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Charles F. Adams Green Adams Garnett B. Adrain Cyrus Aldrich William Allen William J. Allen John B. Alley Sydenham E. Ancona Thomas L. Anderson William C. Anderson Henry B. Anthony Isaac N. Arnold James M. Ashley John. D. Ashmore William T. Avery Elijah Babbitt Goldsmith F. Bailey Joseph Bailey Edward D. Baker Stephen Baker William Barksdale Thomas J. Barr J. R. Barret Portus Baxter James A. Bayard Charles L. Beale Fernando C. Beaman Judah P. Benjamin Hiram P. Bennet John M. Bernhisel Charles J. Biddle William Bigler John A. Bingham Kinsley S. Bingham Francis P. Blair Jacob B. Blair Samuel S. Blair Harrison G. Blake Thomas S. Bocock Milledge L. Bonham Alexander R. Boteler John E. Bouligny William W. Boyce Reese B. Brabson Thomas Bragg Lawrence O'B. Branch William D. Brayton John C. Breckinridge George Briggs Jesse D. Bright Francis M. Bristow Albert G. Brown John Y. Brown William G. Brown George H. Browne Orville H. Browning James Buchanan James Buffinton John C. Burch Anson Burlingame Henry C. Burnett Alfred A. Burnham Martin Butterfield Charles B. Calvert Simon Cameron James H. Campbell John Carey John S. Carlile Luther C. Carter Charles Case Samuel L. Casey Jacob B. Chamberlain Zachariah Chandler Ambrose W. Clark Daniel Clark Horace F. Clark John B. Clark Clement C. Clay Sherrard Clemens Andrew J. Clements Thomas L. Clingman David Clopton George T. Cobb Williamson R. W. Cobb Stephen Coburn Clark B. Cochrane John Cochrane Schuyler Colfax Jacob Collamer Frederick A. Conkling Roscoe Conkling Martin F. Conway Martin F. Conway Thomas B. Cooper Erastus Corning Thomas Corwin John Covode Edgar Cowan Samuel S. Cox John Cradlebaugh James Craig F. Burton Craige James A. Cravens Martin J. Crawford John W. Crisfield John J. Crittenden Jabez L. M. Curry Samuel R. Curtis William P. Cutler Samuel G. Daily Thomas G. Davidson Garrett Davis Henry Winter Davis Jefferson Davis John G. Davis Reuben Davis William Morris Davis Henry L. Dawes Daniel C. De Jarnette Charles Delano Isaac C. Delaplaine William H. Dimmick Alexander S. Diven James Dixon James R. Doolittle Stephen A. Douglas R. Holland Duell George W. Dunlap W. McKee Dunn Charles Durkee Sidney Edgerton Henry A. Edmundson Thomas M. Edwards Thomas D. Eliot Alfred Ely James E. English William H. English Emerson Etheridge John F. Farnsworth Reuben E. Fenton Orris S. Ferry Samuel C. Fessenden William P. Fessenden George P. Fisher Graham N. Fitch Benjamin Fitzpatrick Thomas B. Florence Solomon Foot Lafayette S. Foster Stephen C. Foster
Philip B. Fouke Richard Franchot Augustus Frank Ezra B. French Muscoe R. H. Garnett Lucius J. Gartrell John A. Gilmer Daniel W. Gooch John N. Goodwin James H. Graham Bradley F. Granger James S. Green Henry Grider James W. Grimes Galusha A. Grow John A. Gurley Rev. Phineas D. Gurley William M. Gwin Edward Haight James T. Hale John P. Hale Chapin Hall William A. Hall Andrew J. Hamilton Hannibal Hamlin Luther Hanchett Thomas Hardeman Jr. Aaron Harding James Harlan Ira Harris J. Morrison Harris John T. Harris Richard A. Harrison John B. Haskin Robert Hatton George S. Hawkins William Helmick John Hemphill John B. Henderson John Hickman Joshua Hill Thomas C. Hindman Charles B. Hoard William S. Holman Samuel Hooper William H. Hooper Valentine B. Horton George S. Houston Jacob M. Howard William Howard William A. Howard Timothy O. Howe George W. Hughes James Humphrey Robert M. T. Hunter John Hutchins William Irvine Alfred Iverson James Jackson Albert G. Jenkins Andrew Johnson Philip Johnson Robert W. Johnson John J. Jones George W. Julian Benjamin F. Junkin Lawrence M. Keitt William D. Kelley Francis W. Kellogg William Kellogg Anthony Kennedy William S. Kenyon James E. Kerrigan David Kilgore John W. Killinger Preston King Anthony L. Knapp Jacob M. Kunkel Lucius Q. C. Lamar John M. Landrum Henry S. Lane James H. Lane Joseph Lane William E. Lansing Charles H. Larrabee Milton S. Latham John Law Jesse Lazear DeWitt C. Leach James M. Leach Shelton F. Leake Cornelius L. L. Leary M. Lindley Lee William E. Lehman Abraham Lincoln John A. Logan Henry C. Longnecker Dwight Loomis Peter E. Love Owen Lovejoy Frederick F. Low William B. Maclay Robert Mallory Stephen R. Mallory Gilman Marston Charles D. Martin Elbert S. Martin James M. Mason Henry May Horace Maynard John A. McClernand James A. McDougall James B. McKean Jacob K. McKenty Robert McKnight Edward McPherson John McQueen John J. McRae John W. Menzies William Porcher Miles John S. Millson William Millward William Mitchell William Montgomery Laban T. Moore Sydenham Moore James K. Moorhead Anson P. Morrill Justin S. Morrill Lot M. Morrill Edward Joy Morris Isaac N. Morris James R. Morris Freeman H. Morse Thomas A. R. Nelson James W. Nesmith William E. Niblack Alfred O.P. Nicholson John T. Nixon Warren P. Noble John W. Noell Elija H. Norton Robert H. Nugen Moses F. Odell Abraham B. Olin Miguel A. Otero George W. Palmer Marcus J. Parrott John Patton James Pearce
George H. Pendleton William Pennington John J. Perry Nehemiah Perry John U. Pettit Samuel O. Peyton John S. Phelps Timothy G. Phelps Frederick A. Pike Trusten Polk Samuel C. Pomeroy Theodore M. Pomeroy Albert G. Porter John F. Potter Emory B. Pottle Lazarus W. Powell Thomas L. Price Roger A. Pryor George E. Pugh James L. Pugh James M. Quarles John H. Reagan Edwin R. Reynolds John H. Reynolds Alexander H. Rice Henry M. Rice John H. Rice William A. Richardson Albert G. Riddle Jetur R. Riggs Christopher Robinson James C. Robinson Edward H. Rollins James S. Rollins Homer E. Royce Thomas Ruffin Albert Rust Aaron A. Sargent Willard Saulsbury Charles L. Scott George W. Scranton William K. Sebastian Charles B. Sedgwick Joseph Segar William H. Seward John P. C. Shanks William P. Sheffield Samuel Shellabarger John Sherman Socrates N. Sherman George K. Shiel Daniel E. Sickles James F. Simmons William E. Simms Otho R. Singleton John Slidell A. Scott Sloan Edward H. Smith William Smith William N. H. Smith Daniel E. Somes Elbridge G. Spaulding Francis E. Spinner James A. Stallworth Benjamin Stanton Benjamin Stark John B. Steele William G. Steele Isaac I. Stevens Thaddeus Stevens John W. Stevenson James A. Stewart William Stewart John D. Stiles Rev. Thomas H. Stockton William B. Stokes Lansing Stout John L. N. Stratton Charles Sumner Rev. Dr. Byron Sunderland Mason W. Tappan Miles Taylor John C. Ten Eyck Eli Thayer Thomas C. Theaker Benjamin F. Thomas Francis Thomas James H. Thomas John R. Thomson John B. S. Todd Cyndor B. Tompkins Robert Toombs Charles R. Train Carey A. Trimble Rowland E. Trowbridge Lyman Trumbull John W. H. Underwood Charles H. Upton Clement L. Vallandigham Burt Van Horn Robert B. Van Valkenburgh Charles H. Van Wyck Zebulon B. Vance William Vandever John P. Verree Chauncey Vibbard Daniel W. Voorhees Benjamin Wade Edward Wade William H. Wadsworth Henry Waldron William Wall John W. Wallace William H. Wallace Charles W. Walton E. P. Walton Elijah Ward Cadwalader C. Washburn Israel Washburn Jr. Elihu B. Washburne John S. Watts Edwin H. Webster Alfred Wells Kellian Whaley William A. Wheeler Albert S. White Chilton A. White William G. Whiteley Charles A. Wickliffe Louis T. Wigfall Morton S. Wilkinson Waitman T. Willey David Wilmot Henry Wilson James Wilson James F. Wilson Robert Wilson William Windom Warren Winslow Benjamin Wood John Wood George C. Woodruff John Woodruff Samuel H. Woodson Samuel T. Worcester Hendrick B. Wright John V. Wright Joseph A. Wright David L. Yulee

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