Lived 1815 – 1846 (aged 30–31). John Harris was a British politician.
John Quincey Harris (1815 – 3 August 1846) was a British Whig politician.
Harris was elected a Whig Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme at the 1841 general election but was unseated via election petition on 11 May 1842 due to bribery by his agent. While he stood again at the resulting by-election, and topped the poll, he was again unseated by election petition due to bribery, and his Conservative rival John Campbell Colquhoun was declared elected in his place.
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Who was John Harris?
UK politician
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John Harris was born in 1815.
When did John Harris die?
John Harris died on 3 August 1846.
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John Harris was a politician.
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John Harris was British.
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· DBpedia: John Quincey Harris
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