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during the Civil War enlisted…
O’CONNELL, Joseph Francis, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., December 7, 1872; attended the Mather School of Boston and prepared for college at St. Mary’s Parochial…
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Party: Democrat BAYARD Thomas Francis, Sr. , a Senator from Delaware; born in Wilmington, Del., October 29, 1828; attended Doctor Hawkes' school in Flushing, N.Y…
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