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Joseph C. Abbott Ephraim L. Acker George M. Adams William J. Albert Charles Albright James L. Alcorn William B. Allison Jacob A. Ambler Adelbert Ames Oakes Ames Henry B. Anthony Stevenson Archer Moses K. Armstrong William H. Armstrong Samuel M. Arnell William E. Arthur Thomas S. Ashe Joel F. Asper John D. C. Atkins David Atwood John T. Averill Samuel B. Axtell Richard S. Ayer Alexander H. Bailey Nathaniel P. Banks Henry B. Banning J. Allen Barber William H. Barnum Granvill Barrere Henry W. Barry Lyman K. Bass James A. Bayard Thomas F. Bayard Fernando C. Beaman John Beatty Erasmus W. Beck James B. Beck Josiah W. Begole Hiram P. Bell Samuel N. Bell John F. Benjamin David S. Bennett Jacob Benton John Berry Marion Bethune John L. Beveridge James S. Biery John S. Bigby Benjamin T. Biggs John A. Bingham John T. Bird James G. Blaine Austin Blair Francis P. Blair James G. Blair Richard P. Bland James H. Blount Aleck Boarman Lewis V. Bogy Thomas Boles George W. Booker Arthur I. Boreman George S. Boutwell C. C. Bowen Reese T. Bowen Sempronius H. Boyd Allen A. Bradford Nathan B. Bradley Elliott M. Braxton John M. Bright Frederick G. Bromberg George M. Brooks James Brooks John Y. Brown William G. Brownlow Alfred E. Buck William A. Buckingham Charles W. Buckley Aylett H. Buckner James Buffinton Hezekiah S. Bundy Frank C. Bunnell Horatio C. Burchard Samuel S. Burdett John H. Burleigh Albert G. Burr Julius C. Burrows Benjamin F. Butler Rev. J. G. Butler Roderick R. Butler Otis S. Buxton Richard H. Cain Henry L. Cake Alexander Caldwell John H. Caldwell Robert P. Caldwell Hervey C. Calkin Simon Cameron Lewis D. Campbell George Q. Cannon Joseph G. Cannon Lewis C. Carpenter Matthew H. Carpenter John M. Carroll Thomas J. Cason Eugene Casserly Alexander G. Cattell Bernard G. Caulfield James M. Cavanaugh John Cessna Jerome B. Chaffee Zachariah Chandler J. Francisco Chaves Norton P. Chipman Simeon B. Chittenden John C. Churchill William H. Clagett M. A. Clancy W. T. Clark Amos Clark, Jr. John B. Clark, Jr. Freeman Clarke Sidney Clarke Charles Clayton Powell Clayton Isaac Clements Orestes Cleveland Hiester Clymer Amasa Cobb Clinton L. Cobb Stephen A. Cobb John Coburn John M. Coghlan Cornelius Cole Schuyler Colfax Abram Comingo Omar D. Conger Roscoe Conkling John C. Conner Simon B. Conover Burton C. Cook Philip Cook Henry Cooper Henry W. Corbett Stephen A. Corker Franklin Corwin Aylett R. Cotton John Covode George W. Cowles Samuel S. Cox Aaron H. Cragin Thomas J. Creamer John M. Crebs John V. Creely John Critcher Thomas T. Crittenden Alvah Crocker Philip S. Crooke Edward Crossland Lorenzo Crounse Robert Crozier William Crutchfield Shelby M. Cullom Carlton B. Curtis Lorenzo Danford Chester B. Darrall Alexander M. Davis Garrett Davis Henry G. Davis John J. Davis Noah Davis Henry L. Dawes Robert C. De Large David M. DeWitt Edward Degener George R. Dennis John T. Deweese Oliver J. Dickey Edward F. Dickinson Joseph Dixon Nathan F. Dixon Samuel A. Dobbins Oliver H. Dockery Ozro J. Dodds Joseph B. Donley William G. Donnan Stephen W. Dorsey Peter M. Dox Charles D. Drake Dudley M. Du Bose R. Holland Duell Richard T. W. Duke Mark H. Dunnell Milton J. Durham Isaac H. Duval David P. Dyer Benjamin T. Eames William W. Eaton John R. Eden George F. Edmunds John Edwards Jacob H. Ela Charles A. Eldredge Stephen B. Elkins Robert B. Elliott Smith Ely, Jr. Constantine C. Esty John F. Farnsworth Charles B. Farwell Reuben E. Fenton Orange Ferriss Orris S. Ferry Thomas W. Ferry William P. Fessenden Moses W. Field William E. Finck Gustavus A. Finkelnburg John Fisher Thomas Fitch James W. Flanagan Samuel C. Forker Greenbury L. Fort Charles Foster Henry D. Foster Wilder D. Foster Joseph S. Fowler John Fox James C. Freeman Frederick T. Frelinghuysen William P. Frye Jose M. Gallegos James A. Garfield Selucius Garfielde Abraham E. Garrett J. Lawrence Getz James King Gibson DeWitt C. Giddings Abijah Gilbert
Calvin W. Gilfillan John M. Glover George T. Goldthwaite Edward I. Golladay Jacob Golladay Daniel W. Gooch Milo Goodrich John B. Gordon George C. Gorham Ulysses S. Grant George W. Greene Samuel Griffith James W. Grimes John Augustus Griswold Lewis B. Gunkel Thomas M. Gunter J. Marshall Hagans John S. Hager Charles Haight John Hailey Richard J. Haldeman Eugene Hale Robert S. Hale George A. Halsey Samuel Hambleton Patrick Hamill Charles M. Hamilton Morgan C. Hamilton Robert Hamilton William T. Hamilton Hannibal Hamlin John Hancock William A. Handley James M. Hanks James Harlan Alfred C. Harmer James C. Harper Benjamin W. Harris George E. Harris Henry R. Harris John S. Harris John T. Harris Horace H. Harrison James M. Harvey Robert A. Hatcher Henry H. Hathorn Harrison E. Havens Isaac R. Hawkins John B. Hawley Joseph R. Hawley John B. Hay Charles Hays Gerry W. Hazelton John W. Hazelton David Heaton Robert S. Heflin George W. Hendee Frank Hereford William S. Herndon Samuel Hersey Ellery A. Hibbard John Hill Joshua Hill Phineas W. Hitchcock Truman H. Hoag E. Rockwood Hoar George F. Hoar Asa Hodges Solomon L. Hoge William S. Holman Charles H. Holmes Samuel Hooper William H. Hooper Benjamin F. Hopkins George G. Hoskins Giles W. Hotchkiss Sherman O. Houghton Jacob M. Howard Albert R. Howe Timothy O. Howe James B. Howell Jay A. Hubbell Morton C. Hunter Eppa Hunton Stephen A. Hurlbut Ira B. Hyde William J. Hynes John J. Ingalls Ebon C. Ingersoll Thomas Jenckes Daniel T. Jewett Hugh J. Jewett James A. Johnson John W. Johnston Alexander H. Jones John P. Jones Thomas L. Jones William T. Jones Norman B. Judd George W. Julian John A. Kasson William D. Kelley Stephen W. Kellogg William P. Kellogg James K. Kelly William H. Kelsey Charles W. Kendall Michael C. Kerr John H. Ketcham John W. Killinger Andrew King Thomas Kinsella Charles Knapp Robert M. Knapp J. Proctor Knott Addison H. Laflin Lucius Q. C. Lamar Charles N. Lamison William H. Lamport William E. Lansing Israel G. Lash Effingham Lawrence William Lawrence John D. Lawson James M. Leach Barbour Lewis John F. Lewis Joseph H. Lewis James R. Lofland John A. Logan Jefferson F. Long William Loughridge David P. Lowe Lloyd Lowndes, Jr. John K. Luttrell John Lynch John R. Lynch Clinton D. MacDougall Willis B. Machen John A. Magee Martin Maginnis John Manning Mahlon D. Manson Samuel S. Marshall James S. Martin Stephen L. Mayham Horace Maynard Dennis McCarthy James McCleery William McClelland James M. McCormick Richard C. McCormick George W. McCrary Thomas C. McCreery Alexander S. McDill James W. McDill Alexander McDonald Obadiah B. McFadden James C. McGrew Henry D. McHenry Archibald T. McIntyre Ebenezer McJunkin George C. McKee Lewis McKenzie John F. McKinney William P. McLean Thompson W. McNeely John McNulta Edward McPherson David B. Mellish Ulysses Mercur Clinton L. Merriam William M. Merrick Augustus S. Merrimon Samuel A. Merritt Benjamin F. Meyers Charles W. Miliken Homer V. M. Miller Roger Q. Mills William Milnes, Jr. Alexander Mitchell John H. Mitchell John Moffet James Monroe Eliakim H. Moore Jesse H. Moore William Moore William S. Moore Frank Morey George W. Morgan Joseph L. Morphis Daniel J. Morrell Justin S. Morrill Lot M. Morrill Samuel P. Morrill William R. Morrison John Morrissey Oliver P. Morton William Mungen Leonard Myers Lawrence T. Neal James S. Negley James W. Nesmith Rev. J. P. Newman Joseph P. Newsham Silas L. Niblack William E. Niblack Jason Niles Daniel S. Norton Thomas M. Norwood S. F. Nuckolls David A. Nunn James W. Nye William J. O'Brien Charles O'Neill Richard J. Oglesby Jackson Orr Godlove S. Orth Thomas W. Osborn Jasper Packard John B. Packer Horace F. Page Halbert E. Paine William W. Paine Frank W. Palmer Hosea W. Parker Isaac C. Parker Richard C. Parsons James W. Patterson John J. Patterson Henry R. Pease Erasmus D. Peck Charles Pelham James M. Pendleton Legrand W. Perce Aaron F. Perry Eli Perry
John A. Peters Darwin Phelps William W. Phelps William A. Phillips Henry L. Pierce Austin F. Pike Thomas C. Platt James H. Platt, Jr. Luke P. Poland Charles Pomeroy Samuel C. Pomeroy John Pool Charles H. Porter Horace Porter Clarkson N. Potter Daniel D. Pratt Henry O. Pratt William P. Price Elizur H. Prindle William F. Prosser William J. Purman Joseph Rainey Alexander Ramsey Samuel J. Randall Alonzo J. Ransier Matt W. Ransom James T. Rapier Morgan Rawls William H. Ray William B. Read John R. Reading Henry A. Reeves Hiram R. Revels Benjamin F. Rice Edward Y. Rice John B. Rice John M. Rice Hiram L. Richmond Robert Ridgway John Ritchie William M. Robbins Ellis H. Roberts William R. Roberts Thomas J. Robertson James C. Robinson James W. Robinson Anthony A. C. Rogers John Rogers Sion H. Rogers Robert B. Roosevelt Logan H. Roots Edmund G. Ross Sobieski Ross Jeremiah M. Rusk Stephen Sanford Aaron A. Sargent Eli M. Saulsbury Willard Saulsbury Frederick A. Sawyer Philetus Sawyer Henry B. Sayler Milton Sayler Richard Schell Robert C. Schenck John G. Schumaker Carl Schurz Glenni W. Scofield John R. K. Scott Henry J. Scudder Isaac W. Scudder John E. Seeley James B. Sener Walter L. Sessions J. K. Shafer John P. C. Shanks Christopher C. Sheats Lionel A. Sheldon Porter Sheldon Samuel Shellabarger George A. Sheridan John Sherman William C. Sherrod Henry Sherwood Isaac R. Sherwood Francis E. Shober Lazarus D. Shoemaker James H. Slater Andrew Sloan Henry W. Slocum Joseph H. Sloss William B. Small James S. Smart A. Herr Smith George L. Smith Horace Boardman Smith J. Ambler Smith John A. Smith John Q. Smith Joseph S. Smith William A. Smith William J. Smith Worthington C. Smith William Smyth Henry Snapp Oliver P. Snyder Milton I. Southard R. Milton Speer Thomas J. Speer George E. Spencer Solomon L. Spink William Sprague William P. Sprague Charles St. John Edwin O. Stanard Elisha D. Standiford Henry H. Starkweather Orza P. Stearns William R. Steele Alexander H. Stephens Aaron F. Stevens Bradford N. Stevens Charles A. Stevens Job E. Stevenson John W. Stevenson William M. Stewart John D. Stiles John P. Stockton William B. Stokes Frederick Stone William J. Stone John B. Storm William L. Stoughton William H. H. Stowell Peter W. Strader Horace B. Strait James D. Strawbridge Randolph Strickland Julius L. Strong Charles Sumner Rev. Dr. Byron Sunderland Jabez G. Sutherland Thomas Swann William N. Sweeney J. Hale Sypher John Taffe Adolphus H. Tanner Alexander W. Taylor Caleb N. Taylor William Terry John M. Thayer Charles R. Thomas Christopher Y. Thomas John M. Thompson Jacob M. Thornburgh Allen G. Thurman Lewis Tillman Thomas W. Tipton Lemuel Todd Dwight Townsend Washington Townsend Lyman Tremain Lawrence S. Trimble Lyman Trumbull Benjamin S. Turner Joseph H. Tuthill Ginery Twichell James N. Tyner William H. Upson Daniel M. Van Auken Robert T. Van Horn Philadelph Van Trump Charles H. Van Wyck Robert B. Vance William W. Vaughan George Vickers Daniel W. Voorhees Alfred M. Waddell Bainbridge Wadleigh Seth Wakeman Madison M. Walden Henry Waldron Alexander S. Wallace Josiah T. Walls Jasper D. Ward Marcus L. Ward Hamilton Ward Sr. Willard Warner Joseph M. Warren Cadwalader C. Washburn William B. Washburn Elihu B. Washburne Martin Welker Erastus Wells J. Rodman West William A. Wheeler Alexander White Thomas Whitehead John O. Whitehouse Richard H. Whiteley William Whiting G. W. Whitmore B. Frank Whittemore Washington C. Whitthorne David Wilber Morton S. Wilkinson Charles W. Willard George Willard Waitman T. Willey Charles G. Williams George H. Williams John M. S. Williams William B. Williams William Williams (IN) William Williams (NY) Asa H. Willie William W. Wilshire Ephraim K. Wilson Eugene M. Wilson Henry Wilson James F. Wilson Jeremiah M. Wilson John T. Wilson Joseph G. Wilson James J. Winans Boyd Winchester William Windom John S. Witcher William P. Wolf Simeon K. Wolfe Fernando Wood Stewart L. Woodford George W. Woodward Laurin D. Woodworth George G. Wright Richard Yates John D. Young Pierce M. B. Young

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