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| x Ted Kennedy |
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Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was a United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. Serving almost 47 years, he was the second most senior member of the Senate when he died and is the...
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| x Fred G. Aandahl |
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Fred George Aandahl (April 9, 1897 – April 7, 1966) was a Republican politician from North Dakota. He served as the 23rd Governor of North Dakota from 1945 to 1951 and as a U.S. Representative from 1951 to 1953.
Aandahl was born in Litchville,...
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| x Watkins Moorman Abbitt | A000002 |
Watkins Moorman Abbitt (May 21, 1908 – July 13, 1998) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia. He was born in Lynchburg, Virginia and graduated from Appomattox Agricultural High School in Appomattox, Virginia in 1925. He earned an LL.B. from the...
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| x Joel Abbot | A000003 |
Joel Abbot (March 17, 1776 – November 19, 1826) was a United States Representative from Georgia. He practiced as a physician.
Born in Ridgefield, Connecticut on March 17, 1776, Abbott moved to Washington, Georgia, in 1826 and practiced medicine. He...
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| x Joseph Abbott |
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A000005 |
Joseph "Jo" Abbott (January 15, 1840 – February 11, 1908) was a member of the Confederate States Army and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas.
Abbott was born January 15, 1840 in Morgan County, Alabama near Decatur and...
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| x Joseph Carter Abbott |
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A000006 |
Joseph Carter Abbott (July 15, 1825 – October 8, 1881) was a Union Army colonel during the American Civil War who was awarded the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers and a Republican United States Senator from the state of North Carolina...
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| x Josiah Gardner Abbott |
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A000007 |
Josiah Gardner Abbott (November 1, 1814 – June 2, 1891) was an American politician who served in the Massachusetts General Court and as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.
Abbott was born in Chelmsford,...
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| x Nehemiah Abbott | A000008 |
Nehemiah Abbott (March 29, 1804 – July 26, 1877) was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Sidney, studied law at the Litchfield, Connecticut Law School, was admitted to the bar in 1836 and began his practice at Calais, Maine.
In...
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| x James Abdnor |
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A000009 |
James Abdnor (born February 13, 1923) is a Republican politician from the state of South Dakota.
He graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1945 where he became a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. He served in the United States Army during...
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| x Hazel Abel |
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A000010 |
Hazel Hempel Abel (July 10, 1888 – July 30, 1966) was an American politician and member of the United States Senate. She was born in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, and attended the public schools of Omaha, Nebraska.
She graduated from the University of...
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| x Pete Abele | A000011 |
Homer E. "Pete" Abele (November 21, 1916 – May 12, 2000) was an American politician of the Ohio Republican party.
Abele graduated from Wellston High School in his birthplace of Wellston, Ohio in 1934. From 1935 to 1936, he served in the Civilian...
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| x James Abercrombie | A000012 |
James Abercrombie (February 18, 1792 – July 2, 1861) was an American politician. He was born in Hancock County, Georgia in 1792. He moved to Alabama in the early 1810s and settled first in Monroe County, now called Dallas County, Alabama, and then...
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| x John Abercrombie | A000013 |
John William Abercrombie (May 17, 1866 – July 2, 1940) was President of the University of Alabama and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama. He was born in St. Clair County, Alabama, near Kellys Creek Post Office, in...
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| x Neil Abercrombie |
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A000014 |
Neil A. Abercrombie (born June 26, 1938) is an American politician and is the seventh Governor of Hawaii. Previously he was the Democratic U.S. Representative of the First Congressional District of Hawaii, which comprises urban Honolulu. He served...
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| x Charles Laban Abernethy |
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A000015 |
Charles Laban Abernethy (18 March 1872 – 23 February 1955) was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1922 and 1935.
Born in Rutherford College, North Carolina, Abernethy attended local public schools and Rutherford College before...
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| x Thomas Abernethy |
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A000016 |
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy (May 16, 1903 – June 11, 1998) was a member of the United States House of Representatives. He was born in Eupora, Mississippi. He attended the local public schools.
He studied at the University of Alabama, and the University...
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| x James Abourezk |
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A000017 |
James George Abourezk (born February 24, 1931) is a former Democratic United States Representative and United States Senator, and was the first Arab-American to serve in the United States Senate. He represented South Dakota in the U.S. Senate from...
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| x Spencer Abraham |
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Edmund Spencer Abraham (born June 12, 1952) is a former United States Senator from Michigan. He served as the tenth United States Secretary of Energy, serving under President George W. Bush. Abraham is one of the founders of the Federalist Society....
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| x Bella Abzug |
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A000018 |
Bella Savitsky Abzug (July 24, 1920 – March 31, 1998) was an American lawyer, Congresswoman, social activist and a leader of the Women's Movement. In 1971, Abzug joined other leading feminists such as Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan to found the...
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| x AnÃbal Acevedo Vilá |
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A000359 |
Aníbal Salvador Acevedo Vilá (born 13 February 1962) is a Puerto Rican politician and lawyer. He served as the eighth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a Commonwealth of the United States, from 2005 to 2009. He is a Harvard University...
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| x Ernest F. Acheson |
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A000019 |
Ernest Francis Acheson (September 19, 1855 – May 16, 1917) was a newspaper editor and a representative to the United States House of Representatives. He was born in Washington, Pennsylvania in 1855. He attended the public schools there, and then...
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| x Ephraim Leister Acker | A000020 |
Ephraim Leister Acker (January 11, 1827 – May 12, 1903) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Ephraim L. Acker was born in Marlborough Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He attended the common...
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| x Ernest R. Ackerman |
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A000021 |
Ernest Robinson Ackerman (June 17, 1863 – October 18, 1931) was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1919 to 1931.
Ackerman was born in New...
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| x Gary Ackerman |
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A000022 |
Gary Leonard Ackerman (born November 19, 1942) is the U.S. Representative for New York's 5th congressional district, serving since a special election in 1983. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district encompasses the North Shore of Long...
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| x Joseph H. Acklen |
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Joseph Hayes Acklen (May 20, 1850 – September 28, 1938) was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.
Joseph Hayes Acklen was born in Nashville, Tennessee, to Adelicia and Joseph Alexander Smith Acklen, a wealthy couple whose summer home was located in...
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| x E. Ross Adair | A000024 |
Edwin Ross Adair (December 14, 1907 – May 5, 1983) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.
Born in Albion, Indiana, Adair attended grade and high schools in that city. He graduated from Hillsdale College in Michigan, A.B., 1928, and from George...
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| x J. Leroy Adair | A000025 |
Jackson Leroy Adair (February 23, 1887 – January 19, 1956) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois and a federal judge.
Born in Clayton, Illinois, Adair attended public and high schools, and Illinois College at Jacksonville. He was graduated from...
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| x John Adair |
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A000026 |
John Adair (January 9, 1757 – May 19, 1840) was an American pioneer, soldier and statesman. He was the eighth Governor of Kentucky and represented the state in both the U.S. House and Senate. Adair enlisted in the state militia and served in the...
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| x John A. M. Adair | A000027 |
John Alfred McDowell Adair (December 22, 1864 – October 5, 1938) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.
Born in Portland, Indiana, Adair attended the public schools and Portland High School. He engaged in mercantile pursuits. He served as clerk of...
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| x Alva B. Adams |
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A000028 |
Alva Blanchard Adams (October 29, 1875 – December 1, 1941) was a Democratic politician who represented Colorado in the United States Senate from 1923 until 1924 and again from 1933 to 1941.
Adams was born in Del Norte, Colorado and graduated from...
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| x Andrew Adams | A000029 |
Andrew Adams (January 7, 1736 – November 26, 1797) was an American lawyer, jurist, and political leader in Litchfield, Connecticut, during the American Revolutionary War. He was a delegate for Connecticut to the Continental Congress and later Chief...
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| x Benjamin Adams |
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A000030 |
Benjamin Adams (December 16, 1764 – March 28, 1837) was an American lawyer and politician. Adams was born in Mendon, Massachusetts in 1764. Benjamin Adams grew up in Mendon, which was then a rural agricultural community. He was well educated by...
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| x Brock Adams |
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A000031 |
Brockman "Brock" Adams (January 13, 1927 – September 10, 2004) was an American politician and member of Congress. Adams was a Democrat from Washington and served as a U.S. Representative, Senator, and United States Secretary of Transportation before...
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| x Charles Francis Adams, Sr. |
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A000032 |
Charles Francis Adams, Sr. (August 18, 1807 – November 21, 1886) was an American lawyer, politician, diplomat and writer. He was the grandson of President John Adams and Abigail Adams and the son of President John Quincy Adams and Louisa Adams.
He...
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| x Charles H. Adams |
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A000033 |
Charles Henry Adams (April 10, 1824 – December 15, 1902) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Coxsackie, he attended the public schools, studied law, was admitted to the bar about 1845 and commenced practice in New York City. He...
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| x George E. Adams | A000034 |
George Everett Adams (June 18, 1840 – October 5, 1917) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Keene, New Hampshire, Adams moved with his parents to Chicago, Illinois, in 1853. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire. He...
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| x George Madison Adams |
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A000035 |
George Madison Adams (December 20, 1837 – April 6, 1920) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, nephew of Green Adams.
Born in Barbourville, Kentucky, Adams received private instruction from his father and studied law at Centre College in Danville...
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| x Green Adams | A000036 |
Green Adams (August 20, 1812 – January 18, 1884) was a lawyer and member and functionary of the United States Congress. He was born in Barbourville, Kentucky in 1812.
He studied law and was admitted to the bar. In 1839, he was elected to the...
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| x Henry Cullen Adams | A000037 |
Henry Cullen Adams (November 28, 1850, Verona, New York – July 9, 1906, Chicago) was an American farmer, public official, and U. S. Congressman from Wisconsin, best known for his support of pure food laws.
Adams grew up on a farm in southern...
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| x John Adams |
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A000039 |
John Adams (October 30, 1735 (O.S. October 19, 1735) – July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father, lawyer, statesman, diplomat and political theorist. A leading champion of independence in 1776, he was the second President of the United States ...
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| x John Quincy Adams |
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A000041 |
John Quincy Adams /ˈkwɪnzi/ (July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was the sixth President of the United States (1825–1829). He served as an American diplomat, Senator, and Congressional representative. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic...
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| x Parmenio Adams | A000042 |
Parmenio Adams (September 9, 1776, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut – February 19, 1832, Alexander, Genesee County, New York) was a businessman and politician from New York.
He was the son of Parmenio Adams (1747/8-1809) and Chloe (Nearing)...
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| x Robert H. Adams | A000043 |
Robert Huntington Adams (1792 – July 2, 1830) was a Mississippi lawyer and politician who, in the final months of his life, briefly served as United States senator from Mississippi.
The year of Adams' birth in Rockbridge County, Virginia is known to...
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| x Samuel Adams |
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Samuel Adams (September 27 [O.S. September 16] 1722 – October 2, 1803) was an American statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. As a politician in colonial Massachusetts, Adams was a leader of the...
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| x Sherman Adams |
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Llewelyn Sherman Adams (January 8, 1899 – October 27, 1986) was an American politician, best known as White House Chief of Staff for President Dwight D. Eisenhower, the culmination of a relatively short (18-year) political career that also included...
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| x Silas Adams |
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Silas Adams (February 9, 1839 – May 5, 1896) was a lawyer and politician from Kentucky.
He was born in Pulaski County, Kentucky on February 9, 1839, and moved to Casey County with his parents in 1841. He attended Kentucky University at Harrodsburg,...
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| x Stephen Adams |
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A000048 |
Stephen Adams (October 17, 1807 – May 1, 1857) was a United States Representative and Senator from Mississippi.
Born in Pendleton, South Carolina, he moved with his parents to Franklin County, Tennessee in 1812. He attended the public schools,...
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| x Thomas Adams | A000049 |
Thomas Adams (1730 – August 1788) was a politician and businessman from Virginia.
Adams was born in New Kent County in 1730. His first political position was as a clerk of Henrico County, and later a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. Adams...
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| x Wilbur L. Adams |
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Wilbur Louis Adams (October 23, 1884 – December 4, 1937) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served as U.S. Representative from Delaware.
Adams was born...
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| x William C. Adamson |
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William Charles Adamson (August 13, 1854 – January 3, 1929) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.
Born in Bowdon, Georgia, Adamson attended the common schools. He was graduated from Bowdon College in 1874. He studied law. He was admitted to the...
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| x Joseph Patrick Addabbo |
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Joseph Patrick Addabbo (March 17, 1925 – April 10, 1986) was a New York City politician who served as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives from 1961 to 1986. As the chairman of the United States House Appropriations Subcommittee...
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| x William Addams | A000053 |
William Addams (April 11, 1777 – May 30, 1858) was a Pennsylvania State Representative and United States Congressman. He was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1777.
He moved to Berks County, Pennsylvania near Reading, and served as auditor...
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| x Hugh Joseph Addonizio |
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Hugh Joseph Addonizio (January 31, 1914, in Newark, New Jersey – February 2, 1981, in Red Bank, New Jersey) was an Italian-American Democratic Party politician, who was the 33rd Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, from 1962 to 1970, and a Congressman for...
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| x Robert Aderholt |
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Robert Brown Aderholt (born July 22, 1965) is the U.S. Representative for Alabama's 4th congressional district, serving since 1997. He is a member of the Republican Party.
The district includes most of the far northern suburbs of Birmingham, as well...
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| x Asa Adgate | A000056 |
Asa Adgate (November 17, 1767 – February 15, 1832) was an iron manufacturer, farmer, and local government official who was selected to fill the vacancy in the United States House of Representatives caused by the death of Benjamin Pond.
He was born...
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| x Charles Adkins | A000057 |
Charles Adkins (February 7, 1863 – March 31, 1941) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born on a farm in Pickaway County, Ohio, near Mount Sterling, Adkins attended the common schools. He taught school for several years. He moved to Illinois in...
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| x John Adler |
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John Herbert Adler (August 23, 1959 – April 4, 2011) was a U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 3rd congressional district, serving from 2009 until 2011. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He was formerly a member of the New Jersey Senate from...
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| x Garnett Adrain | A000058 |
Garnett Bowditch Adrain (December 15, 1815 in New York City – August 17, 1878 in New Brunswick, New Jersey) was an American Democratic Party politician, who was a two-term member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey.
He was...
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| x Spiro Agnew |
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Spiro Theodore Agnew (pronunciation: /ˈspɪroʊ ˈæɡnjuː/; November 9, 1918 – September 17, 1996) was the 39th Vice President of the United States (1969–1973), serving under President Richard Nixon, and the 55th Governor of Maryland (1967–1969). He was...
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| x John Alexander Ahl | A000060 |
John Alexander Ahl (August 16, 1813 – April 25, 1882) was a surgeon, real estate developer, paper mill and iron furnace operator, railroad executive and United States Congressman from Pennsylvania. He was born in Strasburg, Pennsylvania in 1813.
He...
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