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Birthdays

Roderick Random Butler

1827-04-09 - 1902-08-18

Roger Preston Chew

1843-04-09 - 1921-03-16

George James Conner

1829-04-09 - 1873-04-01

Robert Nixon Earhart

1833-04-09 - 1907-08-29

Chatham Roberdeau Wheat

1826-04-09 - 1862-06-27

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Events

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	Ozias Mather Hatch serves as Illinois Secretary of State	01/01/1857 to 01/31/1865
Legal/Political	Andrew Gregg Curtin serves as Governor of Pennslyvania	01/15/1861 to 01/15/1867
Personal	David Wilmot serves in the United States Senate	03/14/1861 to 03/03/1863

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Documents

Letter

Abraham Lincoln to George B. McClellan, April 9, 1862

04/09/1862