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Fish, Hamilton (1808-1893), was an American statesman. See more »

Chandler, Zachariah

Chandler, Zachariah, zak uh RY uh (1813-1879), was an early leader of the Republican Party.

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Clay, Cassius Marcellus

Clay, Cassius Marcellus (1810-1903), was an American politician and abolitionist.

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Douglass, Frederick

Douglass, Frederick (1817-1895), was the leading spokesman of African Americans in the 1800's.

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Everett, Edward

Everett, Edward (1794-1865), an American statesman, was considered one of the greatest orators of his day.

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Father Abraham

Father Abraham was a popular name for Abraham Lincoln.

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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.

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Fish, Hamilton

Fish, Hamilton (1808-1893), was an American statesman.

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King, Thomas Starr

King, Thomas Starr (1824-1864), was a Unitarian minister, humanitarian, and orator.

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Lincoln, Abraham

Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865), was one of the truly great men of all time.

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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).

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Meade, George Gordon

Meade, meed, George Gordon (1815-1872), was a Union general in the Civil War (1861-1865).

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Pierpont, Francis Harrison

Pierpont, Francis Harrison (1814-1899), was governor of the "Restored Government of Virginia" during the American Civil War.

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Pinkerton, Allan

Pinkerton, Allan (1819-1884), an American detective, in 1850 established one of the first detective agencies in the United States.

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Stanton, Edwin McMasters

Stanton, Edwin McMasters (1814-1869), an American statesman, served as secretary of war in the Cabinet of President Abraham Lincoln.

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Trumbull, Lyman

Trumbull, Lyman (1813-1896), was an American political leader.

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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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