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Birthdays

Henry Bowen Anthony

1815-04-01 - 1884-09-12

Simon Bolivar Buckner

1823-04-01 - 1914-01-08

James Smith Colwell

1813-04-01 - 1862-09-17

John Egbert Farnum

1824-04-01 - 1870-05-16

Jeremiah Haralson

1846-04-01 - 1916-01-01

James Wilson Troxell

1831-04-01 - 1904-02-02

James Williams

1825-04-01 - 1900-01-01

Richard Wootton

1835-04-01 - 1901-12-01

Theodore George Wormley

1826-04-01 - 1897-01-02

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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	New York Times, “Robert J. Walker’s Acceptance of the Governship of Kansas,” April 1, 1857	04/01/1857
Letter	Thomas Garrett to William Still, April 1, 1857	04/01/1857
Newspaper	New York Times, “Mr. Walker’s Views in Regard to Slavery in Kansas,” April 1, 1857	04/01/1857