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# Abu al-Abbas Ahmad II

Abu al-Abbas Ahmad II (Arabic: أبو العباس أحمدر) (reigned 1370–1394) was a Hafsid Caliph of Ifriqiya. He restored the Hafsid kingdom to full power after a period of disarray which followed the invasion of Ifriqiya led by Abu Inan Faris of the Marinids.

## Biography

Abul-Abbas Ahmad II was the emir of Constantine, and later Constantine and Béjaïa, and the son of Abu Abdullah Muhammad, son of Abu Yahya Abu Bakr II.
By 1350, Constantine was virtually independent of the Caliph in Tunis, and from 1351 to 1356, Ahmad fought with the Tunisian branch of the Hafsid dynasty. In 1356, the Marinid sultan Abu Inan Faris deprived him of his possessions, but already in 1357 the sultan returned to Morocco, and Ahmad - to his possessions.
In 1366, Ahmad captured Bejaia from his cousin Abu Abdullah ibn Abu Zakaria, son of Abu Zakaria Yahya, another son of Abu Yahya Abu Bakr II.
In 1370, he easily captured present-day Tunisia and achieved the deposition of Caliph Khalid II, after which he was proclaimed the new ruler. His first measures on the throne were aimed at putting an end to the Bedouin uprising (1371) and alleviating the hardships of farmers.
Between 1371 and 1381, step by step, Ahmad II regained power in the south and southeast of Ifriqiya and finally conquered the Zab [fr] region. After 1381, he worked to strengthen power in the south to prevent the revival of local emirates. Due to the rivalry between the Marinids and the Abdelwadids and the struggle between them, the western border of the Hafsids' possessions remained calm.
Another problem of Ahmad was relations with Christian states fighting against pirate bases on the coast of Tunisia. In 1383, the Aragonese captured Djerba, and on July 20, 1390, the pirate stronghold of Mahdia was attacked by the Genoese with the support of the French and English knights led by Louis II of Bourbon. The city lasted until September 20, and the besiegers were forced to lift the siege. Since then, the arrogance of the pirates has increased even more, but the Hafsids relations with Italian states have improved. In 1392, the Aragonese lost Djerba.
Ahmad died in 1394. He was succeeded by his son Abu Faris Abd al-Aziz al-Mutawakkil.
# Ole Kristian Langås

Ole Kristian Langås (born 7 May 1993) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a striker for Eidsvold Turn.

## Club career

Langås was born in Bærum, but did not grow up there. He started his football career in Hvam IL, joining neighbors Raumnes & Årnes in 2008. He played briefly for their senior team on the fifth tier. Ahead of the 2009 season he signed a contract with Rosenborg BK. He would finish lower secondary school in the spring of 2009 while being loaned back to Raumnes & Årnes. He made his debut for Rosenborg's first team in a 2011 pre-season friendly. However, he never played a competitive match and was released in August 2012. He could not secure a contract with neighbours Ranheim, and trialled with Strømmen before signing for second-tier Ullensaker/Kisa.
He made his debut for Ull/Kisa in the 3–0 defeat against Start on 13 August 2012. He scored his first goal for the club in the 3–0 victory against Alta on 2 September 2012. Ahead of the 2014 season he moved up a tier, to Sandnes Ulf. He made his first-tier debut in April 2014 against Brann.
Ahead of the 2016 season he moved to his old team Ull/Kisa.
Following a lengthy stay in Ull/Kisa, he moved on to Eidsvold Turn in 2023. He was also employed by Stabæk Fotball as a physiotherapist.

## Career statistics

    As of 15 August 2022
| Season | Club | Division | League | League | Cup | Cup | Total | Total |
| Season | Club | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2012 | Ull/Kisa | 1. divisjon | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 2013 | Ull/Kisa | 1. divisjon | 30 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 16 |
| 2014 | Sandnes Ulf | Tippeligaen | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| 2015 | Sandnes Ulf | 1. divisjon | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| 2016 | Ull/Kisa | 1. divisjon | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 |
| 2017 | Ull/Kisa | 1. divisjon | 17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 4 |
| 2018 | Ull/Kisa | 1. divisjon | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2019 | Ull/Kisa | 1. divisjon | 28 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 5 |
| 2020 | Ull/Kisa | 1. divisjon | 21 | 1 | – | – | 21 | 1 |
| 2021 | Ull/Kisa | 1. divisjon | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 2022 | Ull/Kisa | 2. divisjon | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 |
| Career Total | Career Total | Career Total | 211 | 36 | 12 | 6 | 223 | 42 |
# Gregorio Ordóñez

Gregorio Ordóñez Fenollar (21 July 1958 – 23 January 1995) was a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician in the Basque Country. He was elected to the City Council in San Sebastián in 1983 and the Basque Parliament in 1990. He became deputy mayor of the city in 1991 and was running for mayor in the 1995 election when he was assassinated by ETA.

## Biography

Ordóñez was born in Caracas, Venezuela, to Spanish parents who had emigrated in the late 1940s. His paternal grandfather was killed by communists in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War, and his parents met when his 13-year-old orphan father was moved from Teruel to Terrateig in the Province of Valencia. When he was six, his family moved back to Spain, first to Valencia and then settling in San Sebastián in the Basque Country.
Ordóñez was admitted into Opus Dei during his baccalaureate. After graduating in journalism from the University of Navarra, he began writing for Norte Exprés, a centre-right newspaper in San Sebastián, and received threats from ETA. After his friend's father was murdered by the group in 1982, he joined the People's Alliance (AP) and its New Generations (NNGG) youth sector.
In the 1983 Spanish local elections, Ordóñez was one of three AP members voted onto San Sebastián's city council, the party's first representatives in Gipuzkoa. In 1989, with his party now rebranded as the People's Party (PP), he stood unsuccessfully for the Congress of Deputies in his home constituency, but was elected to the Basque Parliament in 1990. In 1991, his party was the most voted for the city council, and he became deputy mayor.
Ordóñez was running for mayor in the 1995 Spanish local elections when he was fatally shot in the head. His wife since 1990, Ana Iríbar, had given birth to their son Javier months earlier. She set up the Fundación Gregorio Ordóñez in December 1995. His grave at the Polloe Cemetery has been vandalised several times, and his family have left the region due to intimidation.
Assassins Valentín Lasarte and Francisco Javier García Gaztelu were convicted in 2006. The latter, known as "Txapote" and also responsible for killing Miguel Ángel Blanco and Fernando Múgica, received 30 years in prison and a €500,000 fine to the family of the deceased.
# Doug Carl

Douglas Carl (August 12, 1951 – August 17, 1997) was a state senator in Michigan. From 1987 to 1994, he represented the 9th Senate district, and then from 1995 to his death in 1997, he represented the 12th district. He also ran as the Republican nominee in Michigan's 12th Congressional District in 1988 and in the 10th Congressional District in 1992, losing to David Bonior both times.
Carl served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 1984 to 1986 and in the Michigan State Senate from 1987 until his death.
Ronald Reagan attended a campaign rally at Macomb Community College in 1988 in which he urged people to vote for Carl.

## Family

In 1983 Carl married Maria. They had one daughter, Colleen.
Carl's widow, Maria Carl, ran in the 2004 Republican primary for the Michigan House of Representatives against incumbent Leon Drolet after he voted against legislation defining marriage as a union of a man and a woman. She lost the nomination to Drolet.
In November 2015, Colleen Carl, the daughter of the late state senator Doug Carl announced her candidacy for Michigan House of Representatives in the 33rd District for the primary election that occurred August 2016.
# Wu Gorge

Wuxia Gorge (simplified Chinese: 巫峡; traditional Chinese: 巫峽; pinyin: Wū Xiá), sometimes called Great Gorge (Chinese: 大峡; pinyin: Dà Xiá), is the second gorge of the Three Gorges system on the Yangtze River, People's Republic of China. Formed by the Wu River, it stretches 45 km (28 mi) from Wushan to Guandukou, and is located downstream of Qutang Gorge and upstream of Xiling Gorge. The gorge straddles the boundary between Wushan County of Chongqing Municipality (formerly part of Sichuan Province) and Badong County, Hubei Province.
The gorge has been known as the Wuxia Gorge since at least the Three Kingdoms period, when it was recorded in the geographical treatise Shui Jing Zhu. In 589 AD, General Lü Zhongsu of the Chen dynasty stationed troops in the Wuxia and Xiling Gorges in an attempt to stop the advancing Sui dynasty armies. Tang dynasty poet Yang Jiong wrote a classical poem entitled "Passing Wuxia Gorge" (Chinese: 過巫峽).
Among the Twelve Peaks of the Wuxia Gorge, the most spectacular is the Goddess Peak. Legend has it that this peak is the incarnation of Yaoji who assisted Yu the Great in controlling the waters.
The mountains on both sides of the Yangtze, through which the river cuts the Wuxia Gorge, are known as the Wu Mountains (巫山, Wū Shān).
# Kunturini (Bolivia)

Kunturini (Aymara kunturi condor, -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a condor", also spelled Condorini) is a mountain east of the Apolobamba mountain range in Bolivia, about 4,200 metres (13,780 ft) high. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Bautista Saavedra Province, Curva Municipality.
# 2016 OFC Nations Cup knockout stage

The knockout stage of the 2016 OFC Nations Cup began on 8 June with the semi-finals and end on 11 June 2016 with the final at Sir John Guise Stadium in Port Moresby.
All match times are local, UTC+10.

## Format

In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each). If still tied after extra time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.
The OFC set out the following matchups for the semi-finals:
* Match 1: Winner Group B vs Runner-up Group A
* Match 2: Winner Group A vs Runner-up Group B

## Qualified teams

The top two placed teams from each of the two groups qualified for the knockout stage.
| Group | Winners | Runners-up |
| A | Papua New Guinea | New Caledonia |
| B | New Zealand | Solomon Islands |

## Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 8 June – Port Moresby | 8 June – Port Moresby |
| New Zealand | 1 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 11 June – Port Moresby | 11 June – Port Moresby |
| New Caledonia | 0 | 11 June – Port Moresby | 11 June – Port Moresby |
| New Caledonia | 0 | New Zealand (p) | 0 (4) |
| 8 June – Port Moresby | 8 June – Port Moresby | | New Zealand (p) | 0 (4) |
| 8 June – Port Moresby | 8 June – Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 0 (2) |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | Papua New Guinea | 0 (2) |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | | |

## Semi-finals
### New Zealand vs New Caledonia

| New Zealand | New Caledonia |
* Assistant referees:
* Ravinesh Kumar (Fiji)
* Philippe Revel (Tahiti)
* Fourth official:
* Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

### Papua New Guinea vs Solomon Islands

| Papua New Guinea | Solomon Islands |
* Assistant referees:
* Tevita Makasini (Tonga)
* Mark Rule (New Zealand)
* Fourth official:
* Nick Waldron (New Zealand)

## Final

| New Zealand | Papua New Guinea |
Stefan Marinovic :
| RWB | 16 | Louis Fenton | 27' |
| CB | 5 | Michael Boxall | 48' |
| CB | 17 | Luke Adams |
| CB | 18 | Sam Brotherton |
| LWB | 2 | Kip Colvey | 61' |
| CM | 13 | Monty Patterson | | 53' |
| CM | 8 | Michael McGlinchey | 90+2' |
| AM | 6 | Bill Tuiloma | | 71' |
| CF | 7 | Kosta Barbarouses | | 55' |
| CF | 14 | Rory Fallon (c) |
| Substitutions: |||
| MF | 11 | Marco Rojas | | 53' |
| ST | 15 | Jeremy Brockie | | 55' |
| MF | 22 | Moses Dyer | | 71' |
| Manager: ||||
| Anthony Hudson ||||
| GK | 20 | Ronald Warisan |
| RB | 2 | Daniel Joe |
| CB | 5 | Felix Komolong |
| CB | 4 | Alwin Komolong |
| LB | 19 | Koriak Upaiga |
| CM | 14 | Emmanuel Simon | | 115' |
| CM | 12 | David Muta (c) |
| RW | 9 | Nigel Dabinyaba |
| AM | 8 | Michael Foster | 35' |
| LW | 18 | Tommy Semmy | 20' |
| CF | 7 | Raymond Gunemba | 117' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 17 | Jacob Sabua | | 115' |
| Manager: ||
| Flemming Serritslev ||
* Assistant referees:
* Tevita Makasini (Tonga)
* Philippe Revel (Tahiti)
* Fourth official:
* Abdelkader Zitouni (Tahiti)
# Indianapolis 8 Hour

The Indianapolis 8 Hour is an endurance sports car race contested at Indianapolis Motor Speedway using the infield road course, first held in 2020, making it the first ever endurance sports car race at this venue. The event is the US leg of the Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC) and the finale of the GT World Challenge America series.
The race was originally open to GT3 and GT4 cars. In 2022 the GT4 class was dropped; in addition the race ran into the twilight for the first time; and the GT World Challenge America entrants were awarded points at the full 8 hours rather than at the three-hour mark in previous years.
For the GT World Challenge America drivers, this event is the longest of the races and the only event to include three drivers.
For the cars additionally competing in IGTC, this event differs from the remainder of IGTC, with the maximum number of Gold or Platinum drivers reduced to two.
In 2022 14 cars took part in the IGTC within the total grid of 25 entries running GT World Challenge America.

## History

The US leg of the SRO's IGTC - the California 8 Hours - was held at Laguna Seca circuit from 2016 to 2019. The event was moved to Indianapolis in 2020.
For 2022 the GT World Challenge America element of the event was extended such that the entire 8 hour duration scored points for the GTWC America entrants; in previous years those entrants scored points for the first three hours only.
Additionally for 2022 GT4 classes were dropped from the race making it GT3 only.

## Winners

| Year | Drivers | Vehicle | Entrant | Laps | Report |
| 2020 | Nicky Catsburg Connor De Phillippi Augusto Farfus | BMW M6 GT3 | Walkenhorst Motorsport | 300 | Report |
| 2021 | Christopher Haase Patric Niederhauser Markus Winkelhock | Audi R8 LMS Evo | Audi Sport Team Saintéloc | 265 | Report |
| 2022 | Daniel Juncadella Raffaele Marciello Daniel Morad | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing | 328 | Report |
| 2023 | Philipp Eng Sheldon van der Linde Dries Vanthoor | BMW M4 GT3 | Team WRT | 332 | Report |
| 2024 | Charles Weerts Sheldon van der Linde Dries Vanthoor | BMW M4 GT3 | Team WRT | 320 | Report |

## Multiple winners
### By driver

| Wins | Driver | Years |
| 2 | Sheldon van der Linde | 2023, 2024 |
| 2 | Dries Vanthoor | 2023, 2024 |

### By manufacturer

| Wins | Manufacturer | Years |
| 3 | BMW | 2020, 2023, 2024 |
# Benjamin Franklin Howey

Benjamin Franklin Howey (March 17, 1828 – February 6, 1893) was an American lawyer and Republican politician who represented New Jersey's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for one term from 1883 to 1885.

## Early life and career

Howey was born in Pleasant Meadows, near Swedesboro, Gloucester County, New Jersey.
He engaged in business in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as a flour and grain commission merchant in 1847 and later in quarrying and manufacturing slate. He served as captain of Company G, Thirty-first Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers, from September 3, 1862, to June 26, 1863, and as sheriff of Warren County, New Jersey, from November 13, 1878, to November 15, 1881.

## Congress

Howey was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885.

## Death

He died in Columbia, New Jersey, and is interred in Trinity Church Cemetery in Swedesboro.
# Vidar Nisja

Vidar Nisja (born 21 August 1986) was a Norwegian midfielder who retired 18 December 2018.

## Career statistics

    As of 11 November 2018
| Club | Season | Division | League | League | Cup | Cup | Europe | Europe | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2004 | Bryne | 1. divisjon | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| 2005 | Bryne | 1. divisjon | 26 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 5 |
| 2006 | Bryne | 1. divisjon | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 2007 | Bryne | 1. divisjon | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2007 | Viking | Tippeligaen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | Viking | Tippeligaen | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| 2009 | Viking | Tippeligaen | 28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 4 |
| 2010 | Viking | Tippeligaen | 29 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5 |
| 2011 | Viking | Tippeligaen | 23 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4 |
| 2012 | Viking | Tippeligaen | 27 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 9 |
| 2013 | Viking | Tippeligaen | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 |
| 2014 | Viking | Tippeligaen | 28 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 9 |
| 2015 | Viking | Tippeligaen | 19 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 |
| 2016 | Sandnes Ulf | 1. divisjon | 24 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4 |
| 2017 | Sandnes Ulf | 1. divisjon | 26 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4 |
| 2018 | Sandnes Ulf | 1. divisjon | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Career Total | Career Total | Career Total | 322 | 42 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 359 | 53 |

## Personal

Nisja has actively participated in KRIK work and has studied at Stavanger Mission College.
# Michel Courtemanche

Michel Courtemanche (French pronunciation:; born December 11, 1964) is a Canadian comedian and actor from Quebec, performing in Quebec, France, Belgium and Switzerland.

## Career

His debut one-man show, A New Comic is Born, ran for more than five hundred performances and earned him two Felix nominations. It was first performed in Montreal in 1989. His second, The New Adventures of Michel Courtemanche, first performed in 1992, filled theatres in both North America and Europe and spawned his second international hit video (1993).
Courtemanche has internationally sold out large theatres, and has inspired a hardcover comic book. Courtemanche appeared in Québécois films Nuit de Noces and Karmina 2, and on the Secret Adventures of Jules Verne television series, on American pay television channel Syfy.
His style of comedy can be described as mime combined with sound effects, as he is most often seen interacting with invisible objects or even people and using his voice to complete the scene. He is also known for making remarkable grimaces.
In 2002, he moved from acting to working behind the camera. His production company, Encore Télévision, produces the French-Canadian edition of the sitcom Caméra café, which was adapted from French television.

## Awards and honors

* Asteroid 63129 Courtemanche, discovered by Swiss astronomer Stefano Sposetti in 2000, was named in his honor. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on June 13, 2006 (M.P.C. 56962).

## Filmography

* 1997 - La ballade de Titus
* 2000 - Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
* 2001 - Karmina 2
* 2021 - Livrés chez vous sans contact
# Carl Gnodtke

Carl Gnodtke (January 2, 1936 – May 29, 2000) was a Republican member of the Michigan House of Representatives, representing most of Berrien County for 17 years.
A native of Weesaw Township, Gnodtke served in several local offices, including on the township board (1965-1969), as a county commissioner (1969-1975), and as drain commissioner (1976-1978). He was elected to the House in 1978.
In the House, Gnodtke was known as an authority on agriculture issues, and ultimately chaired the agriculture committee.
Gnodtke retired from the House in 1996 to spend more time with his grandchildren and restore four vintage tractors. He suffered a heart attack at the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor and died there on May 29, 2000, aged 64.
# Parinoush Saniee

Parinoush Saniee (Persian: پرینوش صنیعی) is an Iranian novelist. Her novel The Book of Fate has been translated into 26 languages and the English translation by Sara Khalili was listed by World Literature Today as one of the "75 notable translations of 2013". The Italian edition earned Saniee the 2010 Boccaccio Prize.

## Works

Saniee's works include:
* Sahm-e man ("My Share", 2003)
** Italian translation by N. G. Monsef and Sepideh Rouhi, Quello che mi spetta (2010)
** English translation by Sara Khalili, The Book of Fate (2013)
** German translation by Bettina Friedrich, Was mir zusteht (2013)
** Japanese translation by Syoichi Nasu, Shiawase no Zanzou (2013)
** Norwegian translation by Nina Zandjani, Det som ventet meg (2013)
** Korean translation by Heo Jieun, Naui Mok (2013)
** Spanish translation by Gemma Rovira Ortega, El libro de mi destino (2014)
** Bulgarian translation by Lyudmila Yaneva, Моята орис (2014)
** Finnish translation by Anna Lönnroth, Kohtalon kirja (2014)
** French translation by Odile Demange, Le Voile de Téhéran (2015)
** Azerbaijani translation by Masuma Shukurzadeh, Mənim Payım (2016)
** Swedish translation by Namdar Nasser, Det som väntar mig (2020)
* Pedar-e aan digari ("Father of the Other One")
** Norwegian translation by Nina Zandjani, Den stumme gutten (2014)
** Bulgarian translation by Lyudmila Yaneva, Бащата на другия (2015)
** Romanian translation by Cristina Ciovarnache, "Tatal celuilalt copil", ed Polirom 2013
* Range-e Hambastegee
* Anhaa ke Raftand va Anha ke Mandand
# Shepherd Leffler

Shepherd Leffler (April 24, 1811 – September 7, 1879) was one of the two original U.S. Representatives to represent Iowa when the state was first admitted to the Union. Elected as a Democrat in 1846, Leffler went on to represent Iowa's 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House for additional terms.

## Early life and education

Leffler was born on his grandfather's plantation, "Sylvia's Plain," in Washington County, Pennsylvania, near Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia). He attended private schools and was graduated from Washington College in Washington, Pennsylvania, and from the law department of Jefferson College (now Washington & Jefferson College), in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1833. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Wheeling.
In 1835 he moved to what is now Burlington, Iowa (then a part of Michigan Territory, the next year a part of Wisconsin Territory, and the next year the initial capital of Iowa Territory). He served as member of the Iowa Territory's House of Representatives in 1839 and 1841, and on its Territorial Council from 1841 to 1843 and again in 1845.
He was the brother of Virginia Congressman Isaac Leffler.

## U.S. Congress

As statehood approached, he served as the permanent president of the Iowa constitutional convention in 1844, and a member in the second convention in 1846. Upon the admission of Iowa as a state on December 28, 1846, he was elected as a Democrat to serve as one of two at-large Congressmen for the last two months of the Twenty-ninth Congress. He had also been elected to represent Iowa's 2nd congressional district in the Thirtieth Congress from 1847 to early 1849. In 1848, he defeated Whig (and future Republican) candidate Timothy Davis, then served in the Thirty-first Congress. He served as chairman of the Committee on Invalid Pensions in the Thirty-first Congress. In all, he served in Congress from December 28, 1846, to March 3, 1851.

## Career after Congress

After his last term ended, he resumed the practice of law in Burlington, and farmed. In 1856 he attempted to regain his seat, running as a Democrat in a year in which Democrat James Buchanan was elected president. However, Iowans defied the national trend and voted overwhelmingly for Republican candidates, including Leffler's opponent, Timothy Davis, reversing the outcome of their 1848 race. He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor of Iowa in 1875, losing to another Iowa pioneer, Samuel J. Kirkwood.

## Death

Leffler died at his home, "Flint Hills," near Burlington, on September 7, 1879. He was interred in Aspen Grove Cemetery.