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Hon. George S. Boutwell of Mass.
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Hon. George S. Boutwell of Mass.
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Black and white glass plate negative of George S. Boutwell, Senator and Representative from Massachusetts and the first Commissioner of Internal Revenue under President Lincoln.
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Hon. Salmon P. Chase
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Hon. Salmon P. Chase
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Black and white portrait of politician and jurist, Salmon P. Chase, who served as Senator from Ohio; Governor of Ohio; U.S. Treasury Secretary under President Lincoln; and sixth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
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Hon. John Brooks Henderson of Mo.
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Hon. John Brooks Henderson of Mo.
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Black and white portrait of John Brooks Henderson. In 1861, Henderson was commissioned as a brigadier general in the Missouri State Militia, commanding Federal forces in northeast Missouri. In 1862, he was appointed to the U.S. Senate as Senator from Missouri, serving till 1869. While in office, Henderson co-authored and co-sponsored the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery in the United States.
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Stephen A. Douglas
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Stephen A. Douglas
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Black and white portrait of Stephen Douglas, Senator from Illinois and designer of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
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