Raynors HCA 2020-02
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ANDREW, John Albion (1818-1867) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. He was elected in 1860 as the 25th Governor of Massachusetts, serving between 1861 and 1866, and led the state's contributions to the Union cause during the American Civil War (1861-1865). He was a guiding force behind the creation of some of the first African-American units in the United States Army, including the 54th Massachusetts Infantry. Document Signed "John Andrew" 1pp. large folio, November 28, 1863, announcing that William B. Washburn was "elected a Member of the House of Representatives of the United States..." Very good condition. William Barrett Washburn (1820-1887) was an American businessman and politician from Massachusetts. Washburn served several terms in the United States House of Representatives (1863-71) and as the 28th Governor of Massachusetts from 1872 to 1874, when he won election to the United States Senate in a special election to succeed the recently deceased Charles Sumner. A moderate Republican, Washburn only partially supported the Radical Republican agenda during the American Civil War and the Reconstruction Era that followed.
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