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William Henry Barnum

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William Henry Barnum (September 17, 1818 – April 30, 1889) was an American politician, serving as a state representative, U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and finally as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. [1]

35 relations: American Car and Foundry Company, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Boston Corner, New York, Boxcar, Catholic Church, Central Pacific Railroad, Collis Potter Huntington, Connecticut, Connecticut House of Representatives, Connecticut's 4th congressional district, Cornwall, Connecticut, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Party (United States), Ensign Manufacturing Company, Episcopal Church (United States), Goods wagon, Hopper car, James E. English, John Henry Hubbard, John Whitfield Bunn and Jacob Bunn, Lakeville, Connecticut, Levi Warner, Lime Rock, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Milo Barnum Richardson, Orville H. Platt, P. T. Barnum, Politician, Rail transport, Salisbury, Connecticut, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, United States, United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, William W. Eaton.

American Car and Foundry Company

American Car and Foundry (often abbreviated as ACF) is an American manufacturer of railroad rolling stock.

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Berkshire County, Massachusetts

Berkshire County, pronounced, is a county located on the western edge of the U.S. state of Massachusetts.

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Boston Corner, New York

Boston Corner is a hamlet of the town of Ancram in Columbia County, New York, United States and the town of Northeast in Dutchess County, New York.

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Boxcar

A boxcar is a North American railroad car that is enclosed and generally used to carry freight.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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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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Collis Potter Huntington

Collis Potter Huntington (October 22, 1821 – August 13, 1900) was one of the Big Four of western railroading (along with Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker) who built the Central Pacific Railroad as part of the first U.S. transcontinental railroad.

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Connecticut

Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Connecticut House of Representatives

The Connecticut House of Representatives is the lower house in the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature of the US state of Connecticut.

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Connecticut's 4th congressional district

Connecticut's 4th Congressional District is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Connecticut.

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Cornwall, Connecticut

Cornwall is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.

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Democratic National Committee

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is the formal governing body for the United States Democratic Party.

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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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Ensign Manufacturing Company

Ensign Manufacturing Company, founded as Ensign Car Works in 1872, was a railroad car manufacturing company based in Huntington, West Virginia.

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Episcopal Church (United States)

The Episcopal Church is the United States-based member church of the worldwide Anglican Communion.

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Goods wagon

Goods wagons or freight wagons (North America: goods cars or freight cars) are unpowered railway vehicles that are used for the transportation of cargo.

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Hopper car

A hopper car (US) or hopper wagon (UIC) is a type of railroad freight car used to transport loose bulk commodities such as coal, ore, grain, and track ballast.

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James E. English

James Edward English (March 13, 1812 – March 2, 1890) was a United States Representative and later U.S. Senator from Connecticut.

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John Henry Hubbard

John Henry Hubbard (March 24, 1804 in Salisbury, Connecticut – July 30, 1872 in Litchfield, Connecticut) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut's 4th congressional district from 1863 to 1867.

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John Whitfield Bunn and Jacob Bunn

John Whitfield Bunn (June 21, 1831 – June 7, 1920)Illinois State Historical Society, Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Vol.

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Lakeville, Connecticut

Lakeville is a village in Litchfield County, Connecticut, bordering Dutchess County, New York.

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Levi Warner

Levi Warner (October 10, 1831 – April 12, 1911) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut's 4th congressional district from 1876 to 1879.

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Lime Rock, Connecticut

Lime Rock is a village and historic district (listed as Lime Rock Historic District) in the town of Salisbury, Connecticut, United States, situated on the Salmon Kill.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts, officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Milo Barnum Richardson

Milo Barnum Richardson (February 13, 1849 – May 17, 1912) was president of the Barnum Richardson Company.

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Orville H. Platt

Orville Hitchcock Platt (July 19, 1827 – April 21, 1905) was a United States Senator from Connecticut.

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P. T. Barnum

Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5, 1810 – April 7, 1891) was an American showman, politician and businessman remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and for founding the Barnum & Bailey Circus (1871–2017).

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Politician

A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking office in government.

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Rail transport

Rail transport is a means of transferring of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks.

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Salisbury, Connecticut

Salisbury is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States of the New York metropolitan area.

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Southern Pacific Transportation Company

The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials- SP) was an American Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1998 that operated in the Western United States.

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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 House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber.

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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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William W. Eaton

William Wallace Eaton (October 11, 1816September 21, 1898) was a United States Representative and United States Senator from Connecticut.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Barnum

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