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88 relations: Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, Apothecary, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Athlone, California Gold Rush, California State Assembly, California State Capitol, California State Legislature, California State Library, California State Senate, Central Pacific Railroad, Charles County, Maryland, Cincinnati, Colma, California, Constitution of California, County Roscommon, Cupeño, David C. Broderick, Democratic Party (United States), Downey, California, Duel, Farmers and Merchants Bank of Los Angeles, Financial endowment, Frank M. Pixley, Governor of California, Grass Valley, California, Great Famine (Ireland), Havana, History of the Jews in Germany, Holy Cross Cemetery (Colma, California), Horticulture, Ireland, Irish Americans, Isaac N. Quinn, Isaias W. Hellman, John C. Breckinridge, John Conness, John R. McConnell, Joseph Walkup, Kansas Territory, Lecompton Democrat, Leland Stanford, Lieutenant Governor of California, List of Governors of California, List of U.S. state governors born outside the United States, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Common Council, Lower house, Milton Latham, ..., New Orleans, Ohio, Ozro W. Childs, Pablo de la Guerra, Pala Indian Reservation, Pony Express, Posttraumatic stress disorder, Protestantism, Ranch, Ravine, Republican Party (United States), Robert M. Widney, Sacramento, California, San Diego County, California, San Francisco, Simon Cameron, Slavery in the United States, Sonora, Southern California, Stephen A. Douglas, Supreme Court of the United States, Taghmaconnell, Tehachapi Pass, The Argonaut, Townland, United States, United States presidential election, 1860, United States Secretary of War, United States Senate, University of Southern California, Veto, Vicksburg, Mississippi, Victorian era, Warner's Ranch, Washington, D.C., Wells Fargo, West Coast of the United States, Yda Hillis Addis. Expand index (38 more) »
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.
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American Civil War
The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.
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Apothecary
Apothecary is one term for a medical professional who formulates and dispenses materia medica to physicians, surgeons, and patients.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian-American actor, filmmaker, businessman, investor, author, philanthropist, activist, politician, and former professional bodybuilder and powerlifter.
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Athlone
Athlone is a town on the River Shannon near the southern shore of Lough Ree in Ireland.
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California Gold Rush
The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California.
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California State Assembly
The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature.
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California State Capitol
The California State Capitol is home to the government of California.
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California State Legislature
The California State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of California.
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California State Library
The California State Library collects, preserves, generates and disseminates a wide array of information.
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California State Senate
The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature.
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Central Pacific Railroad
The Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR) was a rail route between California and Utah built eastwards from the West Coast in the 1860s, to complete the western part of the "First Transcontinental Railroad" in North America.
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Charles County, Maryland
Charles County is a county located in the southern central portion of the U.S. state of Maryland.
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Cincinnati
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Colma, California
Colma is a small incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, near the northern end of the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Constitution of California
The Constitution of the State of California is the constitution of California, describing the duties, powers, structure and function of the government of California.
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County Roscommon
County Roscommon (Contae Ros Comáin) is a county in Ireland.
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Cupeño
The Cupeño are a Native American tribe from Southern California.
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David C. Broderick
David Colbreth Broderick (February 4, 1820 – September 16, 1859) was an attorney and politician, elected by the legislature as Democratic U.S. Senator from California.
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Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).
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Downey, California
Downey is a city located in southeast Los Angeles County, California, United States, southeast of downtown Los Angeles.
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Duel
A duel is an arranged engagement in combat between two people, with matched weapons, in accordance with agreed-upon rules.
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Farmers and Merchants Bank of Los Angeles
Farmers and Merchants Bank (F&M) is a historic lending institution (1871−1952) based in Downtown Los Angeles, California.
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Financial endowment
A financial endowment is a donation of money or property to a nonprofit organization for the ongoing support of that organization.
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Frank M. Pixley
Frank Morrison Pixley (January 31, 1825 – August 13, 1895) was an American journalist, attorney, and politician.
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Governor of California
The Governor of California is the head of government of the U.S. state of California.
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Grass Valley, California
The city of Grass Valley is the largest city in the western region of Nevada County, California, United States.
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Great Famine (Ireland)
The Great Famine (an Gorta Mór) or the Great Hunger was a period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration in Ireland between 1845 and 1849.
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Havana
Havana (Spanish: La Habana) is the capital city, largest city, province, major port, and leading commercial center of Cuba.
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History of the Jews in Germany
Jewish settlers founded the Ashkenazi Jewish community in the Early (5th to 10th centuries CE) and High Middle Ages (circa 1000–1299 CE).
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Holy Cross Cemetery (Colma, California)
Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in Colma, California is an American Roman Catholic cemetery operated by the Archdiocese of San Francisco.
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Horticulture
Horticulture is the science and art of growing plants (fruits, vegetables, flowers, and any other cultivar).
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Ireland
Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic.
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Irish Americans
Irish Americans (Gael-Mheiriceánaigh) are an ethnic group comprising Americans who have full or partial ancestry from Ireland, especially those who identify with that ancestry, along with their cultural characteristics.
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Isaac N. Quinn
Isaac N. Quinn (April 24, 1795 in New Haven, Connecticut – June 26, 1865 in San Rafael, CA.) was the Acting Lieutenant Governor of California, 1860–1861.
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Isaias W. Hellman
Isaias Wolf Hellman (October 3, 1842 – April 9, 1920) was a German-born American banker and philanthropist, and a founding father of the University of Southern California.
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John C. Breckinridge
John Cabell Breckinridge (January 16, 1821 – May 17, 1875) was an American lawyer, politician, and soldier.
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John Conness
John Conness (September 22, 1821 – January 10, 1909) was a first-generation Irish-American businessman who served as a U.S. Senator (1863–1869) from California during the American Civil War and the early years of Reconstruction.
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John R. McConnell
John R. McConnell (1826–1879) was the fourth attorney general of California from 1854 to 1856.
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Joseph Walkup
Joseph Walkup, a member of the Democratic Party, was the fifth Lieutenant Governor of California from 1858 to 1860.
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Kansas Territory
The Territory of Kansas was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 30, 1854, until January 29, 1861, when the eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Kansas.
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Lecompton Democrat
Since the beginning of the 1850s, issues regarding slavery had effectively split the California Democratic Party.
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Leland Stanford
Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824June 21, 1893) was an American tycoon, industrialist, politician, and the founder (with his wife, Jane) of Stanford University.
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Lieutenant Governor of California
The Lieutenant Governor of California is a statewide constitutional officer and vice-executive of the State of California.
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List of Governors of California
The Governor of California is the chief executive of the California state government, whose responsibilities include making annual State of the State addresses to the California State Legislature, submitting the budget, and ensuring that state laws are enforced.
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List of U.S. state governors born outside the United States
In total, 72 governors of a U.S. state have been born outside the current territory of the United States.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.
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Los Angeles Common Council
The Los Angeles Common Council was the predecessor of the Los Angeles, California, City Council.
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Lower house
A lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house.
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Milton Latham
Milton Slocum Latham (May 23, 1827 – March 4, 1882) was an American politician, and served as the sixth governor of California and as a member of the federal U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate.
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New Orleans
New Orleans (. Merriam-Webster.; La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana.
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Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States.
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Ozro W. Childs
Ozro Childs (1824–1890) was a Protestant horticulturalist, merchant, and banker in the 19th century in Los Angeles, California.
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Pablo de la Guerra
Pablo de la Guerra (November 29, 1819 – February 5, 1874), from the de la Guerra family of Santa Barbara, California, was the Acting Lieutenant Governor of California, 1861-1862.
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Pala Indian Reservation
The Pala Indian Reservation is located in the middle San Luis Rey River Valley in northern San Diego County, California, east of the community of Fallbrook, and has been assigned feature ID 272502.
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Pony Express
The Pony Express was a mail service delivering messages, newspapers, and mail.
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Posttraumatic stress disorder
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)Acceptable variants of this term exist; see the Terminology section in this article.
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Protestantism
Protestantism is the second largest form of Christianity with collectively more than 900 million adherents worldwide or nearly 40% of all Christians.
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Ranch
A ranch is an area of land, including various structures, given primarily to the practice of ranching, the practice of raising grazing livestock such as cattle or sheep for meat or wool.
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Ravine
A ravine is a landform narrower than a canyon and is often the product of streamcutting erosion.
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Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.
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Robert M. Widney
Robert Maclay Widney (December 23, 1838 – November 14, 1929) was an American lawyer, judge, and one of the founders of the University of Southern California (USC).
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Sacramento, California
Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County.
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San Diego County, California
San Diego County is a county in the southwestern corner of the state of California, in the United States.
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San Francisco
San Francisco (initials SF;, Spanish for 'Saint Francis'), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.
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Simon Cameron
Simon Cameron (March 8, 1799June 26, 1889) was an influential American businessman and politician who served as United States Secretary of War for Abraham Lincoln at the start of the American Civil War.
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Slavery in the United States
Slavery in the United States was the legal institution of human chattel enslavement, primarily of Africans and African Americans, that existed in the United States of America in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Sonora
Sonora, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Sonora (Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora), is one of 31 states that, with Mexico City, comprise the 32 federal entities of United Mexican States.
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Southern California
Southern California (colloquially known as SoCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises California's southernmost counties.
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Stephen A. Douglas
Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861) was an American politician from Illinois and the designer of the Kansas–Nebraska Act.
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Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS) is the highest federal court of the United States.
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Taghmaconnell
Taughmaconnell or Taughmaconnell is a small village in County Roscommon, Ireland.
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Tehachapi Pass
Tehachapi Pass is a mountain pass crossing the Tehachapi Mountains in Kern County, California in the United States.
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The Argonaut
The Argonaut was a literary journal based in San Francisco, California, that ran from 1877 to 1956, founded and published originally by Frank M. Pixley.
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Townland
A townland (baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: toonlann) is a small geographical division of land used in Ireland.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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United States presidential election, 1860
The United States Presidential Election of 1860 was the nineteenth quadrennial presidential election to select the President and Vice President of the United States.
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United States Secretary of War
The Secretary of War was a member of the United States President's Cabinet, beginning with George Washington's administration.
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United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprise the legislature of the United States.
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University of Southern California
The University of Southern California (USC or SC) is a private research university in Los Angeles, California.
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Veto
A veto – Latin for "I forbid" – is the power (used by an officer of the state, for example) to unilaterally stop an official action, especially the enactment of legislation.
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Vicksburg, Mississippi
Vicksburg is the only city in, and county seat of Warren County, Mississippi, United States.
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Victorian era
In the history of the United Kingdom, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.
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Warner's Ranch
Warner's Ranch near Warner Springs, California, was notable as a way station for large numbers of emigrants on the Southern Emigrant Trail from 1849 to 1861, as it was a stop on both the Gila River Trail and the Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach line (1859-1861).
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Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.
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Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo & Company is an American multinational financial services company headquartered in San Francisco, California, with central offices throughout the country.
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West Coast of the United States
The West Coast or Pacific Coast is the coastline along which the contiguous Western United States meets the North Pacific Ocean.
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Yda Hillis Addis
Yda Hillis Addis, (born 1857, disappeared 1902) was the first American writer to translate ancient Mexican oral stories and histories into English.
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References
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