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Wednesday, December 18, 1872
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Birthdays
Alexander Sandor Asboth
62 years old today
George Dashiell Bayard
37 years old today
Jesse David Bright
60 years old today
John Mercer Brooke
46 years old today
Thomas Pleasant Dockery
39 years old today
Arnold Elzey
56 years old today
Charles Griffin
47 years old today
George Dennison Prentice
69 years old today
Events
Legal/Political
Lyman Trumbull serves in the United States Senate
03/04/1855
to
03/03/1873
Legal/Political
Elihu Washburne serves as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to France
03/17/1869
to
09/10/1877
Legal/Political
The 42nd Congress is sitting in Washington, DC before its holiday recess which begins on December 20, 1872
12/03/1872
to
12/19/1872
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