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Temperanceville, VA
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Nathan Goff, Junior
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Goff, Hon. Nathan of W. Va Secty. Navy - Hays Admin.
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Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, Library of Congress
John George Nicolay, detail
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John Nicholay
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Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, Library of Congress
John George Nicolay
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John Nicholay
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Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, Library of Congress
Samuel Bell Maxey (Congressional Biographical Directory)
“Maxey, Samuel Bell,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000265.
MAXEY, Samuel Bell, a Senator from Texas; born in Tomkinsville, Monroe County, Ky., March 30, 1825; attended the common schools and graduated from the United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., in 1846; served in the Mexican War; returned to Kentucky; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1850 and commenced practice in Albany, Ky.; clerk of the county and circuit courts and master in chancery 1852-1856; moved to Paris, Tex., in 1857 and practiced his profession; district attorney of Lamar County, Tex., 1858-l859; elected to the State senate in 1861, but declined; dur
Paris, TX
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Tompkinsville, KY
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Monroe County, KY
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David Davis (Congressional Biographical Directory)
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“Davis, David,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000097.
DAVIS, David, (cousin of Henry Winter Davis), a Senator from Illinois; born near Cecilton, Cecil County, Md., March 9, 1815; attended the public schools of Maryland; graduated from Kenyon College, Ohio, in 1832; studied law in Lenox, Mass., and at the law school in New Haven; admitted to the bar in 1835 and commenced practice in Pekin, Tazewell County, Ill.; moved to Bloomington, Ill., in 1836, and continued the practice of law; member, State house of representatives 1844; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1847; judge of the eighth judicial circuit