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Birthdays

Thomas Hart Benton

1782-03-14 - 1858-04-10

John Sappington Marmaduke

1833-03-14 - 1887-12-28

Alfred Nevin

1816-03-14 - 1890-01-01

Samuel Higgins Hamilton Peach

1831-03-14 - 1862-07-03

Aaron Rittenhouse

1837-03-14 - 1906-01-01

Jerome Bonaparte Robertson

1815-03-14 - 1891-01-07

John Curtiss Underwood

1809-03-14 - 1873-12-07

James Wallace

1818-03-14 - 1887-02-12

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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

Letter	Charles Francis Himes to Helen Himes, March 14, 1857	03/14/1857
Newspaper	New York Times, “The Chances for Walker,” March 14, 1857	03/14/1857
Newspaper	Boston (MA) Herald, “Dred Scott,” March 14, 1857	03/14/1857