The Strangest Names In American Political History

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Showing posts with label U.S. Representatives from Indiana. Show all posts
Showing posts with label U.S. Representatives from Indiana. Show all posts
Friday, May 19, 2017

Courtland Hawkins Smith (1850-1892), Courtland Cushing Matson (1841-1915), Courtland Craig Gillen (1880-1954), Courtland Simmons Winn (1863-1940), Courtland Atwater Dewey (1831-1911), Courtland Frank Hearl Freese (1872-1931), Courtland Matson Feuquay (1890-1949)

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Smith's obituary from the Alexandria Gazette, July 25, 1892.    Alexandria, Virginia mayor Courtland Hawkins Smith received a br...
Thursday, March 1, 2012

Walpole Gillespie Colerick (1845-1911)

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From the Men of Progress of Indiana, 1899.   Our profile today centers on the life of Walpole Gillespie Colerick, a Ft. Wayne, Indiana ...
Thursday, July 21, 2011

Godlove Orth (1817-1882), Godlove Orth Behm (1828-1888)

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Portrait from Orth's congressional memorial address book, 1883.     One of Indiana's prominent public men of the 19th century, ...
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