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PHILIPS John Finis , a Representative from Missouri; born in Thralls Prairie, Boone County, Mo.,
December 31, 1834; attended the common schools, the University of Missouri at Columbia, and was…
HAMMERSCHMIDT John Paul , a Representative from Arkansas; born in Harrison, Boone County,
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