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Gerrit Smith (Congressional Biographical Directory)
“Smith, Gerrit,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000542.
SMITH, Gerrit, a Representative from New York; born in Utica, N.Y., March 6, 1797; moved to Peterboro in 1806; attended an academy in Clinton, N.Y.; was graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y., in 1818; studied law; engaged in the management of a large estate which he inherited; delegate to the State conventions in 1824 and 1828; unsuccessful Liberty Party candidate for governor in 1840; unsuccessful presidential candidate in 1848; was admitted to the bar in 1853 and commenced practice in Peterboro, N.Y.; elected as a Free-Soil candidate to the Thirty-third Congres
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Biographical Annals of the Civil Government of the United States: From Original and Official Sources
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Charles Lanman and Joseph M. Morrison, “Albright, Charles,” Biographical Annals of the Civil Government of the United States: From Original and Official Sources (New York: J. M. Morrison, 1887), 4.
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Albright, Charles; was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, December 13, 1830; educated at Dickinson College; studied law, and came to the bar in 1852; in 1854 visited Kansas, and in 1856 returned to Pennsylvania; in 1860 was a Delegate to the Republican National Convention; entered the Army in 1862 ; was commissioned Colonel, commanding the Third Brigade, at Chancellorsville; was placed in command of Camp Muhlenberg, Pennsylvania, to organize troops; in July was sent to Philadelphia to assist in the draft; in September, 1864, was assigned to an independent command to protect Railroads and the outer defenses of Washington; in March, 1865, was promoted to brevet Brigadier-General of Volunteers; after the war was sent to the command of the Lehigh military district, to pacify tumults in the mining regions; in 1865 was mustered out of service; in 1872, was a Delegate to the Republican National Convention at Philadelphia; was elected to the Forty-third Congress, serving on the Committee on Military Affairs.
John Tyler (Congressional Biographical Directory)
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“Tyler, John,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000450.
TYLER, John, (father of David Gardiner Tyler), a Representative and a Senator from Virginia, a Vice President and 10th President of the United States; born in Charles City County, Va., March 29, 1790; attended private schools and graduated from the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., in 1807; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1809 and commenced practice in Charles City County; captain of a military company in 1813; member, State house of delegates 1811-1816; member of the council of state in 1816; elected as a Democratic Republican to the Fourteenth Co
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Wade Hampton (Congressional Biographical Directory)
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“Hampton, Wade,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000141.
HAMPTON, Wade, (grandson of Wade Hampton [1752-1835]), a Senator from South Carolina; born in Charleston, S.C., March 28, 1818; received private instruction, graduated from the South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) at Columbia in 1836; studied law but never practiced; planter; member, State house of representatives 1852-1856; member, State senate 1858-1861; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, raising and commanding “Hampton’s Legion”; three times wounded; made brigadier general in 1862, major general in 1863, and lieutenant g
Clarence Gearhart Jackson (Dickinson Chronicles)
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John Osborne and James W. Gerencser, eds., “Clarence Gearhart Jackson,” Dickinson Chronicles, http://chronicles.dickinson.edu/encyclo/j/ed_jacksonCG.htm.
Clarence G. Jackson was born on March 25, 1842 in Berwick, Pennsylvania. He was one of the sons of self-made heavy manufacturer M. W. Jackson and his first wife, Margaret Gearhart Jackson. The younger Jackson grew up in Berwick and at fourteen attended the Dickinson Seminary in Williamsport. He then enrolled in Dickinson College, Pennsylvania at the age of sixteen with the class of 1860. He was elected to the Belles Lettres Society and graduated with honors along with his class.