REID, HUGH THOMPSON (1811-74) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 15th Iowa Infantry; President of the Des Moines Valley Railroad# reidhughthompson
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REID, WHITELAW (1837-1912) American Politician & Newspaperman; Editor of the New York Tribune – 1872-1912# reidwhitelaw
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REILLY, JAMES WILLIAM (1828-1905) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 104th Ohio Infantry# reillyjameswilliam
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HORNER, HENRY (1878-1940) First Jewish Governor of Illinois - Died in Office; Noted collector of Abraham Lincoln memorabilia, his collection was bequeathed to the people of Illinois, and now resides at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library# hornerhenry
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BAKER, WILLIAM H. (1827-1911) U.S. Congressman – New York – 1875-79# bakerwh
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ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY (1832-88) American Novelist & Poet# alcottlouisamay
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ALDEN, ALONZO (1834-1900) Union Brevet Brigadier General# aldena
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ASHMUN, GEORGE (1804-70) U.S. Congressman – Massachusetts – 1845-51; President of the 1860 Republican National Convention at Chicago; Director of the Union Pacific Railroad Company# ashmung
Met with President Lincoln at the Executive Mansion on the evening of April 14, 1865, shortly before he departed for Ford’s Theater
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ADANSON, MICHEL (1727-1806) French Botanist & Naturalist# 17910212
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ALEXANDER, ANDREW JONATHAN (1833-87) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Captain – 3rd U.S. Cavalry; Brevetted for Gallantry at the Cavalry Engagements at Ebenezer Church, Alabama and Columbus, Georgia# alexanderaj
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ADAMS, JOHN (1735-1826) Second U.S. President – 1797-1801; U.S. Vice President – 1789-97; Signer of the Declaration of Independence; Delegate to the Continental Congress – 1774-78# adamsjohn
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ADDISON, JOSEPH (1672-1719) English Essayist & Politician# addisonj
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BAKER, OSMYN (1800-75) U.S. Congressman – Massachusetts – 1840-45# bakero
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BALLIER, JOHN F. (1815-93) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 21st & 98th Pennsylvania Infantries; Member of the Military Commission which tried Confederate Captain Henry Wirz, Commandant of Andersonville# ballierjohnf
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ADDAMS, JANE (1860-1935) American Social Reformer & Feminist; Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize - 1931# addamsj
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BALLOCH, GEORGE W. (1825-1907) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Lieutenant Colonel – 5th New Hampshire Infantry; Chief Disbursing Officer – Freedmen’s Bureau – 1865-71# ballochgw
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ADE, GEORGE (1866-1944) American Writer & Newspaper Columnist# adeg
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PERKINS, GEORGE C. (1839-1923) Governor of California – 1880-83; U.S. Senator – California – 1893-1915# perkinsgeorgec
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BAKER, SAMUEL A. (1874-1933) Governor of Missouri - 1925-29# bakersamuela
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CATHERINE OF ARAGON (1485-1536) Queen Consort of England – 1509-1533; First Wife of King Henry VIII# catherineofaragon
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