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A
946 lives · Adams, John; Adams, Samuel; Audubon, John James…
B
2912 lives · Barton, Clara; Booth, Edwin; Bryan, William Jennings…
C
2268 lives · Carnegie, Andrew; Clay, Henry; Cleveland, Grover…
D
1362 lives · Davis, Jefferson; Dickinson, Emily; Douglass, Frederick…
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640 lives · Edison, Thomas Alva; Emerson, Ralph Waldo; Everett, Edward…
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1032 lives · Field, Cyrus West; Franklin, Benjamin; Fulton, Robert…
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1229 lives · Garfield, James Abram; Grant, Ulysses Simpson; Greeley, Horace…
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2184 lives · Hamilton, Alexander; Hancock, John; Hawthorne, Nathaniel…
I
115 lives · Ingersoll, Robert Green; Ireland, John; Irving, Washington…
J
558 lives · Jackson, Andrew; Jefferson, Thomas; Jones, John Paul…
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593 lives · Kent, James; Key, Francis Scott; King, Rufus…
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1072 lives · Lee, Robert Edward; Lincoln, Abraham; Lowell, James Russell…
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2058 lives · Madison, James; Marshall, John; Monroe, James…
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388 lives · Nast, Thomas; Newcomb, Simon; Nicolay, John George…
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288 lives · Olmsted, Frederick Law; Osgood, Samuel; Otis, James…
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1417 lives · Paine, Thomas; Penn, William; Poe, Edgar Allan…
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43 lives · Quay, Matthew Stanley; Quincy, Josiah; Quitman, John Anthony…
R
1153 lives · Randolph, John; Revere, Paul; Roosevelt, Theodore…
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2423 lives · Seward, William Henry; Sherman, John; Sumner, Charles…
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991 lives · Taylor, Zachary; Thoreau, Henry David; Tilden, Samuel Jones…
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71 lives · Underwood, Francis Henry; Upham, Thomas Cogswell; Upshur, Abel Parker…
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290 lives · Vail, Alfred; Vance, Zebulon Baird; Vanderbilt, Cornelius…
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1847 lives · Washington, George; Webster, Daniel; Whitney, Eli…
Y
103 lives · Yates, Richard; Yerkes, Charles Tyson; Young, Brigham…
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29 lives · Zahm, John Augustine; Zeisberger, David; Zubly, John Joachim…
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Page 102: Bellamy, Orlando Rollin – Bender, John S
educator, poet, was born Aug. 10, 1856, in Vevay, Ind. He attended the DePauw university of Greencastle, and while there wrote an……
Page 273: Cushing, Luther Stearns – Cuthbert, John A
lawyer, jurist, author, was born June 22, 1803, in Lunenburg, Mass. He was a well-known authority on parliamentary practice and a……
Page 444: Hammond, Jabez D – Hamtramck, John Francis
lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman, author, was senator, congressman, author, was born Aug. 2, 1778, in New Bedford,……
Page 615: Mansfield, Joseph King Fenno – Marcy, Daniel
soldier, was born Dec. 22, 1803, in New Haven, Conn. In 1822 he was assigned to the engineer corps, and for the next three years……
Page 786: Richardson, Hobart Wood – Richmond, Jacob L
journalist, author, was born in 1831. He was a journalist of Portland, Maine, and the author of Paper Money; The National Banks;……
Page 957: Vanderhorst, Arnoldus – Vane, Henry
governor. He was the second governor of South Carolina under the constitution, serving as such from 1792 to 1794. • VAN DERLIP,……