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William Bross

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William J. Bross (November 4, 1813 – January 27, 1890) was an American politician and publisher originally from the New Jersey–New York–Pennsylvania tri-state area. [1]

47 relations: Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, Arthur Thomson (naturalist), Chester, Pennsylvania, Chicago, Chicago City Council, Chicago Tribune, Communist Labor Party of America, Delaware and Hudson Canal, Delta Upsilon, Democratic Party (United States), Francis Hoffmann, Francis Landey Patton, Frederick J. Bliss, Henry Demarest Lloyd, James Orr (theologian), John C. Frémont, John Dougherty (Illinois politician), Josiah Royce, Lake Forest College, Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, Marcus Dods (theologian born 1834), Milford, Pennsylvania, Missouri Compromise, New Jersey, Panic of 1857, Pennsylvania, Republican Party (United States), Richard J. Oglesby, Ridgebury, New York, Rosehill Cemetery, Schuyler Colfax, Shohola Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania, Siege of Petersburg, Slavery, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Stephen A. Douglas, Stephen Decatur Bross, Sussex County, New Jersey, Tri-state area, Trinity College, Glasgow, Vandalia State House State Historic Site, Vandalia, Illinois, Vice President of the United States, William Bross Lloyd, Williams College, 29th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry.

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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Arthur Thomson (naturalist)

Sir John Arthur Thomson (8 July 1861 – 12 February 1933) was a Scottish naturalist who authored several notable books and was an expert on soft corals.

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Chester, Pennsylvania

Chester is a city in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Chicago City Council

The Chicago City Council is the legislative branch of the government of the City of Chicago in Illinois.

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Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tronc, Inc., formerly Tribune Publishing.

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Communist Labor Party of America

The Communist Labor Party of America (CLP) was one of the organizational predecessors of the Communist Party USA.

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Delaware and Hudson Canal

The Delaware and Hudson Canal was the first venture of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, which would later build the Delaware and Hudson Railway.

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Delta Upsilon

Delta Upsilon (ΔΥ), commonly known as DU, is a collegiate men's fraternity founded on November 4, 1834 at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

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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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Francis Hoffmann

Francis Arnold Hoffmann (June 5, 1822 – January 23, 1903) was a Lutheran clergyman, politician and writer.

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Francis Landey Patton

Francis Landey Patton (February 22, 1843 – November 25, 1932), American educator, academic administrator, and theologian, and the twelfth president of Princeton University.

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Frederick J. Bliss

Frederick Jones Bliss (22 January 1859-–3 June 1937) was an American archaeologist.

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Henry Demarest Lloyd

Henry Demarest Lloyd (May 1, 1847 – September 28, 1903) was a 19th-century American progressive political activist and pioneer muckraking journalist.

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James Orr (theologian)

James Orr (1844–6 September 1913) was a Scottish Presbyterian minister and professor of church history and then theology.

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John C. Frémont

John Charles Frémont or Fremont (January 21, 1813July 13, 1890) was an American explorer, politician, and soldier who, in 1856, became the first candidate of the Republican Party for the office of President of the United States.

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John Dougherty (Illinois politician)

John Dougherty (May 6, 1806 – September 7, 1879) was an American politician from Ohio.

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Josiah Royce

Josiah Royce (November 20, 1855 – September 14, 1916) was an American objective idealist philosopher.

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Lake Forest College

Lake Forest College is a four-year coeducational private liberal arts college in Lake Forest, Illinois, on Chicago's North Shore.

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Lieutenant Governor of Illinois

The Lieutenant Governor of Illinois is the second highest executive of the State of Illinois.

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Marcus Dods (theologian born 1834)

Marcus Dods (11 April 1834 – 26 April 1909) was a Scottish divine and controversial biblical scholar.

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Milford, Pennsylvania

Milford is a borough in Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat.

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Missouri Compromise

The Missouri Compromise is the title generally attached to the legislation passed by the 16th United States Congress on May 9, 1820.

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New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Northeastern United States.

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Panic of 1857

The Panic of 1857 was a financial panic in the United States caused by the declining international economy and over-expansion of the domestic economy.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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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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Richard J. Oglesby

Richard James Oglesby (July 25, 1824April 24, 1899) was an American soldier and Republican politician from Illinois.

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Ridgebury, New York

Ridgebury, New York is one of the eight Hamlets in the town of Wawayanda, New York.

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Rosehill Cemetery

Rosehill Cemetery (founded 1864) is an American Victorian-era cemetery on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois, and at, is the largest cemetery in the City of Chicago.

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Schuyler Colfax

Schuyler Colfax Jr. (March 23, 1823 – January 13, 1885) was an American journalist, businessman, and politician from Indiana.

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Shohola Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania

Shohola Township is a township in Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Siege of Petersburg

The Richmond–Petersburg Campaign was a series of battles around Petersburg, Virginia, fought from June 9, 1864, to March 25, 1865, during the American Civil War.

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Slavery

Slavery is any system in which principles of property law are applied to people, allowing individuals to own, buy and sell other individuals, as a de jure form of property.

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Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

The Speaker of the House is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives.

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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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Stephen Decatur Bross

Stephen A. Decatur (born 1813, died 1888 or 1889), born Stephen Decatur Bross and often referred to as Commodore Decatur, was one of the earliest settlers in Nebraska.

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Sussex County, New Jersey

Sussex County is the northernmost county in the State of New Jersey.

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Tri-state area

Tri-state area is an informal term in the eastern contiguous United States for any of several regions associated with a particular town or metropolis that, with adjacent suburbs, lie across three states.

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Trinity College, Glasgow

Trinity College, Glasgow, Scotland, is the Church of Scotland's College at the University of Glasgow.

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Vandalia State House State Historic Site

The Vandalia State House, built in 1836, is the fourth capitol building of the U.S. state of Illinois.

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Vandalia, Illinois

Vandalia is a city in Fayette County, Illinois, United States, northeast of St. Louis, on the Kaskaskia River.

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Vice President of the United States

The Vice President of the United States (informally referred to as VPOTUS, or Veep) is a constitutional officer in the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States as the President of the Senate under Article I, Section 3, Clause 4, of the United States Constitution, as well as the second highest executive branch officer, after the President of the United States.

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William Bross Lloyd

William Bross Lloyd (February 24, 1875 – June 30, 1946) was an American attorney and political activist.

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Williams College

Williams College is a private liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States.

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29th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry

The 29th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry (originally, 29th Regiment Infantry, United States Colored Troops) was an infantry regiment of United States Colored Troops from Illinois that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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References

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

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