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Fish, Hamilton (1808-1893), was an American statesman. See more »
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Chandler, Zachariah
Chandler, Zachariah, zak uh RY uh (1813-1879), was an early leader of the Republican Party.
See more »Clay, Cassius Marcellus
Clay, Cassius Marcellus (1810-1903), was an American politician and abolitionist.
See more »Douglass, Frederick
Douglass, Frederick (1817-1895), was the leading spokesman of African Americans in the 1800's.
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Everett, Edward (1794-1865), an American statesman, was considered one of the greatest orators of his day.
See more »Fessenden, William Pitt
Fessenden, FEHS uhn duhn, William Pitt (1806-1869), was a United States senator from Maine from 1854 to 1864 and from 1865 to 1869.
See more »King, Thomas Starr
King, Thomas Starr (1824-1864), was a Unitarian minister, humanitarian, and orator.
See more »Lincoln, Abraham
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865), was one of the truly great men of all time.
See more »McClellan, George Brinton
McClellan, George Brinton (1826-1885), served for a time as the general in chief of the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861-1865).
See more »Meade, George Gordon
Meade, meed, George Gordon (1815-1872), was a Union general in the Civil War (1861-1865).
See more »Pierpont, Francis Harrison
Pierpont, Francis Harrison (1814-1899), was governor of the "Restored Government of Virginia" during the American Civil War.
See more »Pinkerton, Allan
Pinkerton, Allan (1819-1884), an American detective, in 1850 established one of the first detective agencies in the United States.
See more »Stanton, Edwin McMasters
Stanton, Edwin McMasters (1814-1869), an American statesman, served as secretary of war in the Cabinet of President Abraham Lincoln.
See more »Vallandigham, Clement Laird
Vallandigham, vuh LAN dih guhm, Clement Laird (1820-1871), an Ohio politician, criticized President Abraham Lincoln's Civil War policies.
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