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Senator William T. Hamilton & Colleagues 1874
Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: August 13, 2017
Caption: Senator William T. Hamilton & Colleagues 1874
Additional Description: Senator William T. Hamilton was photographed with his colleagues on the steps of the US Capitol in February, 1874. He is seen in the third row, fourth from the right (as indicated by the arrow.) Many of his colleagues who appeared in this photograph were prominent Civil War figures, including Confederate Generals John B. Gordon and Matt Ransom, Union General John Logan, former Civil War Secretary of War Simon Cameron, Senator John Sherman (author of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act) and Senator Zachariah Chandler, one of President Lincoln's harshest critics within his own party.
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Submitted: August 24, 2017, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p395753
File Size: 1.933 Megabytes

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