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Party: Jacksonian; Democrat TIPTON John , a Senator from Indiana; born near Sevierville, Sevier County, Tenn., August 14,
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Born: 1891
Birthplace: Chicago
The only Black person in her family when she was growing up, Larsen always felt like an outsider. Born Nellie Walker, she lost her West…
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