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Monday, August 20, 1866

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Birthdays

Absalom Baird, detail

Absalom Baird

42 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Madison Brown

56 years old today

Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt Lowe, detail

Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt Lowe

34 years old today

Gilman Marston, circa 1862, detail

Gilman Marston

55 years old today

Francis Redding Tillou Nichols, detail

Francis Redding Tillou Nichols

32 years old today

Events

Legal/Political
Elihu Washburne serves in the United States House of Representatives 03/04/1853 to 03/06/1869
Legal/Political
Lyman Trumbull serves in the United States Senate 03/04/1855 to 03/03/1873
Legal/Political
Andrew Gregg Curtin serves as Governor of Pennslyvania 01/15/1861 to 01/15/1867
Personal
John W. Forney serves as secretary of the United States Senate 07/15/1861 to 06/04/1868
Legal/Political
Shelby Moore Cullom serves in the United States House of Representatives 03/04/1865 to 03/03/1871

Documents

Executive record
Andrew Johnson, Proclamation Declaring the Insurrection at an End in Texas, and Civil Authority existing throughout the whole of the United States, August 20, 1866, Washington, D.C. 08/20/1866

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