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U.S. Senator

John Renshaw Thomson

New Jersey

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U.S. Representative

James Thorington

Iowa · District 2

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Benjamin Babock Thurston

Rhode Island · District 2

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Lemuel Todd

Pennsylvania · District 16

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U.S. Senator

Robert Augustus Toombs

Georgia

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Isaac Toucey

Connecticut

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U.S. Representative

Mark Trafton

Massachusetts · District 11

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Robert Pleasant Trippe

Georgia · District 3

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U.S. Senator

Lyman Trumbull

Illinois

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Job Roberts Tyson

Pennsylvania · District 2

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Warner Lewis Underwood

Kentucky · District 3

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George Vail

New Jersey · District 4

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U.S. Representative

William Weightman Valk

New York · District 1

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U.S. Senator

Benjamin Franklin Wade

Ohio

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U.S. Representative

Edward Wade

Ohio · District 19

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Abram Wakeman

New York · District 8

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David Safford Walbridge

Michigan · District 3

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Henry Waldron

Michigan · District 2

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Percy Walker

Alabama · District 1

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Hiram Warner

Georgia · District 4

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Cadwallader Colden Washburn

Wisconsin · District 2

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U.S. Representative

Israel Washburn Jr.

Maine · District 5

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Elihu Benjamin Washburne

Illinois · District 1

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U.S. Representative

Albert Galiton Watkins

Tennessee · District 1

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