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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.^[1]

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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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Akron, Ohio

Akron is a city in and the county seat of Summit County, Ohio, United States.

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Al Gore

Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician, businessman, and environmentalist who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. Schuyler Colfax and al Gore are vice presidents of the United States.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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American Revolution

The American Revolution was a rebellion and political movement in the Thirteen Colonies which peaked when colonists initiated an ultimately successful war for independence against the Kingdom of Great Britain.

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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. Schuyler Colfax and Andrew Johnson are 19th-century vice presidents of the United States, Republican Party (United States) vice presidential nominees and vice presidents of the United States.

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Aurora, Colorado

Aurora is a home rule municipality located in Arapahoe, Adams, and Douglas counties, Colorado, United States.

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Battle of Belmont

The Battle of Belmont was fought on November 7, 1861, in Mississippi County, Missouri.

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Battle of Fort Donelson

The Battle of Fort Donelson was fought from February 11–16, 1862, in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.

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Battle of Fort Henry

The Battle of Fort Henry was fought on February 6, 1862, in Stewart County, Tennessee, during the American Civil War.

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Battle of Perryville

The Battle of Perryville, also known as the Battle of Chaplin Hills, was fought on October 8, 1862, in the Chaplin Hills west of Perryville, Kentucky, as the culmination of the Confederate Heartland Offensive (Kentucky Campaign) during the American Civil War.

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Battle of Wilson's Creek

The Battle of Wilson's Creek, also known as the Battle of Oak Hills, was the first major battle of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War.

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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. Schuyler Colfax and Benjamin Wade are 1868 United States vice-presidential candidates.

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Benton Harbor, Michigan

Benton Harbor is a city in Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Beta Theta Pi

Beta Theta Pi (ΒΘΠ), commonly known as Beta, is a North American social fraternity that was founded in 1839 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

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Bill Clinton

William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001.

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Bill Raymond

William Joseph Raymond (born September 9, 1938) is an American actor who has appeared in film, television, theater and radio drama since the 1960s.

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Braxton Bragg

Braxton Bragg (March 22, 1817 – September 27, 1876) was an American army officer during the Second Seminole War and Mexican–American War and Confederate general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, serving in the Western Theater.

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Brigham Young

Brigham Young (June 1, 1801August 29, 1877) was an American religious leader and politician.

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Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University (BYU) is a private research university in Provo, Utah, United States.

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Caleb B. Smith

Caleb Blood Smith (April 16, 1808 – January 7, 1864) was a United States Representative from Indiana, the 6th United States Secretary of the Interior and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Indiana.

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Chicago

Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.

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Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway

The Chicago, St.

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Colfax Avenue

Colfax Avenue is the main street that runs east–west through the Denver metropolitan area in Colorado.

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Colfax County, Nebraska

Colfax County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska.

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Colfax County, New Mexico

Colfax County is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico.

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Colfax, California

Colfax (formerly Alden Grove, Alder Grove, Illinoistown, and Upper Corral) is a city in Placer County, California, at the crossroads of Interstate 80 and State Route 174.

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Colfax, Custer County, Colorado

Colfax was a short-lived communal farming community in Fremont County, Colorado Territory – now a ghost town in Custer County, Colorado, United States.

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Colfax, Illinois

Colfax is a village in McLean County, Illinois, United States.

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Colfax, Indiana

Colfax is a town in Perry Township, Clinton County, Indiana, United States.

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Colfax, Iowa

Colfax is a city in Jasper County, Iowa, United States.

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Colfax, Louisiana

Colfax is a town in, and the parish seat of, Grant Parish, Louisiana, United States, founded in 1869.

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Colfax, North Carolina

Colfax is a small unincorporated community located in Guilford County, North Carolina, United States.

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Colfax, Texas

Colfax is an unincorporated populated place in Van Zandt County, Texas, United States.

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Colfax, Washington

Colfax is a city and the county seat of Whitman County, Washington, United States.

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Colfax, Wisconsin

Colfax is a village in Dunn County, Wisconsin, United States.

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Colorado State Capitol

The Colorado State Capitol Building, located at 200 East Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado, United States, is the home of the Colorado General Assembly and the offices of the Governor of Colorado, Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, and the Colorado State Treasurer.

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Columbus, Kentucky

Columbus is a home rule-class city in Hickman County, Kentucky, in the United States.

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Commander-in-Chief's Guard

The Commander-in-Chief's Guard, commonly known as Washington's Life Guard, was a unit of the Continental Army that protected General George Washington during the American Revolutionary War.

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Concord, California

Concord is the most populous city in Contra Costa County, California, United States.

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Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America (CSA), commonly referred to as the Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or the South, was an unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United States that existed from February 8, 1861, to May 9, 1865.

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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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Convention (norm)

A convention is a set of agreed, stipulated, or generally accepted standards, social norms, or other criteria, often taking the form of a custom.

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County auditor

The term county auditor is applied as a descriptor, and sometimes as a title, for the fiscal officer in county government with oversight responsibility of all financial books and records of all county offices.

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Crédit Mobilier scandal

The Crédit Mobilier scandal was a two-part fraud conducted from 1864 to 1867 by the Union Pacific Railroad and the Crédit Mobilier of America construction company in the building of the eastern portion of the first transcontinental railroad from the Missouri River to Utah Territory.

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Dallas

Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people.

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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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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Demonstration (military)

In military terminology, a demonstration is an attack or show of force on a front where a decision is not sought, made with the aim of deceiving the enemy.

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Denver

Denver is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado.

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DePauw University

DePauw University is a private liberal arts college in Greencastle, Indiana.

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Don Carlos Buell

Don Carlos Buell (March 23, 1818November 19, 1898) was a United States Army officer who fought in the Seminole War, the Mexican–American War, and the American Civil War.

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Ellen Maria Colfax

Ellen Maria Wade Colfax (July 26, 1836 – March 4, 1911) was the second wife of Schuyler Colfax, who became the first House speaker to be elected vice president when he ran on a ticket headed by Ulysses S. Grant in 1868. Schuyler Colfax and Ellen Maria Colfax are Colfax family and Schuyler family.

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Encyclopædia Britannica

The British Encyclopaedia is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.

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Evanston, Illinois

Evanston is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, situated on the North Shore along Lake Michigan.

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Evelyn Clark Colfax

Evelyn Clark Colfax (1823 in Argyle, Washington County, New York – July 10, 1863 in Newport, Rhode Island) was the first wife of Schuyler Colfax, an American politician who later became Speaker of the House of Representatives and Vice President of the United States serving as the first vice president of Ulysses S. Schuyler Colfax and Evelyn Clark Colfax are Colfax family.

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Federal government of the United States

The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) is the national government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, composed of 50 states, five major self-governing territories, several island possessions, and the federal district/national capital of Washington, D.C., where most of the federal government is based.

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Federal impeachment in the United States

In the United States, federal impeachment is the process by which the House of Representatives charges the president, vice president, or another civil federal officer for alleged misconduct.

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First Battle of Lexington

The siege of Lexington, also known as the first battle of Lexington or the Battle of the Hemp Bales, was a minor conflict of the American Civil War.

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First transcontinental railroad

America's first transcontinental railroad (known originally as the "Pacific Railroad" and later as the "Overland Route") was a continuous railroad line built between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern U.S. rail network at Council Bluffs, Iowa, with the Pacific coast at the Oakland Long Wharf on San Francisco Bay.

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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. Schuyler Colfax and Francis Preston Blair Jr. are 1868 United States vice-presidential candidates.

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Freedmen's Bureau

The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, usually referred to as simply the Freedmen's Bureau, was a U.S. government agency of early post American Civil War Reconstruction, assisting freedmen (i.e., former slaves) in the South.

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Freemasonry

Freemasonry or Masonry refers to fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemasons that, from the end of the 14th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients.

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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. Schuyler Colfax and Galusha A. Grow are speakers of the United States House of Representatives.

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George Washington

George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American Founding Father, military officer, and politician who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.

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Google Books

Google Books (previously known as Google Book Search, Google Print, and by its code-name Project Ocean) is a service from Google that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition (OCR), and stored in its digital database.

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Harold B. Lee Library

The Harold B. Lee Library (HBLL) is the main academic library of Brigham Young University (BYU) located in Provo, Utah.

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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. Schuyler Colfax and Henry Wilson are 19th-century vice presidents of the United States, Grant administration personnel, Republican Party (United States) vice presidential nominees, Republican Party vice presidents of the United States and vice presidents of the United States.

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Hoosier

Hoosier is the official demonym for the people of the U.S. state of Indiana.

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Horace Greeley

Horace Greeley (February 3, 1811 – November 29, 1872) was an American newspaper editor and publisher who was the founder and editor of the New-York Tribune.

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Horatio Seymour

Horatio Seymour (May 31, 1810February 12, 1886) was an American politician.

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Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

The impeachment of Andrew Johnson was initiated on February 24, 1868, when the United States House of Representatives passed a resolution to impeach Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the United States, for "high crimes and misdemeanors".

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Independent Order of Odd Fellows

The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) is a non-political, non-sectarian international fraternal order of Odd Fellowship.

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Indiana

Indiana is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Indiana General Assembly

The Indiana General Assembly is the state legislature, or legislative branch, of the U.S. state of Indiana.

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Indiana Senate

The Indiana Senate is the upper house of the Indiana General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Indiana.

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Indiana's 9th congressional district

Indiana's 9th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana.

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Indianapolis

Indianapolis, colloquially known as Indy, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County.

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Indianapolis Journal

The Indianapolis Journal was a newspaper published in Indianapolis, Indiana, during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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International Association of Rebekah Assemblies

The Daughters of Rebekah, also known as the Rebekahs and the International Association of Rebekah Assemblies, is an international service-oriented organization and a branch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

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James Brooks (politician)

James Brooks (November 10, 1807 – April 30, 1873) was an American educator, lawyer, and politician who represented New York City in the United States House of Representatives for seven nonconsecutive terms between 1849 and his death in 1873.

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Jamestown, New York

Jamestown is a city in southern Chautauqua County, New York, United States.

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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 D. Defrees

John Dougherty Defrees (1810–1882) was an American newspaperman and politician. Schuyler Colfax and John D. Defrees are Indiana Whigs.

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John Nance Garner

John Nance Garner III (November 22, 1868 – November 7, 1967), known among his contemporaries as "Cactus Jack", was an American Democratic politician and lawyer from Texas. Schuyler Colfax and John Nance Garner are speakers of the United States House of Representatives and vice presidents of the United States.

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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. Schuyler Colfax and John P. C. Shanks are Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana.

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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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Kansas–Nebraska Act

The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 was a territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.

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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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L. Tom Perry Special Collections Library

The L. Tom Perry Special Collections is the special collections department of Brigham Young University (BYU)'s Harold B. Lee Library in Provo, Utah.

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Lakewood, Colorado

Lakewood is the home rule municipality that is the most populous municipality in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States.

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Lebanon, Ohio

Lebanon is a city in and the county seat of Warren County, Ohio, United States.

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Leonidas Polk

Lieutenant-General Leonidas Polk (April 10, 1806 – June 14, 1864) was an American Confederate military officer, a bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana and founder of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America, which separated from the Episcopal Church of the United States of America.

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Liberal Republican Party (United States)

The Liberal Republican Party was an American political party that was organized in May 1872 to oppose the reelection of President Ulysses S. Grant and his Radical Republican supporters in the presidential election of 1872.

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Lincoln (film)

Lincoln is a 2012 American biographical historical drama film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg, starring Daniel Day-Lewis as United States President Abraham Lincoln.

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List of federal political scandals in the United States

This article provides a list of political scandals that involve officials from the government of the United States, sorted from oldest to most recent.

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List of mayors of South Bend, Indiana

This is a list of mayors of South Bend, Indiana, beginning with South Bend's incorporation as a city on May 22, 1865.

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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 Republican Party presidential tickets

This is a list of the candidates for the offices of President of the United States and Vice President of the United States of the Republican Party, either duly preselected and nominated, or the presumptive nominees of a future preselection and election. Schuyler Colfax and list of United States Republican Party presidential tickets are Republican Party (United States) vice presidential nominees.

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List of vice presidents of the United States by other offices held

This is a list of vice presidents of the United States by other offices (either elected or appointive) held, either before or after service as the vice president.

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Major general (United States)

In the United States Armed Forces, a major general is a two-star general officer in the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force.

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Mankato, Minnesota

Mankato is a city in Blue Earth, Nicollet, and Le Sueur counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

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Minneapolis

Minneapolis, officially the City of Minneapolis, is a city in and the county seat of Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. With a population of 429,954, it is the state's most populous city as of the 2020 census. It occupies both banks of the Mississippi River and adjoins Saint Paul, the state capital of Minnesota.

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Mishawaka, Indiana

Mishawaka is a city on the St. Joseph River, in Penn Township, St. Joseph County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

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Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the primary river and second-longest river of the largest drainage basin in the United States.

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Missouri River

The Missouri River is a river in the Central and Mountain West regions of the United States.

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Moot court

Moot court is a co-curricular activity at many law schools.

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Nathaniel Lyon

Nathaniel Lyon (July 14, 1818 – August 10, 1861) was a United States Army officer who was the first Union general to be killed in the American Civil War.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value".

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New Carlisle, Indiana

New Carlisle is a town in Olive Township, St. Joseph County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

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New Jersey Army National Guard

The New Jersey Army National Guard consists of more than 6,000 Citizen-Soldiers.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New-York Tribune

The New-York Tribune (from 1914: New York Tribune) was an American newspaper founded in 1841 by editor Horace Greeley.

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Norman Eddy

Norman S. Eddy (December 10, 1810 – January 28, 1872) was an American politician and military officer.

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Oakes Ames

Oakes Ames (January 10, 1804 – May 8, 1873) was an American businessman, investor, and politician.

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Oath of office of the vice president of the United States

The oath of office of the vice president of the United States is the oath or affirmation that the vice president of the United States takes upon assuming the vice-presidency but before beginning the execution of the office.

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Palatine, Illinois

Palatine is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.

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People's Party (Indiana)

The Indiana People's Party was a short-lived American political party in the state of Indiana.

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Philip Pieterse Schuyler

Colonel Philip Pieterse Schuyler or Philip Pieterse (1628 – 9 May 1683) was a Dutch-born colonist landowner who was the progenitor of the American Schuyler family. Schuyler Colfax and Philip Pieterse Schuyler are Schuyler family.

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Philip Schuyler

Philip John Schuyler (November 20, 1733 - November 18, 1804) was an American general in the Revolutionary War and a United States Senator from New York. Schuyler Colfax and Philip Schuyler are Schuyler family.

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Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is a city in and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant

The presidency of Ulysses S. Grant began on March 4, 1869, when Ulysses S. Grant was inaugurated as the 18th president of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1877.

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Radical Republicans

The Radical Republicans (later also known as "Stalwarts") were a political faction within the Republican Party originating from the party's founding in 1854—some six years before the Civil War—until the Compromise of 1877, which effectively ended Reconstruction.

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Ratification

Ratification is a principal's legal confirmation of an act of its agent.

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Reconstruction era

The Reconstruction era was a period in United States history following the American Civil War, dominated by the legal, social, and political challenges of abolishing slavery and reintegrating the eleven former Confederate States of America into the United States.

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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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Richardson, Texas

Richardson is a city in Dallas and Collin counties in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Rock Rapids, Iowa

Rock Rapids is a city in and the county seat of Lyon County, Iowa, United States.

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Roselle Park, New Jersey

Roselle Park is a borough in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Rotten Tomatoes

Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television.

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Running mate

A running mate is a person running together with another person on a joint ticket during an election.

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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 S. Marshall

Samuel Scott Marshall (March 12, 1821 – July 26, 1890) was an American politician and attorney who served a total of seven terms as a U.S. representative from Illinois.

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San Fernando Valley

The San Fernando Valley, known locally as the Valley, is an urbanized valley in Los Angeles County, California.

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Schuyler Colfax III

Schuyler Washington Colfax III (April 11, 1870 – March 29, 1925) was an American Republican politician who served as the 11th mayor of South Bend, Indiana from 1898 to 1902. Schuyler Colfax and Schuyler Colfax III are Colfax family and Schuyler family.

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Schuyler, Nebraska

Schuyler is a city in Colfax County, Nebraska, United States.

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Schuyler–Colfax House

The Schuyler–Colfax House is located at 2343 Paterson Hamburg Turnpike in Wayne, Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. Schuyler Colfax and Schuyler–Colfax House are Schuyler family.

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Sedalia, Missouri

Sedalia is a city located approximately south of the Missouri River and, as the county seat of Pettis County, Missouri, United States, it is the principal city of the Sedalia Micropolitan Statistical Area.

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Seventh-day Adventist Church

The Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA) is an Adventist Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in the Christian (Gregorian) and the Hebrew calendar, as the Sabbath, its emphasis on the imminent Second Coming (advent) of Jesus Christ, and its annihilationist soteriology.

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Slavery

Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour.

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Slavery in the United States

The legal institution of human chattel slavery, comprising the enslavement primarily of Africans and African Americans, was prevalent in the United States of America from its founding in 1776 until 1865, predominantly in the South.

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South Bend City Cemetery

The South Bend City Cemetery is a historic cemetery in South Bend, Indiana.

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South Bend Tribune

The South Bend Tribune is a daily newspaper and news website which is based in South Bend, Indiana.

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South Bend, Indiana

South Bend is a city in and the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States, on the St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name.

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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. Schuyler Colfax and speaker of the United States House of Representatives are speakers of the United States House of Representatives.

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Springdale, Pennsylvania

Springdale is a borough in northeastern Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, northeast of Pittsburgh along the Allegheny River.

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St. Joseph County, Indiana

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Sterling Price

Sterling Price (September 14, 1809 – September 29, 1867) was a United States general and senior officer of the Confederate States Army who fought in both the Western and Trans-Mississippi theater of the American Civil War.

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Steven Spielberg

Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Sun (New York City)

The Sun was a New York newspaper published from 1833 until 1950.

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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. Schuyler Colfax and Theodore M. Pomeroy are speakers of the United States House of Representatives.

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Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.

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Ulysses S. Grant

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Union Army

During the American Civil War, the United States Army, the land force that fought to preserve the collective Union of the states, was often referred to as the Union Army, the Grand Army of the Republic, the Federal Army, or the Northern Army.

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Union Pacific Railroad

The Union Pacific Railroad is a Class I freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans.

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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 hearing

A United States congressional hearing is the principal formal method by which United States congressional committees collect and analyze information in the early stages of legislative policymaking.

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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 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 Revenue Cutter Service

The United States Revenue Cutter Service was established by an act of Congress on 4 August 1790 as the Revenue-Marine upon the recommendation of Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton to serve as an armed customs enforcement service.

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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. Schuyler Colfax and vice President of the United States are vice presidents of the United States.

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Victor Emmanuel II

Victor Emmanuel II (Vittorio Emanuele II; full name: Vittorio Emanuele Maria Alberto Eugenio Ferdinando Tommaso di Savoia; 14 March 1820 – 9 January 1878) was King of Sardinia (also known as Piedmont-Sardinia) from 23 March 1849 until 17 March 1861, when he assumed the title of King of Italy and became the first king of an independent, united Italy since the 6th century, a title he held until his death in 1878.

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War of 1812

The War of 1812 was fought by the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in North America.

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Wayne, New Jersey

Wayne is a township in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party that existed in the United States during the mid-19th century.

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William Bross

William J. Bross (November 4, 1813 – January 27, 1890) was an American politician and publisher originally from the New Jersey–New York–Pennsylvania tri-state area.

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William Colfax

William Colfax (July 3, 1756 – September 9, 1838) was an American officer who served as Captain of George Washington's Life Guard beginning on March 18, 1778. Schuyler Colfax and William Colfax are Colfax family and Schuyler family.

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Winfield Scott

Winfield Scott (June 13, 1786May 29, 1866) was an American military commander and political candidate.

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Zachary Taylor

Zachary Taylor (November 24, 1784 – July 9, 1850) was an American military leader who served as the 12th president of the United States from 1849 until his death in 1850.

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1848 Whig National Convention

The 1848 Whig National Convention was a presidential nominating convention held from June 7 to 9 in Philadelphia.

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1852 Whig National Convention

The 1852 Whig National Convention was a presidential nominating convention held from June 16 to June 21, in Baltimore, Maryland.

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1854–55 United States House of Representatives elections

The 1854–55 United States House of Representatives elections were held in 31 states for all 234 seats between August 4, 1854, and November 6, 1855, during President Franklin Pierce's term.

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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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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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1868 United States presidential election

The 1868 United States presidential election was the 21st quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 1868.

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1872 Republican National Convention

The 1872 Republican National Convention was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 5–6, 1872.

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1882 United States House of Representatives elections

The 1882 United States House of Representatives elections were held for the most part on November 7, 1882, with five states holding theirs early between June and October.

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38th United States Congress

The 38th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.

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39th United States Congress

The 39th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.

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40th United States Congress

The 40th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.

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References

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