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Death
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William Cullen Bryant
Poet
3-Nov-1794
12-Jun-1878
Editor,
The New York Evening Post
Erastus Corning
Business
14-Dec-1794
9-Apr-1872
Railroad baron, Ironmonger, Congressman
Thomas Corwin
Politician
29-Jul-1794
18-Dec-1865
Ohio Governor, Senator, Treasury Secretary
Jacques Amand Deslongchamps
Paleontologist
17-Jan-1794
17-Jan-1867
Discovered Teleosaurus
Edward Everett
Politician
11-Apr-1794
15-Jan-1865
Governor of Massachuetts, 1836-40
Sylvester Graham
Activist
5-Jul-1794
11-Sep-1851
Graham crackers
Robert Cooper Grier
Judge
5-Mar-1794
25-Sep-1870
US Supreme Court Justice, 1846-70
Hans Daniel Hassenpflug
Politician
26-Feb-1794
10-Oct-1862
Hessian anti-constitutionalist
Frank Abney Hastings
Military
1794
1-Jun-1828
Fought in Greek Revolution
Matthew Perry
Military
10-Apr-1794
4-Mar-1858
Opened Japan to the west
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Military
21-Feb-1794
21-Jun-1876
Hero of Tampico
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Business
27-May-1794
4-Jan-1877
Robber baron, richest man in the United States
William Jenkins Worth
Military
1-Mar-1794
7-May-1849
Namesake of Fort Worth, TX
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