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Adelbert Ames
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Quarter-length portrait of Adelbert Ames, US Army veteran and Republican politician. Ames was a general in both the Civil War and the Spanish-American War. He was Governor of Mississippi twice (1868-1870, 1874-1876), and a United States Senator from 1870-1874.
1865
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WHi 155024
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Quarter-length portrait of George Allott a Republican politician from Colorado. Allott served in World War II as a major in the US Army Air Forces. He was Lieutenant Governor of Colorado (1951-1955...
John Peter Altgeld
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Portrait of John Peter Altgeld, a Union veteran of the Civil War, judge, lawyer, and politician. Altgeld was a Progressive Democrat and the 20th Governor of Illinois (1893-1897). He previously serv...
Harvey Abraham
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Quarter-length portrait of Harvey R. Abraham, a World War I veteran and Republican Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Winnebago County district, 1947–1960.
Harvey R. Abraham
circa 1950-1959
Portrait of Harvey R. Abraham, World War I veteran and Republican member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Winnebago County district, 1947-1960.
Lars Aaker
1881
Oval-framed waist-up portrait of Lars K. Aaker, a Norse immigrant, farmer, Civil War veteran and Minnesota state legislator. He emigrated to the United States in 1845 and briefly lived in Dane Coun...
