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Birthdays

John Penn Brock

1823-12-27 - 1881-07-03

Adele Cutts Douglas

1835-12-27 - 1899-01-26

Hinton Rowan Helper

1829-12-27 - 1909-03-08

Robert Latimer McCook

1827-12-27 - 1862-08-06

James Clay Rice

1828-12-27 - 1864-05-11

C. C. Vaughn

1846-12-27 - 1925-01-01

Thomas Rees Vickroy

1833-12-27 - 1904-04-18

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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
Personal	Moncure Conway serves as minister at Unitarian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio	10/26/1856 to 01/01/1862
Personal	Ozias Mather Hatch serves as Illinois Secretary of State	01/01/1857 to 01/31/1865

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Documents

Newspaper	Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “Character of the Secession Leaders,” December 27, 1860	12/27/1860
Newspaper	Charlestown (VA) Free Press, “The Clouds Lowering,” December 27, 1860	12/27/1860
Newspaper	Charleston (SC) Mercury, "Republican Opposition to a Compromise," December 27, 1860	12/27/1860