Pen and ink drawings, [199--]-[1993].

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834

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Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette was born at Chavaniac, Auvergne, in 1757, to an old, illustrious family of the provincial and military nobility. He lost both his parents early: his father was killed by the British at the Battle of Minden when Lafayette was two years old (1759), and when he was thirteen and attending the prestigious Collège de Plessis in Paris both his mother and grandfather died (1770). The latter's death left Lafayette with a si...

Alabama. Dept of Archives and History.

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This finding aid to the ADAH flag collection was created by the Special Collections staff at ADAH in 1992. From the description of Civil War period flags photograph collection, 1992. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122543223 Authorities: Statute no. 476, Feb. 27, 1901, Acts of 1900. Alabama Government Manual, 1982. Alabama Historical Records Advisory Board. Assessing Alabama's Archives. 1985. 1975 Alabama Code, 41-6...

King, William R. (William Rufus), 1786-1853

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William Rufus DeVane King (April 7, 1786 – April 18, 1853) was an American politician and diplomat. He was the 13th vice president of the United States for six weeks in 1853 before his death. Earlier he had been elected as a U.S. representative from North Carolina and a senator from Alabama. He also served as minister to France during the reign of King Louis Philippe I. A Democrat, he was a Unionist and his contemporaries considered him to be a moderate on the issues of sectionalism, slavery ...

Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836

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Aaron Burr Jr. (February 6, 1756 – September 14, 1836) was an American politician and lawyer. A Founding Father, he served as the third vice president of the United States during President Thomas Jefferson's first term from 1801 to 1805. His role in helping form the nation, however, would be overshadowed when he killed fellow Founding Father Alexander Hamilton in an 1804 duel. The duel led to the collapse of Burr's political career and tarnished his legacy in American history. Burr was born t...

Ellicott, Andrew, 1754-1820

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Andrew Ellicott was a surveyor and mathematician; he was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1785. From the guide to the Astronomical journal, 1797-1801, 1797-1801, (American Philosophical Society) Ellicott (1754-1820) was a surveyor and matematician. He explored the Mississippi River Valley and the southern boundaries of the United States. The Clarke Historical Library has two books by Ellicott and microfilm of his papers which are housed in other institutions....

Alabama Polytechnic Institute

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Jemison, W. C. (William Carlos), 1850-1901.

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Can't Get Away Club (Mobile, Ala.)

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Mickie, William E. (William English), 1846-1920

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Pope, William, fl. 1848

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Pickens, Israel, 1780-1827

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U.S. representative from North Carolina, public official of North Carolina and Alabama, governor of Alabama, and U.S. senator from Alabama. From the description of Letters of Israel Pickens, 1812-1825. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450084 ...

Wilkinson, James, 1757-1825

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James Wilkinson was born in Maryland and served as an officer in the American Revolution. In 1783 he settled in Kentucky, where he engaged in politics, land speculation, and trade. In 1805 he was appointed governor of Upper Louisiana. Wilkinson's activities in the West implicated him in the Spanish Conspiracy and the Burr Conspiracy; he was acquitted by a court of inquiry during the Burr investigation and by a court martial in 1811. He served as a military commander in the West during the War of...

Lindsay, Robert Burns, 1824-1902

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O'Hara, Theodore, 1820-1867

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Veteran of the Mexican War, journalist, and poet. From the description of Letters, 1846-1847. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49307165 Soldier, journalist, poet. Born in Danville, Kentucky; served in the Confederate Army. Best known for his poem, "Bivouac of the Dead." From the description of Special Orders no. 60 for the battle of Stones River [manuscript], [1862 Dec. 31-1863 Hab, 3]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 648006359 ...

Walker, A. J. (Abram Joseph), 1819-1872

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Walker was born 1819 Nov. 29 to Matthew Patton and Agnes Hope Walker at Madison, Davidson Co., Tenn. He moved to Ala. about 1842, was a lawyer, and served on the Ala. Supreme Court. He married Sarah Ann Nisbet on 1847 Nov. 5, and Clara Nisbet on 1871 June 19. He and his first wife had two children. He died 1872 Apr. 25 at Montgomery, Montgomery Co., Ala. From the description of Accounts and receipts, 1860-1861. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122547852 ...

Grand United Order of Odd Fellows

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Hitchcock, Henry, 1791-1839

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Heflin, Thomas, 1869-1951.

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Clay, Clement Comer, 1789-1866

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U.S. senator and representative and governor of Alabama. From the description of Clement Comer Clay correspondence, 1832-1834. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453575 Clement Clay, playwright. From the description of The new dominion, n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122576255 ...

Law, John

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Ligon, Robert F. (Robert Fulwood), 1823-1901

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Moore, Gabriel, approximately 1785-1845

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Moore was a U.S. Senator from Alabama, 1831-37, after which he moved to Texas where he died in 1845. Moore also served as a U.S. Congressman representing Alabama, 1821-29, and as Governor, 1829-31. From the description of Letter, 1836. (Auburn University). WorldCat record id: 37523707 Ala. Governor, Ala. Senator, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Representative. Gabriel Moore moved to Huntsville, Ala. from N.C. in 1810. He served in the territorial legislature ...

Krafft, Michael

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Alabama. Branch of the Bank of the State of Alabama at Decatur

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Floyd, John, 1794-1871

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Pioneer surveyor; killed by Indians in the winter of 1783. From the description of Letter : Beargrass, Kentucky, regarding Kentucky frontier, 1783 Feb 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83986673 From the description of Letter : Beargrass, Kentucky, regarding Kentucky frontier, 1783 Feb 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702150529 ...

Noble, Samuel, 1766-1843

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Bunker, Page S. (Page Scribner), b. 1875

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Le Moyne, Jean-Baptist, Sieur de Bienville, 1661-1706

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Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

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Grover Cleveland, born in Caldwell, NJ, 18 March 1837; moved to Buffalo, NY in 1855; Erie County Sheriff, 1871-1874; Mayor of Buffalo, 1882; Governor of New York, 1883-1884; President of the United States, 1885-1889, 1893-1897; married Frances Folsom, 1886; died at Princeton, NJ, 24 June 1908....

De Leon, T. C. (Thomas Cooper), 1839-1914

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Newspaper editor of Alabama; author of various publications, including Four Years in Rebel Capitals (1890); native of Columbia, S.C. From the description of Thomas Cooper De Leon papers, 1854-1943. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 37874177 ...

Portier, Michael, 1795-1859

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Jewish Society for Care of Sick (Montgomery, Ala.)

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Glick, Nathan H. (Nathan Harold), 1912-

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Nathan H. Glick, a native of Birmingham, Ala., is a prominent artist and illustrator whose career has spanned over 50 years. Included among his works are the bronze panel doors at the Ala. Dept. of Archives and History, depicting Ala. history; combat illustrations for World War II; and illustrations for textbooks. From the description of Pen and ink drawings, [199--]-[1993]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122380824 ...

Boyington, Charles R. S., -1835

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National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Alabama

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The National Society of Colonial Dames in America was organized in 1892 to commemorate the American Revolution. Its membership is restricted to women who are specially invited and who are descended from individuals who came to the American colonies before 1750. The Alabama Society Colonial Dames was incorporated in 1898. From the description of Oral history collection, 1987-1992. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122543140 ...

Owen, Thomas McAdory, 1866-1920

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Thomas McAdory Owen, was the first director of the Alabama Department of Archives; also an editor, bibliographer and Robert E. Lee enthusiast. From the description of Papers, 1912-1920 (bulk 1912). (Washington & Lee University). WorldCat record id: 53291535 Thomas M. Owen (1866-1920) was a lawyer, historian, and founder and director of the Alabama Department of Archives and History. For more information on Owen see his History of Alabama and Dict...

Manly, Basil, 1825-1892

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1854-1859 principal, Richmond Female Institute. 1859, Manly became one of the original faculty members of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Greenville, S.C. From the description of [Letter] 1856 June 8, Richmond, Va. to [John Albert Broadus] / B. Manly. 1856. (SBTS Library). WorldCat record id: 48226531 From the description of [Letter] 1857 Dec. 21, Richmond [Va.] to [John Albert Broadus] / B. Manly. 1857. (SBTS Library). WorldCat record id: 48253115 Basil Ma...

Bankhead, John Hollis, 1872-1946

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U.S. senator from Alabama. From the description of Letter, 1932 Jan. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70974791 Bankhead was born 1872 July 2 to John H. and Tallulah Brockman Bankhead at Moscow, Lamar Co., Ala. He graduated from the University of Ala. with a B.A. in 1891 as president of his class. He graduated from Georgetown University in 1893 with a Bachelor of Laws, again as president of his class. That same year he began practicing law in Jasper,...

Campbell, John A. (John Arthur), 1930-

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Campbell was one of several people appointed by Jefferson Davis to meet as a peace commission with President Lincoln and U.S. Secretary of State Seward. While not approving of Lincoln's terms, presented at the meeting on January 1, 1865, Campbell felt they could be the basis for further negotiations. This letter was a report of that meeting. From the description of Campbell, John A., letter, 1865 Mar. 6. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 26...

Maffitt, John Newland, 1819-1886

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John Newland Maffitt (1819-1886) was a United States Navy officer, Confederate Navy officer, blockade runner, and author. Maffitt was born in Connecticut; grew up in Fayetteville, N.C.; and retired to Wilmington, N.C. From the description of John Newland Maffitt papers, 1833-1911, 1976. WorldCat record id: 24599972 John Newland Maffitt (1819-1886) was the son of Ann Carnic and the Reverend John Newland Maffitt, a Methodist minister. Young Maffitt lived in Connec...

Sykes, F. W. (Francis Winfield), 1816-1883.

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Meek, A. B. (Alexander Beaufort), 1814-1865

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Author and journalist, of Tuscaloosa, Ala. From the description of Papers, 1834-1865. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20019083 ...

Yancey, William Lowndes, 1814-1863

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American lawyer and politician. From the description of Autograph signature clipped from the register of Brown's Hotel, Washington, D.C., 1857 Mar. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584435 Lawyer, Ala. legislator, and secessionist. From the description of Letter, 1858 June 15. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49479565 Attorney, editor, and politician, William L. Yancey was for many years a resident of Greenville, South Carolina. ...

Franklin Society

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Soto, Hernando de, approximately 1500-1542

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Explorer and adventurer. From the description of Hernando de Soto collection, 1544-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014512 ...

Shaumburgh, Captain

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Le Moyne d'Iberville, Pierre, 1661-1706

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Pierre le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville led expeditions to Hudson Bay (1694 and 1697) and rediscovered the mouth of the Mississippi River in 1699. From the description of Le Moyne d'Iberville, Pierre, papers, 1694-1699. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 85375920 ...

Gaines, George Strother, approximately 1784-1873

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George Strother Gaines was an Indian agent in the Mississippi Territory. From the guide to the George Strother Gaines paper MSS. 0551., 1908, (University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama) ...

Gadsden, James, 1788-1858

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Negotiator of the Fort Moultrie Treaty with the Seminole Indians, 1823, and the Gadsden Purchase with Mexico, 1853; planter and merchant of Charleston, S.C., and Florida; president of the S.C. Railroad, 1840-1850; graduate, Yale College, 1806; served as 2nd Lt. in the Engineer Corps during War of 1812; served as Andrew Jackson's aide-de-camp; son of Philip Gadsden; grandson of Gen. Christopher Gadsden (1724-1805). From the description of James Gadsden papers, 1820-1858. (University o...

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Samford, William James, 1844-1901

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William James Samford (1844-1901) of Opelika, Ala., was a planter, lawyer, United States representative, and governor of Alabama. Samford's son, Thomas Drake Samford (1868-1947) of Opelika, Ala., was a planter; lawyer; United States attorney for the Middle District of Alabama; Democratic party leader and member of the State Democratic Executive Committee, 1892-1894, and 1900-1940; businessman with interests in farming, trading, and manufacturing companies; real estate investor; Methodist layman;...

Bryce, Peter, 1834-1892

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Peter Bryce (1834-92) was a pioneering figure in the field of mental health. Practicing in the post–Civil War era, he championed more humane therapeutic treatments for the mentally ill. He held important offices in both state and national organizations relating to the health professions and was the first superintendent of the state mental hospital that now bears his name. Bryce was born in Columbia, South Carolina, to Peter and Martha Smith Bryce. He graduated with disti...

McIntosh, William, approximately 1775-1825

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Epithet: of Add MS 38231 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000798.0x000333 Epithet: of Add MS 22900 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000798.0x000331 Epithet: of Durban British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000798.0x000335 ...

United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 167th

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Sources: History of the 167th Inf. Regt., 4th Alabama. Amerine, William H., 'Lest We Forget: The Record of Alabama's Own (n.p., n.p., n.d.). Hayes, John B., Heroes Among the Brave (Loachapoka: Lee County Historical Society, 1973). The history of the 167th may be said to begin on 1911 July 15. On that date the 4th Ala. Inf. Regt. officially became a part of the U.S. National Guard. From 1875 until 1911 the 4th Ala. Inf. Regt. had served...

Collier, H. W. (Henry Watkins), 1801-1855

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Governor of Alabama and jurist. From the description of Certification of H.W. Collier, 1850. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451341 ...

Weatherford, William, approximately 1780-1824

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Smith, William H. (William Hugh), 1826-1899

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William Hugh Smith was born in Ga. He was reared in Ala. in Randolph Co. He was admitted to the practice of law in 1850 and was elected to the Ala. legislature in 1855, serving for four years. During the Civil War he left Ala., and resided in Union territory until the end of hostilities. Smith was elected Republican governor of Ala. in 1868, the 18th governor to be elected in the state. From the description of Letter, 1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145408198 ...

Cowbellion de Rakin Society

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Walker, John Williams, 1783-1823

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John Williams Walker was a graduate of Princeton's Class of 1806 who later went on to become the first senator elected y the state of Alabama. From the description of John Williams Walker Letters, 1805-1809 (Peking University Library). WorldCat record id: 85772962 ...

Tuomey, M. (Michael), 1805-1857

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First State Geologist of Alabama. A native of Cork, Ireland, Tuomey immigrated to the U.S. at an early age. In 1847 he began teaching mineralogy, geology and agriculture at the University of Alabama. In 1848 he became the first State Geologist for Ala., a position he held until his death. Tuomey was the author of the First Biennial Report on the Geology of Alabama (1850), the Second Report on the Geology of Alabama (1858) and a Geological Map of Alabama (1853). ...

Bibb, William Wyatt, 1781-1820

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William W. Bibb was a United States representative and senator from Georgia. From the description of William W. Bibb letter, 1812 Apr. 8. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 122520226 William Wyatt Bibb was born in Virginia in 1780. After graduating from William and Mary College, he went on to study medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1801 he received his M.D. degree and moved to Georgia. In Georgia, Bibb became interested in politics. H...

Fitzpatrick, Benjamin, 1802-1869

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United States Senator from Alabama. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Washington], to J. S. Black, 1857 Mar. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270530796 Benjamin Fitzpatrick, son of William and Anne Phillips Fitzpatrick, was born 30 June 1802 in Greene County, Ga. In 1816, he moved to Alabama, where he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1823. He retired from the practice of law in 1827 due to ill health and became a successful planter on...

Semmes, Raphael, 1809-1877

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Officer in the U.S. Navy and in the Confederate Navy, from Mobile, Ala. From the description of Papers, 1861-1872. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20313995 ...

Bragg, Walter Lawrence, 1835-1891

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Walter Lawrence Bragg, son of P.N. and Martha W. Bragg, was born in Lowdnes County, Alabam, on 25 February 1838. When he was four, the family moved to Ouachita County, Arkansas, and grew up there. He graduated from Harvard in 1858 and practiced law in Camden, Arkansas. He rose to the rank of captain in the Army of Tennessee during the Civil War, after which he settled in Marion, Alabama. In 1871, he moved to Montgomery. Bragg's political career began in 1874, when he was...

Graves, Bibb, 1873-1942

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Vos, Mary

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Barton Academy (Mobile, Ala.)

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Cahaba Academy (Cahaba, Ala.)

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Underwood, Oscar Wilder, 1862-1929

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Oscar Wilder Underwood (1862-1929) served Alabama for many years in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. Known best for his extensive knowledge of and authorship of a sweeping tariff reform act, he was also a Democratic candidate for president in 1912 and in 1924, which saw the longest convention in U.S. history. He has been described as a conservative politician who opposed suffrage for women, Prohibition, and rights for organized labor. Underwood was born on May 6, 1862, i...

Hamilton, Peter J. (Peter Joseph), 1859-1927

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Peter Joseph Hamilton was a lawyer in Mobile, Ala. who also served as a federal judge in Puerto Rico. He authored books on Mobile history. From the description of Photographs, [190-]-[199-]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122587175 ...

Comer, B. B. (Braxton Bragg), 1848-1927

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Braxton Bragg (B. B.) Comer, 1848-1927, served as Governor of Alabama from 1907 to 1911. From the description of Printed materials collection, 1905-1911. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122368404 Braxton Bragg Comer of Birmingham and Comer, Barbour County, Ala., was president of Avondale Cotton Mills, planter, merchant, and prominent politician, who served as president of the Alabama Railroad Commission, 1904-1907; governor of Alabama, 1908-1911; and U.S. senator, 1920. ...

Canby, General

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Monroe, James, 1758-1831

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James Monroe, fifth president of the United States of America (b. April 28, 1758, Monroe Hall, Virginia-d. July 4, 1831, New York, New York) fought with distinction in the Continental Army, and he practiced law in Fredericksburg, Virginia. As a young politician, he joined the anti-Federalists in the Virginia Convention which ratified the Constitution, and in 1790, an advocate of Jeffersonian policies, he was elected United States Senator. As Minister to France in 1794-1796, Monroe showed strong ...

Smith, Caroline Frances

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Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

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Mary Ann Lamar Cobb (1818-1889), wife of Gen. Howell Cobb (1815-1868). From the description of Letter to Mary Ann Lamar Cobb, 1888 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476494 Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was born in Kentucky. He attended Transylvania University for a short time before enrolling at West Point in 1824, at the age of 16. He graduated in 1828 and immediately joined the First Infantry. His regiment was engaged in the Blackhawk War of 1831. In 1833, he became a...