BRISTOW, BENJAMIN HELM (1832-96) U.S. Treasury Secretary – 1874-76; Union Colonel during the American Civil War, wounded at the Battle of Shiloh # bristowbh
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BRODERICK, CASE (1839-1920) U.S. Representative – Kansas – 1891-99; Served in the 2nd Kansas Light Artillery Battery during the American Civil War# broderickc
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BROCK, WILLIAM EMERSON (1872-1950) U.S. Senator - Tennessee - 1929 to 1931 # brockwe
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GRESSET, JEAN-BAPTISTE-LOUIS (1709-77) French Poet & Dramatist# gressetjbl
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BEE, BARNARD ELLIOTT, JR. (1824-61) Confederate Brigadier General - South Carolina; Mortally wounded at the Battle of First Bull Run - July 21, 1861# beebernardelliottjr
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ACOSTA, JOSEPH (José) de (1539 or 1540-1600) Spanish Jesuit Missionary & Naturalist in Latin America# acostajd
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ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS, III (1866-1954) U.S. Navy Secretary – 1929-33; Grandson of John Quincy Adams; Great-Grandson of John Adams# adamscfIII
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ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS, SR. (1807-86) American Author & Diplomat; U.S. Representative – Massachusetts – 1859-61; Appointed U.S. Minister to England by President Lincoln – 1861-68; Son of President John Quincy Adams; Grandson of President John Adams# adamscfsr
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ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS, JR. (1835-1915) American Author & Historian; Union Brevet Brigadier General & Colonel – 5th Massachusetts Colored Volunteer Cavalry during the American Civil War # adamscfjr
Son of Charles Francis Adams; Grandson of John Quincy Adams; Great-Grandson of John Adams
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PICKERING, TIMOTHY (1745-1829) Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; U.S. Postmaster General – 1791-95; U.S. Secretary of War – 1795; U.S. Secretary of State – 1795-1800# pickeringtimothy
U.S. Senator – Massachusetts - 1803-11; U.S. Representative – Massachusetts - 1813-17
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WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-99) First U.S. President – 1789-97; American Revolutionary War General; Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army – 1775-83# washingtongeorge
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KNOX, HENRY (1750-1806) American Revolutionary War, Major General in the Continental Army; U.S. Secretary of War – 1789-94# knoxhenry
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EMMERSON, LOUIS LINCOLN (1863-1941) Governor of Illinois – 1929-33# emmersonll
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McRUER, DONALD CAMPBELL (1826-98) U.S. Congressman – California – 1865-67# mcreurdc
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McRAE, JOHN JONES (1815-68) Confederate Congressman – Mississippi – 1862-64; U.S. Senator – Mississippi – 1851-52; Governor of Mississippi – 1854-58; U.S. Representative – Mississippi - 1858-61# mcraejohnjones
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McCLELLAN, MARY ELLEN MARCY (1836-1915) Wife of Union General & New Jersey Governor George Brinton McClellan; Daughter of U.S. Army Officer Randolph B. Marcy # mcclellanmaryellenmarcy
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JACKSON, MARY ANNA MORRISON (1831-1915) Wife of Confederate Lieutenant General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson# jackspnmam
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GRIDER, HENRY (1796-1866) Served in the War of 1812; U.S. Congressman – Kentucky – 1843-47# griderh
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FISH, ELIZABETH STUYVESANT (?-?) Mother of New York Politician Hamilton Fish; Direct descendant of Peter Stuyvesant, a founder of New Amsterdam# fishelizabethstuyvesant
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WOOLSEY, SARAH CHAUNCEY (1835-1905) American Children’s Author, wrote under the pen-name Susan Coolidge # woolseysc
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