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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cockburn , Sir George 1772 -1853 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Creswell , John Angell James 1828 -1891 (search)
Creswell, John Angell James 1828-1891
Legislator; born in Port Deposit, Md., Nov. 18, 1828; graduated at Dickinson College in 1848; admitted to the bar in 1850; elected to Congress as a Republican in 1863; and to the United States Senate to fill a vacancy in 1864.
He was a delegate to the Baltimore Convention in 1864; the Loyalists' Convention in Philadelphia in 1866; the Border States Convention in Baltimore in 1867; and the National Republican Convention in 1868.
In 1869-74 he was Postmaster-General of the United States; and was one of the counsel for the United States before the Court of Alabama Claims Commissioners.
He died in Elkton, Md., Dec. 23, 1891.
Gale, Levin 1824-1875
Lawyer; born in Cecil county, Md., in 1824; was admitted to the bar and began practice at Elkton, Md. He published A list of English statutes supposed to be applicable to the several States of the Union.
He died in Baltimore, Md., April 28, 1875.