37th United States Congress, the Glossary

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1. 496 relations: A. J. Clements, A. Scott Sloan, Aaron A. Sargent, Aaron Harding, Abolitionism in the United States, Abraham Lincoln, Abram B. Olin, Albert G. Porter, Albert G. Riddle, Albert Smith White, Alexander H. Rice, Alexander S. Diven, Alfred A. Burnham, Alfred Ely, Amasa Walker, Ambrose W. Clark, Andrew J. Thayer, Andrew Johnson, Anson Morrill, Anthony Kennedy (Maryland politician), Anthony L. Knapp, Anti-Coolie Act, Architect of the Capitol, Arizona Territory, Arkansas in the American Civil War, Asbury Dickins, Augustus Frank, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Ball's Bluff, Battle of Fort Sumter, Benjamin Butler, Benjamin F. Harding, Benjamin Flanders, Benjamin Stark, Benjamin Thomas (politician), Benjamin Wade, Benjamin Wood (American politician), Bradley F. Granger, Burt Van Horn, Byron Sunderland, Carey A. Trimble, Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain of the United States Senate, Charles A. Wickliffe, Charles B. Mitchel, Charles B. Sedgwick, Charles Benedict Calvert, Charles Delano, Charles Francis Adams Sr., Charles H. Upton, ... Expand index (446 more) »

A. J. Clements

Andrew Jackson Clements (December 23, 1832 – November 7, 1913) was a surgeon and an American politician as a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 4th congressional district of Tennessee.

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A. Scott Sloan

Andrew Scott Sloan (June 12, 1820April 8, 1895) was an American lawyer, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer.

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Aaron A. Sargent

Aaron Augustus Sargent (September 28, 1827 – August 14, 1887) was an American journalist, lawyer, politician and diplomat.

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Aaron Harding

Aaron Harding (February 20, 1805 – December 24, 1875) was a United States representative from Kentucky and a slaveholder.

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Abolitionism in the United States

In the United States, abolitionism, the movement that sought to end slavery in the country, was active from the colonial era until the American Civil War, the end of which brought about the abolition of American slavery, except as punishment for a crime, through the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (ratified 1865).

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Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.

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Abram B. Olin

Abram Baldwin Olin (September 21, 1808 – July 7, 1879) was a United States representative from New York and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

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Albert G. Porter

Albert Gallatin Porter (April 20, 1824 – May 3, 1897) was an American politician who served as the 19th governor of Indiana from 1881 to 1885 and as a United States Congressman from 1859 to 1863.

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Albert G. Riddle

Albert Gallatin Riddle (May 28, 1816 – May 15, 1902) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

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Albert Smith White

Albert Smith White (October 24, 1803 – September 4, 1864) was a United States senator from Indiana, a United States representative from Indiana and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Indiana.

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Alexander H. Rice

Alexander Hamilton Rice (August 30, 1818 – July 22, 1895) was an American politician and businessman from Massachusetts.

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Alexander S. Diven

Alexander Samuel Diven (February 10, 1809 – June 11, 1896) was an American politician from New York and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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Alfred A. Burnham

Alfred Avery Burnham (March 8, 1819 – April 11, 1879) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Connecticut and as Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut.

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Alfred Ely

Alfred Ely (February 15, 1815 – May 18, 1892) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

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Amasa Walker

Amasa Walker (May 4, 1799 – October 29, 1875) was an American economist and United States Representative.

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Ambrose W. Clark

Ambrose Williams Clark (February 19, 1810 – October 13, 1887) was a U.S. Representative from New York, serving 1861–1865.

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Andrew J. Thayer

Andrew Jackson Thayer (November 27, 1818 – April 28, 1873) was an attorney and Democratic U.S. congressman from Oregon.

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Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808July 31, 1875) was an American politician who served as the 17th president of the United States from 1865 to 1869.

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Anson Morrill

Anson Peaslee Morrill (June 10, 1803 – July 4, 1887) was an American politician who served as the 24th governor of Maine from 1855 to 1856 and later as the U.S. representative from Maine's 4th congressional district from 1861 to 1863.

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Anthony Kennedy (Maryland politician)

Anthony Kennedy (December 21, 1810July 31, 1892) was a United States Senator from Maryland, serving from 1857 to 1863.

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Anthony L. Knapp

Anthony Lausett Knapp (June 14, 1828 – May 24, 1881) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, brother of Robert McCarty Knapp.

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Anti-Coolie Act

On February 19, 1862, the 37th United States Congress passed An Act to Prohibit the "Coolie Trade" by American Citizens in American Vessels. The act, which would be called the Anti-Coolie Act of 1862 in short, was passed by the California State Legislature in an attempt to appease rising anger among white laborers about salary competition created by the influx of Chinese immigrants at the height of the California Gold Rush.

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Architect of the Capitol

The Architect of the Capitol is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex.

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Arizona Territory

The Territory of Arizona, commonly known as the Arizona Territory, was a territory of the United States that existed from February 24, 1863, until February 14, 1912, when the remaining extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Arizona.

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Arkansas in the American Civil War

During the American Civil War, Arkansas was a Confederate state, though it had initially voted to remain in the Union.

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Asbury Dickins

Asbury Dickins (1780–1861) was a United States government official who served as Secretary of the United States Senate from 1836 until shortly before he died in 1861.

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Augustus Frank

Augustus Frank (July 17, 1826 – April 29, 1895) was an American merchant, railroad executive, banker and politician.

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Battle of Antietam

The Battle of Antietam, also called the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the Southern United States, took place during the American Civil War on September 17, 1862, between Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and Union Major General George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek.

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Battle of Ball's Bluff

The Battle of Ball's Bluff (also known as the Battle of Leesburg or Battle of Harrison's Island) was an early battle of the American Civil War fought in Loudoun County, Virginia, on October 21, 1861, in which Union Army forces under Major General George B. McClellan suffered a humiliating defeat.

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Battle of Fort Sumter

The Battle of Fort Sumter (also the Attack on Fort Sumter or the Fall of Fort Sumter) (April 12–13, 1861) was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the South Carolina militia.

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Benjamin Butler

Benjamin Franklin Butler (November 5, 1818 – January 11, 1893) was an American major general of the Union Army, politician, lawyer, and businessman from Massachusetts.

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Benjamin F. Harding

Benjamin Franklin Harding (January 4, 1823June 16, 1899) was an American attorney and politician born in Pennsylvania.

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Benjamin Flanders

Benjamin Franklin Flanders (January 26, 1816 – March 13, 1896) was a teacher, politician and planter in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Benjamin Stark

Benjamin Stark (June 26, 1820October 10, 1898) was an American merchant and politician in Oregon.

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Benjamin Thomas (politician)

Benjamin Franklin Thomas (February 12, 1813 – September 27, 1878) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts and an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.

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Benjamin Wade

Benjamin Franklin "Bluff" Wade (October 27, 1800March 2, 1878) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator for Ohio from 1851 to 1869.

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Benjamin Wood (American politician)

Benjamin Wood (October 13, 1820 – February 21, 1900) was an American politician and publishing entrepreneur from the state of New York during the American Civil War.

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Bradley F. Granger

Bradley Francis Granger (March 12, 1825 – November 4, 1882) was an American politician and a United States Representative from the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Burt Van Horn

Burt Van Horn (October 28, 1823 – April 1, 1896) was a United States representative from New York during the American Civil War.

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Byron Sunderland

Byron Sunderland (November 22, 1819 – June 30, 1901) was an American Presbyterian minister, author, and Chaplain of the United States Senate during the American Civil War.

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Carey A. Trimble

Carey Allen Trimble (September 13, 1813 – May 4, 1887) was an American physician and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1859 to 1863.

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Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives

The chaplain of the United States House of Representatives is the officer of the United States House of Representatives responsible for beginning each day's proceedings with a prayer.

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Chaplain of the United States Senate

The chaplain of the United States Senate opens each session of the United States Senate with a prayer, and provides and coordinates religious programs and pastoral care support for senators, their staffs, and their families.

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Charles A. Wickliffe

Charles Anderson Wickliffe (June 8, 1788 – October 31, 1869) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.

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Charles B. Mitchel

Charles Burton Mitchel (September 19, 1815 – September 20, 1864) was an American politician who served as a Confederate States senator from Arkansas from February 18, 1862 until his death in 1864.

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Charles B. Sedgwick

Charles Baldwin Sedgwick (March 15, 1815 – February 3, 1883) was an American lawyer and politician from New York who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for New York's 24th congressional district from 1859 to 1863.

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Charles Benedict Calvert

Charles Benedict Calvert (August 23, 1808 – May 12, 1864) was an American politician who was a U.S. Representative from the sixth district of Maryland, serving one term from 1861 to 1863.

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Charles Delano

Charles Delano (June 24, 1820 – January 23, 1883) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

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Charles Francis Adams Sr.

Charles Francis Adams Sr. (August 18, 1807 – November 21, 1886) was an American historical editor, writer, politician, and diplomat.

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Charles H. Upton

Charles Horace Upton (August 23, 1812 – June 17, 1877) was a nineteenth-century politician from Massachusetts and Virginia.

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Charles John Biddle

Charles John Biddle (April 30, 1819 – September 28, 1873) was an American soldier, lawyer, congressman, and newspaper editor.

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Charles R. Train

Charles Russell Train (October 18, 1817 – July 29, 1885) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1859 to 1863.

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Charles Sumner

Charles Sumner (January 6, 1811March 11, 1874) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1851 until his death in 1874.

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Charles Van Wyck

Charles Henry Van Wyck (May 10, 1824October 24, 1895) was a Representative from New York, a Senator from Nebraska, and a Union Army brigadier general in the American Civil War.

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Charles W. Walton (Maine politician)

Charles Wesley Walton (December 9, 1819 – January 24, 1900) was a United States representative from Maine.

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Chauncey Vibbard

Chauncey Vibbard (November 11, 1811 – June 5, 1891) was an American railroad executive and a U.S. Representative from New York during the American Civil War.

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Chilton A. White

Chilton Allen White (February 6, 1826 – December 7, 1900) was an American lawyer, politician, and white supremacist.

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Classes of United States senators

The 100 seats in the United States Senate are divided into 3 classes to determine which seats will be up for election in any 2-year cycle, with only 1 class being up for election at a time.

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Clement Vallandigham

Clement Laird Vallandigham (July 29, 1820 – June 17, 1871) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the leader of the Copperhead faction of anti-war Democrats during the American Civil War.

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Clerk of the United States House of Representatives

The clerk of the United States House of Representatives is an officer of the United States House of Representatives, whose primary duty is to act as the chief record-keeper for the House.

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Confiscation Act of 1861

The Confiscation Act of 1861 was an act of Congress during the early months of the American Civil War permitting military confiscation and subsequent court proceedings for any property being used to support the Confederate independence effort, including slaves.

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Confiscation Acts

The Confiscation Acts were laws passed by the United States Congress during the Civil War with the intention of freeing the slaves still held by the Confederate forces in the South.

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Congressional Record

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress, published by the United States Government Publishing Office and issued when Congress is in session.

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Contraband (American Civil War)

Contraband was a term commonly used in the US military during the American Civil War to describe a new status for certain people who escaped slavery or those who affiliated with Union forces.

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Cornelius Leary

Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary (October 22, 1813 – March 21, 1893) was an American politician from Maryland.

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Crittenden–Johnson Resolution

The Crittenden–Johnson Resolution (also known as the Crittenden Resolution and the War Aims Resolution) was proposed in the United States Congress early in the American Civil War, as a conciliatory message to the slave states assuring them that the Northern war effort was not aimed at interfering with their rights to slavery, but solely towards restoring the Union.

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Cyrus Aldrich

Cyrus Aldrich (June 18, 1808 – October 5, 1871) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota.

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Daniel Clark (New Hampshire politician)

Daniel Clark (October 24, 1809 – January 2, 1891) was a United States senator from New Hampshire and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire.

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Daniel W. Gooch

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Daniel W. Voorhees

Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (September 26, 1827April 10, 1897) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Indiana from 1877 to 1897.

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David Hunter

David Hunter (July 21, 1802 – February 2, 1886) was an American military officer.

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David Turpie

David Battle Turpie (July 8, 1828 – April 21, 1909) was an American politician who served as a Senator from Indiana from 1887 until 1899; he also served as Chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus from 1898 to 1899 during the last year of his tenure in the Senate.

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David Wilmot

David Wilmot (January 20, 1814 – March 16, 1868) was an American politician and judge.

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District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act

An Act for the Release of certain Persons held to Service or Labor in the District of Columbia, 37th Cong., Sess.

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Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives

An appointed officer of the United States House of Representatives from 1789 until 1995, the doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives was chosen by a resolution at the opening of each United States Congress.

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Dunning R. McNair

Dunning Robert McNair (April 2, 1797 – March 16, 1875) was the Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate from March 17, 1853, to July 6, 1861.

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Dwight Loomis

Dwight Loomis (July 27, 1821 – September 17, 1903) was an American judge and politician from Connecticut who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Connecticut's 1st congressional district from 1859 to 1863.

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Edgar Cowan

Edgar Cowan (September 19, 1815August 31, 1885) was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Greensburg, Pennsylvania.

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Edward Ball (congressman)

Edward Ball (November 6, 1811 – November 22, 1872) was an American farmer and law enforcement officer who served two-term as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1853 to 1857.

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Edward Dickinson Baker

Edward Dickinson Baker (February 24, 1811October 21, 1861) was an American politician, lawyer, and US army officer.

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Edward H. Rollins

Edward Henry Rollins (October 3, 1824July 31, 1889) was a United States representative and Senator from New Hampshire.

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Edward H. Smith (politician)

Edward Henry Smith (May 5, 1809 – August 7, 1885) was an American politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York during the American Civil War.

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Edward Haight (politician)

Edward Haight (March 26, 1817 – September 15, 1885) was an American politician and businessman from New York City.

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Edward Joy Morris

Edward Joy Morris (July 16, 1815December 31, 1881) was an American politician and diplomat.

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Edward McPherson

Edward McPherson (July 31, 1830 – December 14, 1895) was an American newspaper editor and politician who served two terms in the United States House of Representatives, as well as multiple terms as the Clerk of the House of Representatives.

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Edwin H. Webster

Edwin Hanson Webster (March 31, 1829 – April 24, 1893) was a U.S. Congressman from Maryland, serving the second district for two terms from 1859 until 1865.

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Elbridge G. Spaulding

Elbridge Gerry Spaulding (February 24, 1809 – May 5, 1897) was an American lawyer, banker, and Republican Party politician.

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Eliakim P. Walton

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Elihu B. Washburne

Elihu Benjamin Washburne (September 23, 1816 – October 22, 1887) was an American politician and diplomat.

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Elijah Babbitt

Elijah Babbitt (July 29, 1795 – January 9, 1887) was a Republican United States Representative from Pennsylvania.

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Elijah Hise Norton

Elijah Hise Norton (November 21, 1821 – August 6, 1914) was a U.S. congressman from Missouri during the United States Civil War.

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Elijah Ward

Elijah Ward (September 16, 1816 – February 7, 1882) was a U.S. Congressman during the American Civil War and the Reconstruction era.

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Emancipation Proclamation

The Emancipation Proclamation, officially Proclamation 95, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War.

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Emerson Etheridge

Henry Emerson Etheridge (September 28, 1819 – October 21, 1902) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 9th congressional district from 1853 to 1857, and again from 1859 to 1861.

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Enrollment Act

The Enrollment Act of 1863 (enacted March 3, 1863) also known as the Civil War Military Draft Act, was an Act passed by the United States Congress during the American Civil War to provide fresh manpower for the Union Army.

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Erastus Corning

Erastus Corning (December 14, 1794 – April 9, 1872) was an American businessman and politician from Albany, New York.

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False Claims Act of 1863

The False Claims Act of 1863 (FCA) is an American federal law that imposes liability on persons and companies (typically federal contractors) who defraud governmental programs.

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Fernando C. Beaman

Fernando Cortez Beaman (June 28, 1814 – September 27, 1882) was a teacher, lawyer and politician from Michigan during and after the American Civil War.

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First Battle of Bull Run

The First Battle of Bull Run, called the Battle of First Manassas.

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Fort Monroe

Fort Monroe is a former military installation in Hampton, Virginia, at Old Point Comfort, the southern tip of the Virginia Peninsula, United States.

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Francis Preston Blair Jr.

Francis Preston Blair Jr. (February 19, 1821 – July 8, 1875) was a United States Senator, a United States Congressman and a Union Major General during the Civil War.

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Francis Thomas

Francis Thomas (February 3, 1799 – January 22, 1876) was an American politician who served as the 26th Governor of Maryland from 1842 to 1845.

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Francis William Kellogg

Francis William Kellogg (May 30, 1810 – January 13, 1879) was a U.S. Representative from the states of Michigan, during the Civil War, and Alabama, during Reconstruction.

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Frederick A. Conkling

Frederick Augustus Conkling (August 22, 1816 – September 18, 1891) was a United States representative from New York during the American Civil War.

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Frederick A. Pike

Frederick Augustus Pike (December 9, 1816 – December 2, 1886) was a U.S. Representative from Maine.

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Frederick Low

Frederick Ferdinand Low (June 30, 1828July 21, 1894) was an American politician and diplomat who served as the 9th Governor of California and a member of the United States House of Representatives.

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Galusha A. Grow

Galusha Aaron Grow (August 31, 1823 – March 31, 1907) was an American politician, lawyer, writer and businessman, who served as 24th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1861 to 1863.

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Garrett Davis

Garrett Davis (September 10, 1801 – September 22, 1872) was an American attorney and politician who represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives from 1839 to 1847 and the United States Senate from 1861 to his death.

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General ticket

The general ticket, also known as party block voting (PBV) or ticket voting, is a type of block voting in which voters opt for a party, or a team's set list of candidates, and the highest-polling party/team becomes the winner.

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George Catlin Woodruff

George Catlin Woodruff (December 1, 1805 – November 21, 1885) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut's 4th congressional district from 1861 to 1863.

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George H. Browne

George Huntington Browne (January 6, 1818 – September 26, 1885) was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.

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George H. Pendleton

George Hunt Pendleton (July 19, 1825November 24, 1889) was an American politician and lawyer.

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George H. Yeaman

George Helm Yeaman (November 1, 1829 – February 23, 1908) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Kentucky from 1862 until 1865, and as U.S. Ambassador to Denmark from 1865 to 1870.

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George K. Shiel

George Knox Shiel (c. 1825December 12, 1893) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a Democratic U.S. congressman from Oregon from 1861 to 1863.

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George P. Fisher

George Purnell Fisher (October 13, 1817 – February 10, 1899) was Attorney General of Delaware, Secretary of State of Delaware, a United States representative from Delaware and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, now the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

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George T. Cobb

George Thomas Cobb (October 13, 1813 – August 12, 1870) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 4th congressional district for one term from 1861 to 1863.

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George W. Dunlap

George Washington Dunlap (February 22, 1813 – June 6, 1880) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.

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George W. Julian

George Washington Julian (May 5, 1817 – July 7, 1899) was a politician, lawyer, and writer from Indiana who served in the United States House of Representatives during the 19th century.

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George W. Scranton

George Whitfield Scranton (May 11, 1811 – March 24, 1861) was an American industrialist and politician, a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from March 4, 1859, until his death in 1861.

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George Washington Bridges

George Washington Bridges (October 9, 1825 – March 16, 1873) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 3rd congressional district of Tennessee from 1861 to 1863.

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Gilman Marston

Gilman Marston (August 20, 1811July 3, 1890) was a United States representative, Senator, and United States Army general from New Hampshire.

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Goldsmith Bailey

Goldsmith Fox Bailey (July 17, 1823 – May 8, 1862) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

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Habeas Corpus Suspension Act (1863)

The Habeas Corpus Suspension Act, (1863), entitled An Act relating to Habeas Corpus, and regulating Judicial Proceedings in Certain Cases, was an Act of Congress that authorized the president of the United States to suspend the right of habeas corpus in response to the American Civil War and provided for the release of political prisoners.

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Hannibal Hamlin

Hannibal Hamlin (August 27, 1809 – July 4, 1891) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 15th vice president of the United States from 1861 to 1865, during President Abraham Lincoln's first term.

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Harrison G. O. Blake

Harrison Gray Otis Blake (March 17, 1818 – April 16, 1876) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

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Hendrick B. Wright

Hendrick Bradley Wright (April 24, 1808 – September 2, 1881) was a Democratic and Greenback member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

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Henry B. Anthony

Henry Bowen Anthony (April 1, 1815 – September 2, 1884) was a United States newspaperman and political figure.

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Henry Cornelius Burnett

Henry Cornelius Burnett (October 25, 1825 – October 1, 1866) was an American politician who served as a Confederate States senator from Kentucky from 1862 to 1865.

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Henry Grider

Henry Grider (July 16, 1796 – September 7, 1866) was a United States representative from Kentucky.

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Henry L. Dawes

Henry Laurens Dawes (October 30, 1816February 5, 1903) was an attorney and politician, a Republican United States Senator and United States Representative from Massachusetts.

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Henry M. Rice

Henry Mower Rice (November 29, 1816January 15, 1894) was a fur trader and an American politician prominent in the statehood of Minnesota.

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Henry May (American politician)

Henry May (February 13, 1816 – September 25, 1866) was a U.S. Representative from Maryland.

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Henry S. Lane

Henry Smith Lane (February 24, 1811 – June 19, 1881) was a United States representative, Senator, and the 13th Governor of Indiana; he was by design the shortest-serving governor of Indiana, having made plans to resign the office should his party take control of the Indiana General Assembly and elect him to the United States Senate.

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Henry William Hoffman

Henry William Hoffman (November 10, 1825 – July 28, 1895) was a U.S. Representative from Maryland.

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Henry Wilson

Henry Wilson (born Jeremiah Jones Colbath; February 16, 1812 – November 22, 1875) was an American politician who was the 18th vice president of the United States from 1873 until his death in 1875 and a senator from Massachusetts from 1855 to 1873.

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Hiram Pitt Bennet

Hiram Pitt Bennet (September 2, 1826 – November 11, 1914) was a Congressional delegate from the Territory of Colorado and Colorado Secretary of State.

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Homestead Acts

The Homestead Acts were several laws in the United States by which an applicant could acquire ownership of government land or the public domain, typically called a homestead.

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Horace Maynard

Horace Maynard (August 30, 1814 – May 3, 1882) was an American educator, attorney, politician and diplomat active primarily in the second half of the 19th century. Initially elected to the House of Representatives from Tennessee's 2nd Congressional District for the term commencing on March 4, 1857, Maynard, an ardent Union supporter and abolitionist, became one of the few Southern congressmen to maintain his seat in the House during the Civil War.

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House Democratic Caucus

The House Democratic Caucus is a congressional caucus composed of all Democratic representatives in the United States House of Representatives, voting and non-voting, and is responsible for nominating and electing the Democratic Party leadership in the chamber.

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Idaho Territory

The Territory of Idaho was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 3, 1863, until July 3, 1890, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as Idaho.

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Ira Harris

Ira Harris (May 31, 1802December 2, 1875) was an American jurist and senator from New York.

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Isaac C. Delaplaine

Isaac Clason Delaplaine (October 27, 1817 – July 17, 1866) was a lawyer and politician who was a U.S. Representative from New York for one term during the American Civil War.

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Isaac N. Arnold

Isaac Newton Arnold (November 30, 1815 – April 24, 1884) was an American attorney, politician, and biographer who made his career in Chicago.

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Jacob B. Blair

Jacob Beeson Blair (April 11, 1821 – February 12, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia and from West Virginia, and later a justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court.

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Jacob Collamer

Jacob Collamer (January 8, 1791 – November 9, 1865) was an American politician from Vermont.

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Jacob M. Howard

Jacob Merritt Howard (July 10, 1805 – April 2, 1871) was an American attorney and politician.

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Jacob P. Chamberlain

Jacob Payson Chamberlain (August 1, 1802 – October 5, 1878) was a U.S. Representative from New York during the American Civil War.

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James A. Bayard Jr.

James Asheton Bayard Jr. (November 15, 1799 – June 13, 1880) was an American lawyer and politician from Delaware.

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James A. Cravens

James Addison Cravens (November 4, 1818 – June 20, 1893) was a nineteenth-century politician and military veteran from Indiana who served two terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1861 to 1865.

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James A. McDougall

James Alexander McDougall (November 19, 1817 – September 3, 1867) was an American attorney and politician elected to statewide office in two U.S. states, then to the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate.

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James B. McKean

James Bedell McKean (August 5, 1821 Hoosick, Rensselaer County, New York – January 5, 1879 Salt Lake City, Utah) was an American politician from New York and Utah.

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James Buffington (politician)

James Buffington (March 16, 1817 – March 7, 1875) (also known as "Buffinton") was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.

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James Carroll Robinson

James Carroll Robinson (August 19, 1823 – November 3, 1886) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

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James Dixon

James Dixon (August 5, 1814 – March 27, 1873) was a United States representative and Senator from Connecticut.

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James E. English

James Edward English (March 13, 1812 – March 2, 1890) was a United States Representative and later U.S. Senator from Connecticut, and Governor of Connecticut.

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James F. Simmons

James Fowler Simmons (September 10, 1795July 10, 1864) was a businessman and politician from Rhode Island who twice served as a United States senator, first as a Whig and then as a Republican.

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James F. Wilson

James Falconer "Jefferson Jim" Wilson (October 19, 1828April 22, 1895) was an American lawyer and politician.

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James Harlan (Iowa politician)

James Harlan (August 26, 1820 – October 5, 1899) was an attorney and politician, a member of the United States Senate, a U.S. Cabinet Secretary at the United States Department of Interior under President Andrew Johnson, and a Federal Judge.

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James Hepburn Campbell

James Hepburn Campbell (February 8, 1820 – April 12, 1895) was an Opposition Party and Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

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James K. Moorhead

James Kennedy Moorhead (September 7, 1806 – March 6, 1884) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

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James Kerrigan

James Kerrigan (December 25, 1828 – November 1, 1899) was an American military veteran who served one term as a United States representative from New York from 1861 to 1863.

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James M. Mason

James Murray Mason (November 3, 1798April 28, 1871) was an American lawyer and politician who became a Confederate diplomat.

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James Mitchell Ashley

James Mitchell Ashley (November 14, 1824September 16, 1896) was an American politician and abolitionist.

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James Nesmith

James Willis Nesmith (July 23, 1820 – June 17, 1885) was an American politician and lawyer from Oregon.

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James Pearce

James Alfred Pearce (December 14, 1805December 20, 1862) was an American politician.

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James R. Doolittle

James Rood Doolittle Sr. (January 3, 1815July 27, 1897) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin from March 4, 1857, to March 4, 1869.

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James R. Morris

James Remley Morris (January 10, 1819 – December 24, 1899) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio during the Civil War from 1861 to 1865.

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James S. Jackson

James Streshly Jackson (September 27, 1823 – October 8, 1862) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky and a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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James S. Rollins

James Sidney Rollins (April 19, 1812 – January 9, 1888) was a nineteenth-century Missouri politician and lawyer.

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James Tracy Hale

James Tracy Hale (October 14, 1810 – April 6, 1865) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

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James W. Grimes

James Wilson Grimes (October 20, 1816 – February 7, 1872) was an American politician, serving as the third Governor of Iowa and a United States Senator from Iowa.

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James Walter Wall

James Walter Wall (May 26, 1820June 9, 1872) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from New Jersey in 1863, a leader of the Peace movement during the American Civil War.

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Jesse D. Bright

Jesse David Bright (December 18, 1812 – May 20, 1875) was the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Indiana and U.S. Senator from Indiana who served as President pro tempore of the Senate on three occasions.

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Jesse Lazear

Jesse Lazear (December 12, 1804 – September 2, 1877) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

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Jim Lane (politician)

Brigadier-General James Henry Lane (June 22, 1814 – July 11, 1866) was an American politician and military officer who was a leader of the Jayhawkers in the Bleeding Kansas period that immediately preceded the American Civil War.

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John A. Gurley

John Addison Gurley (December 9, 1813 – August 19, 1863) was a U.S. Congressman from Ohio during the early part of the American Civil War, serving two terms from 1859 to 1863.

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John A. Logan

John Alexander Logan (February 9, 1826 – December 26, 1886) was an American soldier and politician.

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John A. McClernand

John Alexander McClernand (May 30, 1812 – September 20, 1900) was an American lawyer, politician, and a Union Army general in the American Civil War.

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John B. Alley

John Bassett Alley (January 7, 1817 – January 19, 1896) was a businessman and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

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John B. Henderson

John Brooks Henderson (November 16, 1826April 12, 1913) was an American attorney and politician who represented Missouri in the United States Senate from 1862 to 1869.

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John B. Steele

John Benedict Steele (March 28, 1814 – September 24, 1866) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York during the American Civil War.

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John Bingham

John Armor Bingham (January 21, 1815 – March 19, 1900) was an American politician who served as a Republican representative from Ohio and as the United States ambassador to Japan.

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John Blair Smith Todd

John Blair Smith Todd (April 4, 1814 – January 5, 1872) was a Delegate from Dakota Territory to the United States House of Representatives and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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John Bullock Clark

John Bullock Clark Sr. (April 17, 1802 – October 29, 1885) was a militia officer and politician who served as a member of the United States Congress and Confederate Congress.

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John C. Breckinridge

John Cabell Breckinridge (January 16, 1821 – May 17, 1875) was an American lawyer, politician, and soldier.

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John C. Frémont

John Charles Frémont (January 21, 1813July 13, 1890) was an American explorer, military officer, and politician.

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John C. Ten Eyck

John Conover Ten Eyck (March 12, 1814August 24, 1879) was a United States Senator from New Jersey from 1859 to 1865, during the American Civil War.

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John Covode

John Covode (March 17, 1808 – January 11, 1871) was an American businessman and abolitionist politician.

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John Cradlebaugh

John Cradlebaugh (February 22, 1819 – February 22, 1872) was the first delegate to the United States House of Representatives from Nevada Territory.

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John D. Stiles

John Dodson Stiles (January 15, 1822 – October 29, 1896) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

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John F. Potter

John Fox Potter nicknamed "Bowie Knife Potter" (May 11, 1817May 18, 1899) was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer and judge from Wisconsin who served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and the U.S. House of Representatives.

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John Gould Stephenson

John Gould Stephenson (March 1, 1828 – November 11, 1883) was an American physician and soldier who served as Librarian of Congress from 1861 to 1864.

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John H. Rice

John Hovey Rice (February 5, 1816 – March 14, 1911) was a U.S. Representative from Maine.

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John Hemphill (senator)

John Hemphill (December 18, 1803 – January 4, 1862) was an American politician and jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas from 1841 to 1846 and of the Supreme Court of Texas until 1858, and a United States senator from Texas from 1859 to 1861.

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John Hickman (Pennsylvania politician)

John Hickman (September 11, 1810 – March 23, 1875) was a Republican, Democratic and Anti-Lecompton Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district from 1855 to 1863.

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John Hutchins (politician)

John Hutchins (July 25, 1812 – November 20, 1891) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1859 to 1863.

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John J. Crittenden

John Jordan Crittenden (September 10, 1787 – July 26, 1863) was an American statesman and politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky.

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John L. N. Stratton

John Leake Newbold Stratton (November 27, 1817, Mount Holly Township, New Jersey – May 17, 1889, Mount Holly Township, New Jersey) was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district for two terms from 1859 to 1863.

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John Law (representative)

John Law (October 28, 1796 – October 7, 1873) was an American politician who represented Indiana in the United States House of Representatives from 1861 to 1865.

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John Milton Bernhisel

John Milton Bernhisel (born John Martin Bernheisel;Richard S. Van Wagoner and Steven C. Walker, A Book of Mormons (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 1982) s.v. "John M. Bernhisel". June 23, 1799 – September 28, 1881) was an American physician, politician, and early member of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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John N. Goodwin

John Noble Goodwin (October 18, 1824 – April 29, 1887) was a United States attorney and politician who served as the first Governor of Arizona Territory.

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John P. C. Shanks

John Peter Cleaver Shanks (June 17, 1826 – January 23, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1867 to 1875 and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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John P. Hale

John Parker Hale (March 31, 1806November 19, 1873) was an American politician and lawyer from New Hampshire.

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John Patton (Pennsylvania politician)

John Patton (January 6, 1823 – December 23, 1897) was a U.S. Representative from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

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John Paul Verree

John Paul Verree (March 9, 1817 – June 27, 1889) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

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John Renshaw Thomson

John Renshaw Thomson (September 25, 1800September 12, 1862) was an American merchant who worked in the China Trade and supported emerging industries in New Jersey through his positions on a regional canal company and the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad.

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John S. Carlile

John Snyder Carlile (December 16, 1817October 24, 1878) was an American merchant, lawyer, slaveowner and politician, including a United States senator.

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John S. Phelps

John Smith Phelps (December 22, 1814November 20, 1886) was a politician and soldier during the American Civil War, and the 23rd Governor of Missouri.

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John Sebrie Watts

John Sebrie Watts (January 19, 1816 – June 11, 1876) was an American attorney, jurist, and politician who held office in the state of Indiana and in the territory of New Mexico.

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John Sherman

John Sherman (May 10, 1823October 22, 1900) was an American politician from Ohio who served in federal office throughout the Civil War and into the late nineteenth century.

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John T. Nixon

John Thompson Nixon (August 31, 1820 – September 28, 1889) was a United States representative from New Jersey and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

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John W. Crisfield

John Woodland Crisfield (November 8, 1806 – January 12, 1897) was a U.S. Representative from Maryland, representing the sixth district from 1847 to 1849 and the first district from 1861 to 1863.

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John W. Killinger

John Weinland Killinger (September 18, 1824 – June 30, 1896) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district from 1859 to 1863 and from 1871 to 1875.

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John W. Menzies

John William Menzies (April 12, 1819 – October 3, 1897) was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer and judge from Kentucky.

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John W. Noell

John William Noell (February 22, 1816 – March 14, 1863) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, father of Thomas Estes Noell.

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John Weiss Forney

John Weiss Forney (30 September 1817 – 9 December 1881) was an American newspaper publisher and politician.

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John William Reid

John William Reid (June 14, 1821 – November 22, 1881) was a lawyer, soldier, one-time slaveholder and U.S. Representative from Missouri.

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John Winfield Wallace

John Winfield Wallace (December 20, 1818 – June 24, 1889) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

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Joseph A. Wright

Joseph Albert Wright (April 17, 1810 – May 11, 1867) was the tenth governor of the U.S. state of Indiana from December 5, 1849, to January 12, 1857, most noted for his opposition to banking.

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Joseph Bailey (congressman)

Joseph Bailey (March 18, 1810 – August 26, 1885) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district from 1861 to 1863 and for Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district from 1863 to 1865.

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Joseph Segar

Joseph Eggleston Segar (June 1, 1804 – April 30, 1880) was a Virginia lawyer, plantation owner and politician who was twice elected as a U.S. Representative from Virginia during the American Civil War, and as a U.S. Senator immediately following the conflict, but whom fellow legislators refused to allow to assume his seat due to Virginia's secession and delayed readmission to the Union.

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Julian E. Zelizer

Julian Emanuel Zelizer (born 1969) is a professor of political history and an author in the United States at Princeton University.

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Justin S. Morrill

Justin Smith Morrill (April 14, 1810December 28, 1898) was an American politician and entrepreneur who represented Vermont in the United States House of Representatives (1855–1867) and United States Senate (1867–1898).

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Kellian Whaley

Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley (May 6, 1821 – May 20, 1876) was a nineteenth-century lumberman and congressman from Virginia before the American Civil War and West Virginia after the state's creation.

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Kentucky in the American Civil War

Kentucky was a southern border state of key importance in the American Civil War.

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Kinsley S. Bingham

Kinsley Scott Bingham (December 16, 1808October 5, 1861) was a U.S. Representative, a U.S. Senator, and the 11th governor of Michigan.

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Know Nothing

The Know Nothings were a nativist political movement in the United States in the 1850s, officially known as the Native American Party before 1855, and afterwards simply the American Party.

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Lafayette S. Foster

Lafayette Sabine Foster (November 22, 1806 – September 19, 1880) was an American politician and lawyer from Connecticut.

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Lazarus Powell

Lazarus Whitehead Powell (October 6, 1812 – July 3, 1867) was the 19th Governor of Kentucky, serving from 1851 to 1855.

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Legal tender

Legal tender is a form of money that courts of law are required to recognize as satisfactory payment for any monetary debt.

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Legal Tender Cases

The Legal Tender Cases were two 1871 United States Supreme Court cases that affirmed the constitutionality of paper money.

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Lewis McKenzie

Lewis McKenzie (October 7, 1810 – June 28, 1895) was a nineteenth-century politician, merchant and railroad president from Virginia.

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Librarian of Congress

The librarian of Congress is the head of the Library of Congress, appointed by the president of the United States with the advice and consent of the United States Senate, for a term of ten years.

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List of ambassadors of the United States to Mexico

The United States has maintained diplomatic relations with Mexico since 1823, when Andrew Jackson was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to that country.

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List of ambassadors of the United States to the United Kingdom

The United States ambassador to the United Kingdom (known formally as, The Ambassador of the United States of America to the Court of St James's) is the official representative of the president of the United States and the American government to the monarch (Court of St. James's) and government of the United Kingdom.

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List of ambassadors of the United States to Turkey

The United States has maintained many high level contacts with Turkey since the 19th century.

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List of United States representatives from Alabama

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Alabama.

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List of United States representatives from Arkansas

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Arkansas.

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List of United States representatives from California

This is a list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of California.

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List of United States representatives from Connecticut

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Connecticut.

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List of United States representatives from Delaware

This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives from Delaware.

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List of United States representatives from Florida

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Florida.

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List of United States representatives from Georgia

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Georgia.

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List of United States representatives from Illinois

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Illinois.

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List of United States representatives from Indiana

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Indiana.

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List of United States representatives from Iowa

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Iowa.

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List of United States representatives from Kansas

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Kansas.

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List of United States representatives from Kentucky

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the commonwealth of Kentucky.

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List of United States representatives from Louisiana

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Louisiana.

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List of United States representatives from Maine

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Maine.

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List of United States representatives from Maryland

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Maryland.

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List of United States representatives from Massachusetts

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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List of United States representatives from Michigan

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Michigan.

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List of United States representatives from Minnesota

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Minnesota.

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List of United States representatives from Mississippi

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Mississippi.

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List of United States representatives from Missouri

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Missouri.

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List of United States representatives from New Hampshire

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of New Hampshire.

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List of United States representatives from New Jersey

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of New Jersey.

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List of United States representatives from New York

The following is a list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of New York.

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List of United States representatives from North Carolina

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of North Carolina.

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List of United States representatives from Ohio

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Ohio.

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List of United States representatives from Oregon

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Oregon.

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List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania

The following is a list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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List of United States representatives from Rhode Island

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Rhode Island.

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List of United States representatives from South Carolina

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of South Carolina.

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List of United States representatives from Tennessee

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Tennessee.

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List of United States representatives from Texas

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Texas.

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List of United States representatives from Vermont

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Vermont.

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List of United States representatives from Virginia

The following is a list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the Commonwealth of Virginia ordered by District number.

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List of United States representatives from Wisconsin

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Wisconsin.

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List of United States senators from Alabama

Alabama was admitted to the Union on December 14, 1819.

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List of United States senators from Arkansas

Arkansas was admitted to the Union on June 15, 1836, and elects its senators to class 2 and class 3.

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List of United States senators from California

California elects United States senators to class 1 and class 3.

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List of United States senators from Connecticut

This is a chronological listing of the United States senators from Connecticut.

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List of United States senators from Delaware

Below is a chronological listing of the United States senators from Delaware.

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List of United States senators from Florida

Florida was admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845, and elects its U.S. senators to class 1 and class 3.

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List of United States senators from Georgia

Georgia was admitted to the Union on January 2, 1788.

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List of United States senators from Illinois

Illinois was admitted to the Union on December 3, 1818, and has been represented in the United States Senate by 47 senators.

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List of United States senators from Indiana

Indiana was admitted to the Union on December 11, 1816.

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List of United States senators from Iowa

Iowa was admitted to the Union on December 28, 1846, and elects United States senators to class 2 and class 3.

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List of United States senators from Kansas

This is a list of United States senators from Kansas.

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List of United States senators from Kentucky

This is a list of United States senators from Kentucky.

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List of United States senators from Louisiana

Louisiana was admitted to the Union on April 30, 1812, and elects senators to class 2 and class 3.

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List of United States senators from Maine

Maine was admitted to the Union on March 15, 1820.

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List of United States senators from Maryland

This is a list of United States senators from Maryland, which ratified the United States Constitution April 28, 1788, becoming the seventh state to do so.

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List of United States senators from Massachusetts

Below is a chronological listing of the United States senators from Massachusetts.

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List of United States senators from Michigan

Michigan was admitted to the Union on January 26, 1837.

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List of United States senators from Minnesota

Minnesota was admitted to the Union on May 11, 1858.

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List of United States senators from Mississippi

Mississippi was admitted to the Union on December 10, 1817, and elects senators to class 1 and class 2.

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List of United States senators from Missouri

Missouri was admitted to the Union on August 10, 1821.

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List of United States senators from New Hampshire

New Hampshire was admitted to the Union on June 21, 1788.

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List of United States senators from New Jersey

This is a chronological listing of the United States senators from New Jersey.

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List of United States senators from New York

Below is a list of U.S. senators who have represented the State of New York in the United States Senate since 1789.

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List of United States senators from North Carolina

North Carolina ratified the Constitution on November 21, 1789, after the beginning of the 1st Congress.

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List of United States senators from Ohio

Ohio was admitted to the Union on March 1, 1803, and elects U.S. senators to class 1 and class 3.

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List of United States senators from Oregon

Oregon was admitted to the Union on February 14, 1859.

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List of United States senators from Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania ratified the United States Constitution on December 12, 1787, and elects its U.S. senators to class 1 and class 3.

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List of United States senators from Rhode Island

Rhode Island ratified the United States Constitution on May 29, 1790 and elects its U.S. senators to class 1 and class 2.

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List of United States senators from South Carolina

South Carolina ratified the United States Constitution on May 23, 1788.

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List of United States senators from Tennessee

Tennessee was admitted to the Union on June 1, 1796.

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List of United States senators from Texas

Texas was admitted to the United States on December 29, 1845, and elects its U.S. senators to class 1 and class 2.

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List of United States senators from Vermont

Vermont was admitted to the Union on March 4, 1791.

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List of United States senators from Virginia

Virginia has sent senators to the U.S. Senate since 1789.

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List of United States senators from Wisconsin

Wisconsin was admitted to the Union on May 29, 1848.

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Lot M. Morrill

Lot Myrick Morrill (May 3, 1813 – January 10, 1883) was an American politician who served as the 28th governor of Maine, as a United States senator, and as U.S. secretary of the treasury under President Ulysses S. Grant.

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Louis Wigfall

Louis Trezevant Wigfall (April 21, 1816 – February 18, 1874) was an American politician who served as a Confederate States Senator from Texas from 1862 to 1865.

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Louisiana in the American Civil War

Louisiana was a dominant population center in the southwest of the Confederate States of America, controlling the wealthy trade center of New Orleans, and contributing the French Creole and Cajun populations to the demographic composition of a predominantly Anglo-American country.

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Luther Hanchett

Luther Hanchett (October 25, 1825 – November 24, 1862) was an American lawyer, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer.

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Lyman Trumbull

Lyman Trumbull (October 12, 1813 – June 25, 1896) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician who represented the state of Illinois in the United States Senate from 1855 to 1873.

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Maine Supreme Judicial Court

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court is the highest court in the state of Maine's judicial system.

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Martin F. Conway

Martin Franklin Conway (November 19, 1827 – February 15, 1882) was a U.S. congressman, consul to France, abolitionist, and advocate of the Free-State movement in Kansas.

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Methodism

Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a Protestant Christian tradition whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley.

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Michael Hahn

George Michael Decker Hahn (November 24, 1830 – March 15, 1886), was an attorney, politician, publisher and planter in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Militia Act of 1862

The Militia Act of 1862 (enacted July 17, 1862) was an Act of the 37th United States Congress, during the American Civil War, that authorized a militia draft within a state when the state could not meet its quota with volunteers.

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Milton Latham

Milton Slocum Latham (May 23, 1827 – March 4, 1882) was an American politician, who served as the sixth governor of California and as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator.

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Missouri in the American Civil War

During the American Civil War, Missouri was a hotly contested border state populated by both Union and Confederate sympathizers.

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Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act

The Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act (37th United States Congress, Sess. 2., ch. 126) was a federal enactment of the United States Congress that was signed into law on July 1, 1862, by President Abraham Lincoln.

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Morrill Land-Grant Acts

The Morrill Land-Grant Acts are United States statutes that allowed for the creation of land-grant colleges in U.S. states using the proceeds from sales of federally owned land, often obtained from Native American tribes through treaty, cession, or seizure.

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Morton S. Wilkinson

Morton Smith Wilkinson (January 22, 1819February 4, 1894) was an American politician.

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Moses F. Odell

Moses Fowler Odell (February 24, 1818 – June 13, 1866) was a two term U.S. Representative from New York during the American Civil War.

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National Bank Act

The National Banking Acts of 1863 and 1864 were two United States federal banking acts that established a system of national banks chartered at the federal level, and created the United States National Banking System.

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Nehemiah Perry (politician)

Nehemiah Perry (March 30, 1816 – November 1, 1881) was an American clerk, cloth manufacturer and Democratic Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1861 to 1865.

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Nevada Territory

The Territory of Nevada (N.T.) was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 2, 1861, until October 31, 1864, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Nevada.

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North Carolina in the American Civil War

During the American Civil War, North Carolina joined the Confederacy with some reluctance, mainly due to the presence of Unionist sentiment within the state.

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Ordinance of Secession

An Ordinance of Secession was the name given to multiple resolutions drafted and ratified in 1860 and 1861, at or near the beginning of the Civil War, by which each seceding slave-holding Southern state or territory formally declared secession from the United States of America.

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Orville Hickman Browning

Orville Hickman Browning (February 10, 1806 – August 10, 1881) was an attorney in Illinois and a politician who was active in the Whig and Republican Parties.

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Owen Lovejoy

Owen Lovejoy (January 6, 1811 – March 25, 1864) was an American lawyer, Congregational minister, abolitionist, and Republican congressman from Illinois.

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Pacific Railroad Acts

The Pacific Railroad Acts of 1862 were a series of acts of Congress that promoted the construction of a "transcontinental railroad" (the Pacific Railroad) in the United States through authorizing the issuance of government bonds and the grants of land to railroad companies.

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Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives

The parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives manages, supervises, and administers the Office of the Parliamentarian, which is responsible for advising the House's presiding officers, members, and staff on procedural questions under the U.S. Constitution and House rules and precedents, as well as for preparing, compiling, and publishing the precedents of the House.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.

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Philip B. Fouke

Philip Bond Fouke (January 23, 1818 – October 3, 1876) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

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Philip Johnson

Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906 – January 25, 2005) was an American architect who designed modern and postmodern architecture.

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Philip Johnson (congressman)

Philip Johnson (January 17, 1818 – January 29, 1867) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1861 to 1867.

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Phineas Densmore Gurley

Phineas Densmore Gurley (November 12, 1816 – September 30, 1868) was Chaplain of the United States Senate and pastor of New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C.

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Portus Baxter

Portus Baxter (December 4, 1806 – March 4, 1868) was a nineteenth-century banker, farmer, and politician from Vermont.

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Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives

The postmaster of the United States House of Representatives was an employee of the United States Congress from 1834 to 1992.

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Presbyterianism

Presbyterianism is a Reformed (Calvinist) Protestant tradition named for its form of church government by representative assemblies of elders.

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Presidency of Abraham Lincoln

The presidency of Abraham Lincoln began on March 4, 1861, when Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as the 16th president of the United States, and ended upon his assassination and death on April 15, 1865, days into his second term.

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President of the United States

The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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President pro tempore of the United States Senate

The president pro tempore of the United States Senate (often shortened to president pro tem) is the second-highest-ranking official of the United States Senate, after the vice president.

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Preston King (politician)

Preston King (October 14, 1806November 12, 1865) was an American attorney and politician who represented New York in the United States Senate from 1857 to 1863.

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R. Holland Duell

Rodolphus (sometimes Robert) Holland Duell (December 20, 1824 – February 11, 1891) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

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Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives

The reading clerk of the United States House of Representatives reads bills, motions, and other papers before the House and keeps track of changes to legislation made on the floor.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also known as the GOP (Grand Old Party), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Restored Government of Virginia

The Restored (or Reorganized) Government of Virginia was the Unionist government of Virginia during the American Civil War (1861–1865) in opposition to the government which had approved Virginia's seceding from the United States and joining the new Confederate States of America.

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Reuben Fenton

Reuben Eaton Fenton (July 4, 1819August 25, 1885) was an American merchant and politician from New York.

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Revenue Act of 1861

The Revenue Act of 1861, formally cited as, included the first U.S. Federal income tax statute (see). The Act, motivated by the need to fund the Civil War, imposed an income tax to be "levied, collected, and paid, upon the annual income of every person residing in the United States, whether such income is derived from any kind of property, or from any profession, trade, employment, or vocation carried on in the United States or elsewhere, or from any other source whatever".

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Revenue Act of 1862

The Revenue Act of 1862 (July 1, 1862, Ch. 119), was a bill the United States Congress passed to help fund the American Civil War.

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Richard A. Harrison

Richard Almgill Harrison (April 8, 1824July 30, 1904) was an American politician and jurist from Ohio.

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Richard Franchot

Richard Hansen Franchot (June 2, 1816 – November 23, 1875) was a U.S. Representative from New York and then an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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Richard Stockton Field

Richard Stockton Field (December 31, 1803 – May 25, 1870) was an Attorney General of New Jersey, a United States senator from New Jersey and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

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Robert B. Van Valkenburgh

Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh (September 4, 1821 – August 1, 1888) was a United States representative from New York, officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and subsequent US Minister Resident to Japan.

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Robert H. Nugen

Robert Hunter Nugen (July 16, 1809 – February 28, 1872) was an American politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1861 to 1863, during the American Civil War.

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Robert M. T. Hunter

Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (April 21, 1809 – July 18, 1887) was an American lawyer, politician and planter.

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Robert Mallory

Robert Mallory (November 15, 1815 – August 11, 1885) was a nineteenth-century American politician and lawyer from Kentucky.

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Robert McKnight

Robert McKnight (January 20, 1820 – October 25, 1885) was an American lawyer and politician who represented Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1859 to 1863.

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Robert Wilson (Missouri politician)

Robert Wilson (November 1803May 10, 1870) was a United States senator from Missouri.

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Roscoe Conkling

Roscoe Conkling (October 30, 1829April 18, 1888) was an American lawyer and Republican politician who represented New York in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.

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Rowland E. Trowbridge

Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge (June 18, 1821 – April 20, 1881) was an American politician from Michigan.

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Salmon P. Chase

Salmon Portland Chase (January 13, 1808May 7, 1873) was an American politician and jurist who served as the sixth chief justice of the United States from 1864 to his death in 1873.

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Samuel C. Fessenden

Samuel Clement Fessenden (March 7, 1815 – April 18, 1882) was an American abolitionist and United States Congressman from Maine.

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Samuel C. Pomeroy

Samuel Clarke Pomeroy (January 3, 1816 – August 27, 1891) was a United States senator from Kansas in the mid-19th century.

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Samuel G. Arnold

Samuel Greene Arnold Jr. (April 12, 1821February 14, 1880) was an attorney and politician from Rhode Island.

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Samuel Gordon Daily

Samuel Gordon Daily (1823 – August 15, 1866) was an American politician from the Nebraska Territory.

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Samuel Hooper

Samuel Hooper (February 3, 1808 – February 14, 1875) was a businessman and member of Congress from Massachusetts.

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Samuel L. Casey

Samuel Lewis Casey (February 12, 1821 – August 25, 1902) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.

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Samuel Ryan Curtis

Samuel Ryan Curtis (February 3, 1805 – December 26, 1866) was an American military officer and one of the first Republicans elected to Congress.

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Samuel S. Cox

Samuel Sullivan "Sunset" Cox (September 30, 1824 – September 10, 1889) was an American Congressman and diplomat.

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Samuel Shellabarger (Ohio politician)

Samuel Shellabarger (December 10, 1817 – August 6, 1896) was an American lawyer and politician who served three different stints as a Republican U.S. Representative from Ohio in the mid-19th century.

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Samuel Steel Blair

Samuel Steel Blair (December 5, 1821 – December 8, 1890) was a Republican United States Representative from Pennsylvania.

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Samuel T. Worcester

Samuel Thomas Worcester (August 30, 1804 – December 6, 1882) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1861 to 1863.

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Schuyler Colfax

Schuyler Colfax (March 23, 1823 – January 13, 1885) was an American journalist, businessman, and politician who served as the 17th vice president of the United States from 1869 to 1873, and prior to that as the 25th speaker of the House of Representatives from 1863 to 1869.

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Secession in the United States

In the context of the United States, secession primarily refers to the voluntary withdrawal of one or more states from the Union that constitutes the United States; but may loosely refer to leaving a state or territory to form a separate territory or new state, or to the severing of an area from a city or county within a state.

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Secretary of the United States Senate

The secretary of the Senate is an officer of the United States Senate.

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Senate Democratic Caucus

The Democratic Caucus of the United States Senate, sometimes referred to as the Democratic Conference, is the formal organization of all senators who are part of the Democratic Party in the United States Senate.

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Senate Republican Conference

The Senate Republican Conference is the formal organization of the Republican Senators in the United States Senate, who number 49.

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Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives

The sergeant at arms of the United States House of Representatives is an officer of the House with law enforcement, protocol, and administrative responsibilities.

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Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate

The sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the United States Senate (originally known as the doorkeeper of the Senate from April 7, 1789 – 1798) is the protocol officer, executive officer, and highest-ranking federal law enforcement officer of the Senate of the United States.

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Sidney Edgerton

Sidney Edgerton (August 17, 1818 – July 19, 1900) was an American politician, lawyer, judge and teacher from Ohio.

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Simon Cameron

Simon Cameron (March 8, 1799June 26, 1889) was an American businessman and politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate and served as United States Secretary of War under President Abraham Lincoln at the start of the American Civil War.

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Socrates N. Sherman

Socrates Norton Sherman (July 22, 1801 – February 1, 1873) was a U.S. Representative from New York, a physician, and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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Solomon Foot (November 19, 1802March 28, 1866) was an American politician and attorney.

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Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

The speaker of the United States House of Representatives, commonly known as the speaker of the House, is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives.

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Stephen A. Douglas

Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861) was an American politician and lawyer from Illinois.

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Stephen Baker (New York politician)

Stephen Baker (August 12, 1819 – June 9, 1875) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from New York during the American Civil War.

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Sydenham E. Ancona

Sydenham Elnathan Ancona (November 20, 1824 – June 20, 1913) was an American educator and politician who served three terms as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1861 to 1867.

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T. A. D. Fessenden

Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden (January 23, 1826 – September 28, 1868) was an American politician.

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Tennessee in the American Civil War

The American Civil War significantly affected Tennessee, with every county witnessing combat.

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Tenth Circuit Act of 1863

The Tenth Circuit Act of 1863 was a federal statute which increased the size of the Supreme Court of the United States from nine justices to ten, and which also reorganized the circuit courts of the federal judiciary.

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Thaddeus Stevens

Thaddeus Stevens (April 4, 1792August 11, 1868) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, being one of the leaders of the Radical Republican faction of the Republican Party during the 1860s.

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Theodore M. Pomeroy

Theodore Medad Pomeroy (December 31, 1824 – March 23, 1905) was an American businessman and politician from New York who served as the 26th speaker of the United States House of Representatives for one day, from March 3, 1869, to March 4, 1869, the shortest American speakership term.

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Thomas Bragg

Thomas Bragg (November 9, 1810January 21, 1872) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 34th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1855 through 1859.

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Thomas Buchecker Cooper

Thomas Buchecker Cooper (December 29, 1823 – April 4, 1862) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

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Thomas Corwin

Thomas Corwin (July 29, 1794 – December 18, 1865), also known as Tom Corwin, The Wagon Boy, and Black Tom was a politician from the state of Ohio.

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Thomas D. Eliot

Thomas Dawes Eliot (March 20, 1808 – June 14, 1870), was a Senator and Congressman of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts, and a member of the prominent Eliot family.

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Thomas H. Stockton

Thomas H. Stockton (1808–1868) served as the Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives in 1833, 1835, 1859 and 1861.

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Thomas Holliday Hicks

Thomas Holliday Hicks (September 2, 1798February 14, 1865) was a politician in the divided border-state of Maryland during the American Civil War.

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Thomas L. Clingman

Thomas Lanier Clingman (July 27, 1812November 3, 1897), known as the "Prince of Politicians," was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845 and from 1847 to 1858, and U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1858 and 1861.

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Thomas L. Price

Thomas Lawson Price (January 19, 1809 – July 15, 1870) was a United States Representative from Missouri.

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Thomas M. Edwards

Thomas McKey Edwards (December 16, 1795 – May 1, 1875) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.

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Thomas Ustick Walter

Thomas Ustick Walter (September 4, 1804 – October 30, 1887) was the dean of American architecture between the 1820 death of Benjamin Latrobe and the emergence of H. H. Richardson in the 1870s.

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Timothy Guy Phelps

Timothy Guy Phelps (December 20, 1824 – June 11, 1899) was an American politician, businessman, and government official.

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Timothy O. Howe

Timothy Otis Howe (February 24, 1816March 25, 1883) was a member of the United States Senate for three terms, representing the state of Wisconsin from March 4, 1861, to March 3, 1879.

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Trusten Polk

Trusten W. Polk (May 29, 1811April 16, 1876) served as the 12th Governor of Missouri in 1857 and U.S. Senator from 1857 to 1862.

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Union blockade

The Union blockade in the American Civil War was a naval strategy by the United States to prevent the Confederacy from trading.

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United States Congress

The United States Congress, or simply Congress, is the legislature of the federal government of the United States.

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United States Congressional Joint Committee on Printing

The Joint Committee on Printing is a joint committee of the United States Congress devoted to overseeing the functions of the Government Publishing Office and general printing procedures of the federal government of the United States.

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United States Congressional Joint Committee on the Library

The Joint Committee on the Library is a Joint Committee of the United States Congress devoted to the affairs and administration of the Library of Congress, which is the library of the federal legislature.

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United States Court of Private Land Claims

The United States Court of Private Land Claims (1891–1904) was an ad-hoc court created to decide land claims guaranteed by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, in the territories of New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah, and in the states of Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming.

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United States Department of Agriculture

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is an executive department of the United States federal government that aims to meet the needs of commercial farming and livestock food production, promotes agricultural trade and production, works to assure food safety, protects natural resources, fosters rural communities and works to end hunger in the United States and internationally.

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United States House Committee on Accounts

The United States House Committee on Accounts was a standing committee of the US House of Representatives from 1803 to 1946.

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United States House Committee on Agriculture

The United States House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture, or Agriculture Committee is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives.

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United States House Committee on Armed Services

The U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, commonly known as the House Armed Services Committee or HASC, is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives.

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United States House Committee on Commerce

The United States House Committee on Commerce was a standing committee of the U.S. House from 1819 until 1892; it was established when the previous Committee on Commerce and Manufactures, which has existed since 1795, was split into two different committees.

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United States House Committee on Elections

The United States House Committee on Elections is a former standing committee of the United States House of Representatives.

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United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs

The United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, also known as the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is a standing committee of the U.S. House of Representatives with jurisdiction over bills and investigations concerning the foreign affairs of the United States.

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United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions

The United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions is a former committee of the United States House of Representatives from 1831 to 1946.

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United States House Committee on Manufactures

United States House Committee on Manufactures was a standing committee of the U.S. House from 1819 to 1911.

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United States House Committee on Mileage

The United States House Committee on Mileage is a former standing committee of the United States House of Representatives.

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United States House Committee on Natural Resources

The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources or Natural Resources Committee (often referred to as simply Resources) is a Congressional committee of the United States House of Representatives.

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United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability

The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the main investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives.

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United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads

The United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads was a congressional committee which existed until 1946.

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United States House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds

The standing Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds was established in 1837, replacing the Select Committee on Public Buildings which had been created in 1819.

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United States House Committee on Revolutionary Pensions

The United States House Committee on Revolutionary Pensions was a U.S. House committee, established on January 10, 1831, that superseded the defunct Committee on Military Pensions to assume jurisdiction over issues related to pensions for service in the American Revolutionary War.

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United States House Committee on Roads and Canals

The United States House Committee on Roads and Canals was a U.S. House committee, which was initially established as a select committee in 1815 and subsequently became a standing committee between 1831 and 1869.

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United States House Committee on Territories

The United States House Committee on Territories was a committee of the United States House of Representatives from 1825 to 1946 (19th to 79th Congresses).

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United States House Committee on the Judiciary

The U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, also called the House Judiciary Committee, is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives.

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United States House Committee on Ways and Means

The Committee on Ways and Means is the chief tax-writing committee of the United States House of Representatives.

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United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber.

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United States Secretary of the Treasury

The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States.

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United States Secretary of War

The secretary of war was a member of the U.S. president's Cabinet, beginning with George Washington's administration.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress.

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United States Senate Committee on Armed Services

The Committee on Armed Services, sometimes abbreviated SASC for Senate Armed Services Committee, is a committee of the United States Senate empowered with legislative oversight of the nation's military, including the Department of Defense, military research and development, nuclear energy (as pertaining to national security), benefits for members of the military, the Selective Service System and other matters related to defense policy.

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United States Senate Committee on Civil Service

United States Senate Committee on Civil Service is a defunct committee of the United States Senate.

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United States Senate Committee on Claims

The United States Senate Committee on Claims was among the first standing committees established in the Senate.

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United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

The United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is a standing committee of the United States Senate.

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United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

The United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources is a standing committee of the United States Senate.

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United States Senate Committee on Finance

The United States Senate Committee on Finance (or, less formally, Senate Finance Committee) is a standing committee of the United States Senate.

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United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

The United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations is a standing committee of the U.S. Senate charged with leading foreign-policy legislation and debate in the Senate.

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United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs

The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is a committee of the United States Senate charged with oversight in matters related to the American Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native peoples.

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United States Senate Committee on Patents

The United States Senate Committee on Patents was a committee of the United States Senate.

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United States Senate Committee on Pensions

The Committee on Pensions was a standing committee of the United States Senate from 1816 to 1946, when the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 abolished it, moving its functions to the Committee on Finance.

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United States Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds

The U.S. Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds was a committee of the United States Senate from 1883 until 1946.

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United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, also called the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, is responsible for the rules of the United States Senate, administration of congressional buildings, and with credentials and qualifications of members of the Senate, including responsibility for contested elections.

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United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia

The United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia was one of the first standing committees created in the United States Senate, in 1816.

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United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary

The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, informally known as the Senate Judiciary Committee, is a standing committee of 21 U.S. senators whose role is to oversee the Department of Justice (DOJ), consider executive and judicial nominations, and review pending legislation.

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United States Senate Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate

This committee of the United States Senate was created November 4, 1807.

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Utah Territory

The Territory of Utah was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from September 9, 1850, until January 4, 1896, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Utah, the 45th state.

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Valentine B. Horton

Valentine Baxter Horton (January 29, 1802 – January 14, 1888) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio during the first two years of the American Civil War.

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Vice President of the United States

The vice president of the United States (VPOTUS) is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession.

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Virginia in the American Civil War

The American state of Virginia became a prominent part of the Confederacy when it joined during the American Civil War.

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Waitman T. Willey

Waitman Thomas Willey (October 18, 1811May 2, 1900) was an American lawyer and politician from Morgantown, West Virginia.

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Waldo P. Johnson

Waldo Porter Johnson (September 16, 1817August 14, 1885) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Missouri state representative, as well as briefly as a U.S. Senator before being expelled for treason in 1862, then serving as a Confederate States Army officer and Confederate States Senator from Missouri from 1863 to 1865 and finally as chairman of the Missouri constitutional convention of 1875.

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Walter D. McIndoe

Walter Duncan McIndoe (March 30, 1819August 22, 1872) was a Scottish American immigrant, lumber industrialist, and politician.

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Warren P. Noble

Warren Perry Noble (June 14, 1820 – July 9, 1903) was an American educator, lawyer, and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1861 to 1865.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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West Virginia

West Virginia is a landlocked state in the Southern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Willard Saulsbury Jr.

Willard Saulsbury Jr. (April 17, 1861 – February 20, 1927) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware.

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Willard Saulsbury Sr.

Willard Saulsbury Sr. (June 2, 1820 – April 6, 1892) was an American lawyer and politician from Georgetown, Delaware.

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William A. Hall

William Augustus Hall (October 15, 1815 – December 15, 1888) was an American politician who served in the US House of Representatives.

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William A. Wheeler

William Almon Wheeler (June 30, 1819June 4, 1887) was an American politician and attorney.

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William Alexander Richardson

William Alexander Richardson (January 16, 1811 – December 27, 1875) was a prominent Illinois Democratic politician before and during the American Civil War.

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William Allen (congressman)

William Allen (August 13, 1827 – July 6, 1881) was a United States Representative from Ohio during the early part of the American Civil War, serving two terms from 1859 to 1863.

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William Anthony Richardson

William Anthony Richardson (August 27, 1795 – April 20, 1856) was an early California entrepreneur, influential in the development of Yerba Buena, the forerunner of the city of San Francisco.

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William Appleton (politician)

William Appleton (November 16, 1786 – February 15, 1862) was an American businessman and politician from Massachusetts.

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William D. Kelley

William Darrah Kelley (April 12, 1814 – January 9, 1890) was an American politician from Philadelphia who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district from 1861 to 1890.

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William E. Lansing

William Esselstyne Lansing (December 29, 1821 – July 29, 1883) was a U.S. Representative from New York during the American Civil War.

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William Eckart Lehman

William Eckart Lehman (August 21, 1821 – July 19, 1895) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

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William G. Brown Sr.

William Gay Brown Sr. (September 25, 1800 – April 19, 1884) was a nineteenth-century politician and lawyer from Virginia, who was twice elected to the Virginia General Assembly and thrice to the U.S. House of Representatives.

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William G. Steele

William Gaston Steele (December 17, 1820, Somerville, New Jersey – April 22, 1892, Somerville, New Jersey) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 3rd congressional district from 1861 to 1865.

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William H. Wadsworth

William Henry Wadsworth (July 4, 1821 – April 2, 1893) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.

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William H. Wallace

William Henson Wallace (July 19, 1811 – February 7, 1879) was an important figure in the early histories of two U.S. states, serving as governor and Congressional delegate from both Washington Territory and Idaho Territory.

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William J. Allen

William Joshua Allen (June 9, 1829 – January 26, 1901), frequently known as W. J. Allen, was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician.

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William K. Sebastian

William King Sebastian (June 12, 1812May 20, 1865) was an American politician, judge, and lawyer from Helena, Arkansas.

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William Kellogg (Illinois politician)

William Kellogg (July 8, 1814 – December 20, 1872) was a U. S. Representative from Illinois and Chief Justice of the Territorial Supreme Court of the Nebraska Territory.

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William McKee Dunn

William McKee Dunn (December 12, 1814 – July 24, 1887) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana and the Judge Advocate General of the United States Army.

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William Mitchell (congressman)

William Mitchell (January 19, 1807 – September 11, 1865) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a United States representative from Indiana from 1861 to 1863.

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William Morris Davis (congressman)

William Morris Davis (August 16, 1815August 5, 1891), was an abolitionist, author and a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

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William P. Cutler

William Parker Cutler (July 12, 1812 – April 11, 1889) was an American railroad executive and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio for one term from 1861 to 1863.

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William P. Fessenden

William Pitt Fessenden (October 16, 1806September 8, 1869) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine.

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William Paine Sheffield Sr.

William Paine Sheffield (August 30, 1820June 2, 1907) was a United States representative and Senator from Rhode Island.

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William S. Holman

William Steele Holman (September 6, 1822 – April 22, 1897) was a lawyer, judge and politician from Dearborn County, Indiana.

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William S. King

William Smith King (December 16, 1828 – February 24, 1900) was a Republican U.S. Representative for Minnesota from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1877.

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William Vandever

William Vandever (March 31, 1817 – July 23, 1893) was a United States representative from Iowa and later from California, and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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William Wall (New York politician)

William Wall (March 20, 1800 – April 20, 1872) was an American businessman, banker, and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York during the American Civil War.

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William Windom

William Windom (May 10, 1827January 29, 1891) was an American politician from Minnesota.

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Zachariah Chandler

Zachariah Chandler (December 10, 1813 – November 1, 1879) was an American businessman, politician, and one of the founders of the Republican Party, whose radical wing he dominated as a lifelong abolitionist.

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1850 United States census

The 1850 United States census was the seventh decennial United States Census Conducted by the Census Office, it determined the resident population of the United States to be 23,191,876—an increase of 35.9 percent over the 17,069,453 persons enumerated during the 1840 census.

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1860 United States elections

The 1860 United States elections elected the members of the 37th United States Congress.

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1860 United States presidential election

The 1860 United States presidential election was the 19th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 6, 1860.

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1860–61 United States House of Representatives elections

The 1860–61 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between August 6, 1860, and October 24, 1861, before or after the first session of the 37th United States Congress convened on July 4, 1861.

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1860–61 United States Senate elections

The 1860–61 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states.

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1862 United States elections

The 1862 United States elections occurred in the middle of Republican President Abraham Lincoln's first term, during the Third Party System and the Civil War.

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1862–63 United States House of Representatives elections

The 1862–63 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between June 2, 1862, and November 3, 1863, during the American Civil War and President Abraham Lincoln's first term.

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1862–63 United States Senate elections

The 1862–63 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states, occurring during the American Civil War.

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2nd Iowa Infantry Regiment

The 2nd Iowa Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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References

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