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Jefferson Buford

72 years old today

James Henry Burton

56 years old today

David Sterrett Gittings

82 years old today

Charlotte Forten Grimké

42 years old today

John Fletcher Hurst

45 years old today

Henry Hayes Lockwood

65 years old today

James Pede Marshall

46 years old today

Events

Legal/Political
David Davis serves in the United States Senate to