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Famous People 6 (Zoidberg12)
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Jacob McClain (September 11, 1817-April 4, 1895), Federalist Governor of Connecticut and presidential candidate in the 1870 election. He was descended from Scottish and Scotch-Irish immigrants.

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Victor Roland (October 8, 1821-December 30, 1915), Federalist Governor of Connecticut and presidential candidate in the 1864 election. His ancestors on his father's side were Frenchmen were fled from France during the Reign of Terror and the French Revolution.

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Josiah Blakenship (March 30, 1811-November 11, 1862), Vice President from 1859 to 1862 and the last Vice President of the Old Union.

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Frank Wilbourn (July 9, 1810-September 12, 1905), Democratic politician from New York and Vice President under Hugo Brandt.

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Brandon Gallup (February 24, 1823-April 29, 1893), ATL son of Peter Gallup, Federalist Mayor of Boston and vice presidential candidate in the 1870 election.

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Trent Galletin Camden (May 23, 1801-July 30, 1876), Attorney General during the Presidency of Robert Lee. IOTL he was named Peter Galletin Camden and was a Mayor of St. Louis.

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Manuel Ortega (May 12, 1786-November 12, 1845), liberal President of Mexico during the 1830s and 1840s. IOTL this is an illustration of OTL Mexican President Ignacio Comonfort. This illustration looks somewhat different from some of the other depictions of Comonfort, so it seems appropriate for this to be another person IITL. He was also an ATL relative of José Francisco Ortega, a Spanish soldier and early settler of Alta California.

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Miguel Lazarvado (June 26, 1794-April 6, 1846) President from Mexico for less than five months from November 12, 1845 until his assassination on April 6, 1846.

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Raul Guerra aka Emperor Raul I (March 31, 1799-October 9, 1879), military officer, strongman and President and Emperor of Mexico. IOTL this is an illustration of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, albeit with a mustache and a thinner nose. Again, since this illustration is different from the other depictions of Santa Anna, it seems appropriate for this to be another person ITTL.

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An illustration of the assassination of President John C. Calhoun by Hiram Polk (1812-December 15, 1838) on May 9, 1838. No photographs of Hiram Polk survive. He was executed on December 15, 1838 in Philadelphia.

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