<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Horace Mann </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 8th district </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> In office April 3, 1848--March 3, 1853 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> John Quincy Adams </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Succeeded by </Th> <Td> Tappan Wentworth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Personal details </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> (1796 - 05 - 04) May 4, 1796 Franklin, Massachusetts </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> August 2, 1859 (1859 - 08 - 02) (aged 63) Yellow Springs, Ohio </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Resting place </Th> <Td> North Burial Ground, Providence, Rhode Island </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Political party </Th> <Td> Whig Free Soil </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Charlotte Messer Mann (d . 1832) Mary Peabody Mann </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Relations </Th> <Td> Thomas Mann (father) Rebecca Stanley Mann (mother) Stephen Mann (Brother) Louise Mann (Sister) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> Horace Mann Jr . George Combe Mann Benjamin Pickman Mann </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Alma mater </Th> <Td> Brown University Litchfield Law School </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Lawyer Educator College president </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Signature </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Horace Mann </Th> </Tr>

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