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Maynard, Horace 1814-1882

Diplomatist; born in Waynesboro, Mass., Aug. 13, 1814; graduated at Amherst College in 1838; removed to Tennessee in 1839; admitted to the bar in 1845; elected to Congress in 1857 and 1865; attorney-general of Tennessee in 1864; president of the Border State Convention in 1867; minister to Russia in 1875-80; appointed Postmaster-General by President Hayes in 1880. He died in Knoxville, Tenn., May 3, 1882.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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