KENTON, SIMON (1755-1836) American Frontiersman & Soldier; Served in the American Revolutionary War, Northwest Indian War, and War of 1812; Namesake of Kenton, Ohio and Kenton County, Kentucky# kentons
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BAKER, JOHN H. (1832-1915) U.S. Congressman – Indiana – 1875-81# bakerjh
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BACHE, ALEXANDER D. (1806-67) First President – National Academy of Sciences – 1863-67; Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey – 1843-67; A Founder of the Smithsonian Institution; Great-Grandson of Benjamin Franklin# bachead
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BAGLEY, GEORGE AUGUSTUS (1826-1915) U.S. Congressman – New York – 1875-79# bagleyga
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BAGLEY, JOHN H., JR. (1832-1902) U.S. Congressman – New York – 1875-77 & 1883-85; Vice President of the Catskill Mountain Railway Company# bagleyjhjr
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BAKER, EDWARD DICKINSON (1811-61) Union Major General of Volunteers, Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Ball’s Bluff - October 21, 1861; Union Colonel – 71st Pennsylvania Infantry# bakeredwarddickinson
Served in the Mexican War; U.S. Congressman – Illinois – 1845-47 & 1849-51; U.S. Senator – Oregon – 1860-61; Close friend of President Abraham Lincoln
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BOOTH, EDWIN (1833-93) American Shakespearean Actor; Older brother of John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865# boothe
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JUDD, NORMAN BUEL (1815-78) U.S. Congressman - Illinois - 1867-71# juddnb
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FREMONT, JESSIE BENTON (1824 -1902) American Writer; Wife of John C. Fremont; Daughter of Thomas Hart Benton# fremontjb
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LENIN, VLADIMIR ILYICH (1870-1924) Russian Revolutionary, Politician, and Marxist Political Theorist; Leader of Government of Soviet Russia & the Soviet Union – 1917-24 # leninvi
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DANIELS, JOSEPHUS (1862-1948) U.S. Navy Secretary – 1913-21; American Diplomat and Newspaper Editor# danielsjosephus
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BRAHE, TYCHO (1546-1601) Danish Astronomer & Writer# brahet
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MARX, KARL (1818-83) German Political Theorist, Writer, and Social Revolutionary# marxkarl
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ALLEN, HENRY WATKINS (1820-66) Confederate Brigadier General; Confederate Governor of Louisiana – 1864-65# allenhenrywatkins
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BROOKE, JOHN RUTTER (1838-1926) Union Brigadier General; U.S. Major General during the Spanish-American War# brookejohnrutter
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BRUCE, BLANCHE KELSO (1841-98) U.S. Senator – Mississippi – 1875-81; First elected African-American Senator to serve a full term; Register of the U.S. Treasury – 1881-85 & 1897-98# bruceblanchekelso
Signatures as U.S. Senator from Mississippi.
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BERRIAN, JAMES M. (1781-1856) U.S. Attorney General – 1829-31; U.S. Senator – Georgia – 1825-29 & 1845-52; Captain of the Georgia Hussars – War of 1812# berrianjm
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BENTON, JACOB (1814-92) U.S. Congressman - New Hampshire - 1867-71# bentonj
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GUEVARA, ERNESTO "CHE" (1928-67) Argentine Marxist Revolutionary, Physician, Writer, and Guerrilla Leader; Major figure in the Cuban Revolution# guevaraernestoche
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ABERCROMBIE, LASCELLES (1881-1938) English Poet & Critic# abercrombiel
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