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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Salmon P. Chase
Politician
13-Jan-1808 7-May-1873 Secretary of the Treasury, 1861-64
Honoré Daumier
Artist
20-Feb-1808 11-Feb-1879 Caricaturist and satirist
Jefferson Davis
Head of State
3-Jun-1808 6-Dec-1889 President of the Confederacy
Hamilton Fish
Politician
3-Aug-1808 7-Sep-1893 US Secretary of State, 1869-77
Charles Gleyre
Painter
2-May-1808 5-May-1874 Apocalyptic Vision of St. John
Andrew Johnson
Head of State
29-Dec-1808 31-Jul-1875 17th US President, 1865-68
Hugh McCulloch
Government
7-Dec-1808 24-May-1895 Twice US Treasury Secretary
Napoleon III
Royalty
20-Apr-1808 9-Jan-1873 Emperor of France, 1852-70
Gérard de Nerval
Poet
22-May-1808 26-Jan-1855 Unbalanced French romantic poet
Thomas D. Rice
Comic
20-May-1808 19-Sep-1860 Played "Jim Crow"
Lysander Spooner
Activist
19-Jan-1808 14-May-1887 No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority
David Friedrich Strauss
Religion
27-Jan-1808 8-Feb-1874 Leben Jesu
William Strong
Judge
6-May-1808 19-Aug-1895 US Supreme Court Justice, 1870-80
James Van Ness
Politician
1808 28-Dec-1872 Mayor of San Francisco, 1855-56




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