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 George
Monroe Beebe was a lawyer
and newspaper editor. He also served as
Acting Governor of Kansas Territory and
in the U.S. House of Representatives. |
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 Salmon
Portland Chase served as
Abraham Lincoln's first Secretary of the
Treasury, in which capacity he helped
develop the national banking system. In
1864 he was named Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court, in which capacity he
presided over the impeachment trial of
President Andrew Johnson in 1868. |
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 James
William Denver served as
Territorial Governor of Kansas from 1857
to 1858, during which time the voters of
Kansas approved a pro-slavery state
constitution. The city of Denver,
Colorado, was founded during his tenure,
and was named in his honor. |
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 Stephen
Arnold Douglas served in
both houses of the U.S. Congress. During
his tenure he played an important role in
resolving differences between Northerners
and Southerners over the issue of
slavery. His famous debates with Abraham
Lincoln were held during his 1858 Senate
re-election campaign. |
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 John
Charles Frémont led two
major expeditions into the West and Far
West which resulted in maps of areas
never before mapped. He also took part in
the "Bear Flag Revolt" in
California, ran for President in 1856,
and served as a Major General in the
Civil War. |
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 Horace
Greeley was a very
successful newspaper publisher whose
editorials played an important part in
molding public opinion. He is best
remembered for the quote "Go West,
young man," even though he was not
its original author. |
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 Charles
Sumner spent 23 years in the
U.S. Senate, where he was a very vocal
opponent of slavery. One of his speeches
resulted in his being caned by a U.S.
Congressman so severely that he was
unable to sit in the Senate for three
years; he was, however, continuously
re-elected by the Legislature of
Massachusetts, and his Senate chair
remained vacant during that time. |
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 Robert
John Walker served as James
Polk's Secretary of the Treasury, in
which capacity he re-established the
independent treasury system. As
Territorial Governor of Kansas, he
refused to support the Lecompton
Constitution, which would have made
Kansas a slave state. |
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