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Birthdays

William Ruffin Cox

1832-03-11 - 1919-12-26

John William Fletcher Hank

1826-03-11 - 1881-11-03

Robert Miller Henderson

1827-03-11 - 1906-01-26

John McLean

1785-03-11 - 1861-04-04

Allison Nelson

1822-03-11 - 1862-10-07

Glenni William Scofield

1817-03-11 - 1891-08-29

James Speed

1812-03-11 - 1887-06-25

John Wilkins Whitfield

1818-03-11 - 1879-10-27

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Events

Legal/Political	Stephen A. Douglas serves in the United States Senate	03/04/1847 to 06/03/1861
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	Thomas Langrell Harris serves in the United States House of Representatives	03/04/1855 to 11/24/1858
Personal	Moncure Conway serves as minister at Unitarian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio	10/26/1856 to 01/01/1862

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Documents

Newspaper	Decision of the Supreme Court - March 11 1857	03/11/1857
Newspaper	The Dred Scott Case Decided	03/11/1857
Newspaper	New York Herald, “Practical Effect of the Dred Scott Judgment,” March 11, 1857	03/11/1857