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STINESS, Walter Russell, a Representative from Rhode Island; born in Smithfield, Providence County, R.I., March 13, 1854; attended the public schools and was a student at Brown University,…
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YOUNG, Pierce Manning Butler, a Representative from Georgia; born in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, S.C., on November 15, 1836; moved with his parents to Georgia in 1839; studied under…
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