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	Thomas Wilson Dorr - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thomas Wilson Dorr (November 5, 1805 – December 27, 1854) was a U.S. lawyer and political figure.
		In 1842, two elections were held in Rhode Island under both Dorr's constitution and the existing state charter.
		The Dorr Rebellion was quickly crushed and Dorr fled the state.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_Dorr (274 words)

	Dorr Rebellion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Dorr Rebellion was a short-lived armed insurrection in Rhode Island in 1841 and 1842, led by Thomas Wilson Dorr who was agitating for changes to the state's electoral system.
		The two constitutions were voted on late in the year, with the Freemen's Constitution being defeated in the legislature, largely by Dorr supporters, while the People's Convention version was overwhelmingly supported in a referendum in December.
		Dorr returned later in 1843, was found guilty of treason against the state, and sentenced in 1844 to solitary confinement at hard labor for life.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dorr_Rebellion (793 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia â“ Free Online Encyclopedia for Reference, Research, Facts
		DORR, THOMAS WILSON [Dorr, Thomas Wilson] 1805-54, leader of Dorr's Rebellion (1842) in Rhode Island, b.
		On its approval by the people in 1843, Dorr returned, was found guilty, and sentenced (1844) to solitary confinement at hard labor for life.
		The harshness of the sentence was widely condemned, and in 1845 Dorr, broken in health, was released.
	www.encyclopedia.com /printable.aspx?id=1E1:dorr-tho (391 words)

	Thomas Wilson Dorr (1805-1854) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Thomas Wilson Dorr was born in Providence, Rhode Island on November 5, 1805.
		Thomas Wilson Dorr assumed the leadership of the movement in late 1841 and became the principal draftsman of the progressive People's Constitution, which was ratified in a popular referendum in December 1841.
		Dorr was elected governor under this document in April 1842.
	www.stagecoachtavern.com /dorr.htm (498 words)

	NFFC :: Letter against Dorr Nomination
		The defeat of Thomas Dorr's nomination as USDA Under Secretary for Rural Development is a victory for grassroots family farm and rural groups from all over the country.
		Dorr's hopes for confirmation were dashed last month when Senate Republican leaders fell three votes short of getting the 60 necessary to cut off debate on his nomination.
		Dorr will be one of four people at the USDA with the title of senior adviser to the secretary, a department spokeswoman said.
	www.nffc.net /resources/statements/dorr.html (432 words)

	Kevin Dispatch
		Dorr and his followers, the "Dorrites," proposed that all white men be eligible to vote regardless of financial status as long as they were residents of Rhode Island for at least one year.
		Dorr was undeterred by his critics, and marched with 60 of his followers to the local armory and easily seized it.
		Dorr was captured and sentenced to life in jail, and it appeared that the government won.
	www.ustrek.org /odyssey/semester1/111100/111100kevdorr.html (828 words)

	The back Dorr - Salon
		Dorr, who ran a 3,000-acre corn and soybean farm that ranked among the top 4 percent of American farms, has long been unsympathetic toward the plight of family farmers who seek government subsidies to remain independent.
		Dorr was among a small group of Iowa activists who made the pilgrimage to Austin to urge W. to enter the race.
		Dorr described the group at the time as "just a bunch of old country boys," even though those "country boys" were escorted to Austin on corporate jets owned by major GOP fundraisers.
	dir.salon.com /story/politics/feature/2002/08/09/dorr/index.html (862 words)

	Welcome to Dorr Township
		The man after whom Dorr Township was named, Governor Thomas Wilson Dorr, had a dramatically colorful record in the annals of American history, serving a jail sentence from which he was later acquitted by a Supreme Court decision.
		It was this reason that the citizens paid tribute to Dorr, a man who gave his freedom and good name in the cause of free elections for all legal-age citizens.
		Dorr Township is one of seventeen townships in McHenry County.
	www.dorrtownship.com /history.html (233 words)

	Congressman Joe Baca's Website - Press Release
		Dorr views the future of farming as a 225,000-acre operation - which is one farm for every 350 square miles and 656 times the size of an average farm.
		Dorr is a strong supporter of deceptively named law "Freedom to Farm" and other policies that have forced grain and livestock prices to record lows, cost taxpayers $60 billion in just the last two years, and are a threat to our air, water and health.
		Dorr was quoted as claiming that economic development in 3 Iowa counties stemmed from being " very non diverse in their ethnic background and their religious background...." Adding to his strange views on agriculture is his belief that North Carolina factory farms are the models for livestock production.
	www.house.gov /baca/107th/pr010626b.htm (413 words)

	The GENE Shed - Thomas Wilson Dorr (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		During the trial, Thomas Dorr never denied any of his actions.Instead, he insisted that he had been justified in what he did becausehe was the rightful governor of the state and had been elected to thatposition by an overwhelming majority of the people.
		Dorr collected his forces, and on the evening of the 18May 1842, made an armed attempt to seize the state Arsenal atProvidence, which was thwarted by the appearance of the troops,commanded by Governor King in person.
		Dorr reached the village of Chepachet, a small hamlet tenmiles from Providence, in the Town of Gloucester, he was met by anenthusiastic crowd of his adherents, who acclaimed him as theirrightful Governor and informed him that the mass of the people wereprepared to fight for their rights under his leadership.
	deckernet.com /Genealogy/DeckerGenealogy/5558.htm (6675 words)

	Office of the Under Secretary--Bio of Thomas C. Dorr
		Thomas C. Dorr was appointed by President George W. Bush to be the Under Secretary for Rural Development and was sworn into office by Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns on July 27, 2005.
		Dorr previously served as Under Secretary for Rural Development under a recess appointment from August 2002 to December 2003.
		Dorr was the President of a family agribusiness company consisting of a corn and soybean farm, a state licensed commercial grain elevator and warehouse, and two limited liability companies.
	www.rurdev.usda.gov /scrty/dorr.html (330 words)

	DesMoinesRegister.com \| News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The nominee, Thomas Dorr of Marcus, Ia., was recorded on a videotape Dec. 11, 1999, speaking at a seminar sponsored by Iowa State University's department of agronomy.
		Dorr, 54, is a former member of the Iowa State Board of Regents and the board of directors for the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
		Dorr was an early backer of Bush and contributed money to the president's campaign.
	desmoinesregister.com /news/stories/c4789004/15000002.html (721 words)

	Congressman Joe Baca's Website - Press Release
		Dorr's extreme views on farming, his resistance to sustainable agriculture, the certain threat he would pose to small farmers and farm workers in this nation, and his insensitive and offensive comments.
		Dorr is a strong supporter of the "Freedom to Farm Law" and other policies that have forced grain and livestock prices to record lows, cost taxpayers $60 billion in just the last two years, and are a threat to our air, water and health.
		Dorr was quoted as claiming that economic development in 3 Iowa counties stemmed from being "...very non diverse in their ethnic background and their religious background...."
	www.house.gov /baca/107th/pr010627.htm (467 words)

	CropChoice.com News
		"Dorr's re-nomination represents the most extreme extension of the current agriculture policy that consolidates farming, land and profits into the hands of a few corporations at the expense of millions of rural residents and consumers," said Naylor.
		Dorr’s re-nomination will be voted on at your Wednesday May 21, 2003 business meeting without any further witnesses or direct questioning since his holding this position (August 2002).
		Dorr collected farm program benefits that he was not eligible for, knowing these transactions were questionablesince then, the U.S. federal government forced Dorr and his family to pay a $17,000 fine for applying to these programs for ineligible funding.
	www.cropchoice.com /leadstryebed.html?recid=1670 (789 words)

	Floor Statement: FLOOR STATEMENT OF SENATOR MARK DAYTON ON THE NOMINATION OF THOMAS DORR TO BE UNDER SECRETARY OF ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Dorr and set forth many of the references that Senator Harkin has just made, and others as well, detailing and making the charge and the case that Mr.
		Dorr's Pine Grove Farms and each of these trusts--quoting FSA--was a crop share arrangement, not the custom farming arrangement it was represented to be.
		Dorr, I, we filed away the farm, the trust land--both the Melvin Dorr trust and the Harold Dorr trust are operated with ASCS--to quite frankly avoid payment and limitations.
	www.senate.gov /~dayton/issues/details.cfm?id=229087&& (650 words)

	Dorr Rejected by US Senate
		We oppose Thomas Dorr's appointment to this position because of his most vocal stances: his vision of farming and his resistance to sustainable agriculture.
		Dorr’s vision would replace 500 of today’s farms with one large, collectivized, corporate farm.
		Dorr’s ethnic and religious views are in direct opposition to diversity and harken back to the days of segregation and intolerance.
	www.worc.org /issues/art_issues/dorr.html (512 words)

	Iowa Farmer Today
		Dorr sent a letter of apology to the Senate Agriculture Committee chairman.
		Dorr submitted false paperwork to help his family farm operation escape limits on payments from the government.
		Dorr headed the rural affairs office in 2003, after Bush made a recess appointment that did not require Senate approval, an appointment that lasted only through 2003.
	www.iowafarmer.com /articles/2005/08/03/top_stories/dorr.txt (486 words)

	Quahog.org: Grave of Governor Thomas Wilson Dorr
		Dorr was elected to the state legislature in 1834, where he fought for the liberalization of the state's suffrage laws.
		Even so, Dorr was tried and convicted of treason in 1844—one of only two such successful prosecutions at a state level in US history (the other was that of John Brown in Virginia).
		Thomas Wilson Dorr is buried in Swan Point Cemetery, along with members of his family.
	www.quahog.org /attractions/index.php?id=54 (509 words)

	TPJ.org
		The U.S. Deparment of Agriculture (USDA) forced Thomas Dorr’s Dorr Pine Grove Farm in 1995 to return $17,000 in federal agricultural subsidies that it improperly obtained.
		President Bush nominated Dorr in 2001 as an undersecretary of the very department that his farm bilked six years earlier (Dorr farm operations received $466,673 in farm subsidies from 1995 through 2002, according to the Environmental Working Group).
		Dorr lacks the judgment, outlook and temperament for this very important position.” Senator Tom Harkin added, “As the CEO of a corporation, Mr.
	www.tpj.org /docs/pioneers/pioneers_view.jsp?id=782 (171 words)

	MPB - TV - Small Farmers' Voices (#101) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Thomas Dorr, USDA Under Secretary for Rural Development, answers a question during a town meeting at Alcorn State University.
		Thomas Dorr, USDA Undersecretary for Rural Development, listens as one of Mississippi's farmers asks a question.
		Secretary Dorr was also articulate as well as personable as he fielded the questions.
	www.etv.state.ms.us /television/program-archive/small-farmers/small-farmers-0311.htm (249 words)

	GazetteOnline - Dorr: Iowa can profit from alternative fuel push (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Dorr said Iowa is ripe in so many ways, beyond being a supplier of corn to make ethanol, to take advantage of the interest in bio-based fuels.
		Dorr cited an Iowa State study showing that most mortgages held on Iowa's family farms are paid off.
		Dorr was nominated to his post as undersecretary of agriculture for rural development in 2001, but was not confirmed until last summer.
	www.gazetteonline.com /2006/02/09/Home/News/dorralternativefuels.htm (495 words)

	Family Farmers Lobby Senators to Change Farm Bill And Oppose Thomas Dorr's Nomination Western Organization of Resource ...
		The ad urged Senate Agriculture Committee members to vote against the nomination of Thomas Dorr to be the next Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development.
		Dorr's comments against religious and ethnic diversity prove he's unfit to hold any government position, especially in the USDA which has a bad reputation of past racial discrimination."
		"Thomas Dorr is from my home state, and as much as I'd like to see him move away, I cannot support his nomination.
	www.worc.org /media/worc_news_articles/pr_opposedorr.html (549 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Dorr's (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Dorr's Rebellion DORR'S REBELLION [Dorr's Rebellion] see Dorr, Thomas Wilson.
		Dorr, Thomas Wilson DORR, THOMAS WILSON [Dorr, Thomas Wilson] 1805-54, leader of Dorr's Rebellion (1842) in Rhode Island, b.
		Performing Whiteness, Performing Blackness: Dorr's Cultural Capital and the Critique of Slavery.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Dorr's (358 words)

	University Libraries > What's New > Exhibit: Thomas Wilson Dorr 1805-1854
		Born into a wealthy Providence family, he was blessed with all the privileges that his family’s wealth could provide, yet he would spend most of his adult life in the cause of the common man.
		Dorr was tried in 1844 for treason against the state, found guilty and sentenced to life in prison.
		Dorr Hall on campus is named in his honor.
	www.uri.edu /library/new/dorr.html (261 words)

	Rhode Island Office of the Secretary of State (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In 1841, Dorr organized a “People’s Convention” as an alternative to the “Landowner’s Constitution” which was rejected by “qualified voters” in 1842.
		Dorr’s unauthorized “People’s Constitution” granted every citizen over the age of 21 the right to vote and was approved 13,944 to 52.
		Dorr was also elected governor a year later, but the election was declared illegal by the General Assembly.
	www.sec.state.ri.us /PressReleases/PressRelease.2005-03-05.5150677477/?searchterm=None (335 words)

	Dorr Township History
		The township was named after Thomas Wilson Dorr, an attorney from Rhode Island, who was elected governor in 1842 by reformers under their People's Constitution.
		After a settlement with Watson, Dorr received $439.31 of the highway fund and 56 library volumes valued at $28.63.
		In the summer of 1835 the land in Dorr township was made available for public sale.
	www.dorrlibrary.org /dorr_township_history.htm (408 words)

	USDA Undersecretary Thomas Dorr Says Industrial Biotechnology is Crucial for Rural Economic Development
		In his remarks, Dorr discussed the importance of bioenergy and biobased products for rural economic development in the United States.
		USDA is committed to seeing the industrial biotechnology sector used more and more widely throughout the manufacturing and energy sectors," Dorr said, explaining the U.S. government's interest in industrial biotechnology for rural economic development.
		Dorr also noted the important role that industrial biotechnology will play in rural, agricultural economies.
	www.grainnet.com /articles/USDA_Undersecretary_Thomas_Dorr_Says_Industrial_Biotechnology_is_Crucial_for_Riral_Economic_Development-35622.html (404 words)

	Letter from 161 groups to Senator Tom Harkin in opposition to the nomination of Thomas Dorr - Rural America / In Motion ...
		We are writing to express our profound opposition to the nomination of Thomas Dorr of Marcus, Iowa for undersecretary of agriculture for rural development.
		Our opposition to Thomas Dorr as undersecretary of agriculture for rural development is based on his most vocal stances: his corporate-oriented vision for U.S. agriculture, his resistance to sustainable agriculture, and his comments tying rural economic development to lack of ethnic and religious diversity.
		Dorr’s vision of 225,000 acre farms, his opposition to sustainable agriculture programs, and his contention that economic prosperity can be attributed to lack of ethnic and religious diversity, are the worst possible answers to the economic, social and environmental problems facing rural America.
	www.inmotionmagazine.com /ra01/dorr2.html (436 words)

	Missouri Rural Crisis Center / National Family Farm Coalition
		WASHINGTON - August 7 - The Missouri Rural Crisis Center and the National Family Farm Coalition strongly condemned President Bush's recess appointment of Thomas Dorr to the position of Undersecretary for Rural Development in the USDA, and urged Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) to uphold his pledge to obtain USDA documents on Dorr's farming operations.
		Opposition to Thomas Dorr is based on his support of corporate-controlled agriculture, opposition to sustainable agriculture and his view that ethnic diversity is an impediment to economic development.
		However, the USDA continues to withhold further Dorr farming operation records from the public and Senate.
	www.commondreams.org /news2002/0807-08.htm (545 words)

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