Scrapbook has one of a few photographs in existence of St. Joseph University before it burned down in 1862. This scrapbook has about 10 to 15 photographs of friends and many of ladies possibly Mrs. Frear. The rarity of the photograph above and the 115 signature dated before or during the Civil War makes this a gold mine for historical purposes. What makes this a value book is not only the Troy University book but that each Congressman helped President Abraham Lincoln in their own way through the Civil War. Lord Lyon's list for 35.00 dollars. Owen Lovejoy is listed and he was Lincoln's best friend in Congress. In 1862 Lovejoy was responsible for freeing slaves in the District of Columbia. Owen's brother Elijah was the first abolitionist to be murdered - because he ran a printing press against Slavery. Sander's 6th Book on autographs has many of these Congressmen listed. Actual photograph of Tom Thumb and his wife.

One could write a book on all of these individuals and their roles for the worst battle in US history. I have began the book for ya by gathering photographs and some of their histories. Go to link. For photographs of Congressmen and biographical sketch visit website http://ciajfk.com/Civil-War-Congress.html

REnsselaer County Historical Society below.

"Dear Mr. Adamson, 
 
Mari Shopsis forwarded your e-mail to me. The photo is definitely of Troy
and would have been taken somewhere between 1858 and May 10, 1862 when there
was a devastating fire in Troy that destroyed hundreds of buildings and
about 20 lives lost.
The large building at the top of the hill is the former Troy University,
then St. Joseph's University it was completed in 1858.
 
We have so few images of the city before the great fire, is it possible for
you to do a higher resolution scan of that to send to us?
 
Do you have any other photographs of Troy in the scrapbook...
 
I put the word out to the local Civil War roundtable members, someone may be
interested in purchasing the scrapbook... We unfortunately to not have the
funds to purchase that or we would have wanted to purchase it for our
collection... 
 
I look forward to hearing from you.
 
Sincerely, 
Kathryn Sheehan"

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SCRAPBOOK belonging To William H. Frear 36th and 37th Congress 1 0 0 Civil War Congress, Senators , Cabinet Members, Other
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Signatures, Biographical Sketchs & Photographs

This SCARCE 8" x 10" scrapbook/autograph album had been put together and was owned by WILLIAM H. FREAR, who was eldest in a family of eight children of William and Deborah A. (Davis) Frear, and was born in Coxsackie, New York, March 29, 1841. He received a good education in the common school and the Coxsackie Academy, and while young showed marked proficiency. At the age of sixteen, choosing a business life, he secured a clerkship in a store in his native village, and after two years' service, in 1859 he became a clerk of John Flagg, then a leading merchant of Troy, N. Y. During his six years' clerkship with Mr. Flagg he mastered every detail of the dry-goods trade, developed superior
aptitude for business, and won the unlimited confidence of his employer.

Portrait of William H. Frear -- Scrapbook has several photos of Mr. Frear.

In 1864 he married Fannie M., daughter of Charles Wright, of Pittsfield, Mass. In 1865, William H. Frear became a mercantile partner of Mr. Haverly, under the firm name of Haverly & Frear. In keeping with the times, on the inside of the third page, reads, "The stars and stripes forever".

The note on the last page is a pasted note reads, "Sir, Please deliver the Enclosed to Montgomery Blair, Esq.", and is signed , but I cannot discern the signature.

Montgomery Blair was a politician and lawyer from Maryland. He was a loyal member of the
Cabinet of Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. Blair was hot-tempered, and in
1864 he launched an all-out attack against Republican liberals. My have times changed. He was the 20th United
States Postmaster General.

S P R E A D S H E E T S

Member Name Birth-Death Position Party State Congress

(Year)

WILSON, James Falconer Wilson 1828-1895 Representative Republican IA 37, 38-40, 48-53

PHELPS, John Smith Phelps 1814-1886 Representative Democrat MO 29-37

WRIGHT, Hendrick Bradley Wright 1808-1881 Representative Democrat PA 37

ALDRICH, Cyrus Aldrich 1808-1871 Representative Republican MN 36

WHALEY, Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley 1821-1876 Representative Unionist VA 37

HASKIN, John Bussing Haskin 1821-1895 Representative Democrat NY 35

Representative Anti-Lecompton Democrat NY 36

PORTER, Albert Gallatin Porter 1824-1897 Representative Republican IN 36

Representative Republican IN 37

BRIGGS, George Briggs 1805-1869 Representative Whig NY 31-32

Representative Republican NY 36

MON, James NA 0

President US 0

Senator Anti-Administration VA 3-Jan

WHITE, Chilton Allen White 1826-1900 Representative Democrat OH 37

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KENYON, William Scheuneman Kenyon 1820-1896 Representative Republican NY 36

NIBLACK, William Ellis Niblack 1822-1893 Representative Democrat IN 35

BAKER, Stephen Baker 1819-1875 Representative Republican NY 37

LONGNECKER, Henry Clay Longnecker 1820-1871 Representative Republican PA 36

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BAILEY, Goldsmith Fox Bailey 1823-1862 Representative Republican MA 37

BARR, Thomas Jefferson Barr 1812-1881 Representative Independent Democrat NY 35

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FESSENDEN, William Pitt Fessenden 1806-1869 Representative Whig ME 27; 33-41

1855-1857 Representative Opposition

1857-1864 Representative Republican

HOLMAN, William Steele Holman 1822-1897 Representative Democrat IN 36

ELY, Alfred Ely 1815-1892 Representative Republican NY 36

ALLEN, William Joshua Allen 1829-1901 Representative Democrat IL 37

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DUNN, William McKee Dunn 1814-1887 Representative Republican IN 36-37

STEWART, James Augustus Stewart 1808-1879 Representative Democrat MD 34-36

SMITH, Edward Henry Smith 1809-1885 Representative Democrat NY 37

ENGLISH, William Hayden English 1822-1896 Representative Democrat IN 36

BRIGGS, George Briggs 1805-1869 Representative Whig NY 31-32

Representative Republican NY 36

APPLETON, William Appleton 1786-1862 Representative Whig MA 32-33

Representative Constitutional Unionist 37

FOUKE, Philip Bond Fouke 1818-1876 Representative Democrat IL 37

GROW, Galusha Aaron Grow 1823-1907 Representative Democrat PA 32-34

Representative Republican PA 35-37, 53-57

Speaker of the House Republican US 37

KING, Preston King 1806-1865 Representative Democrat NY 28-29, 31-32

Senator Republican NY 35-37

DUNN, William McKee Dunn R1814-1887 Representative Republican IN 36-37

WICKLIFFE, Charles Anderson Wickliffe 1788-1869 Representative Unionist KY 37

WOODRUFF, George Catlin Woodruff 1805-1885 Representative Democrat CT 37

BROWNING, Orville Hickman Browning 1806-1881 Senator Republican IL 37

WALLACE, John Winfield Wallace 1818-1889 Representative Republican PA 37, 44

FENTON, Reuben Eaton Fenton 1819-1885 Representative Republican NY 37

BURNHAM, Alfred Avery Burnham 1819-1879 Representative Republican CT 37

HOARD, Charles Brooks Hoard 1805-1886 Representative Republican NY 36

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MAYNARD, Horace Maynard 1814-1882 Representative American TN 35

Representative Opposition TN 36

Representative Unionist TN 37

Representative Unconditional Unionist TN 39

Representative Republican TN 40-43

Lord Lyons CUT AUTOGRAPH OF LORD LYONS, MINISTER PHENIPOTENTIARY FROM ENGLAND TO AMERICA, ETC. the British Minister to Washington.

WHITE, Chilton Allen White 1826-1900 Representative Democrat OH 37

FOSTER, Stephen Clark Foster 1799-1872 Representative Republican ME 35-36

DALLAS, George Mifflin Dallas 1792-1864 Vice President Democrat/Jacksonian US 0

Senator Jacksonian PA 22

FOSTER, Stephen Clark Foster 1799-1872 Representative Republican ME 35-36

Wright, Fannie M. Wright

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ELIOT, Thomas Dawes Eliot 1808-1870 Representative Republican MA 36

WRIGHT, John Vines Wright 1828-1908 Representative Democrat TN 34-36

LEHMAN, William Eckart Lehman 1821-1895 Representative Democrat PA 37

MORRIS, Isaac Newton Morris 1812-1879 Representative Democrat IL 35-36

WICKLIFFE, Charles Anderson Wickliffe 1788-1869 Representative Unionist KY 37

TROWBRIDGE, Rowland Trowbridge 1821-1881 Representative Republican MI 37

ANDERSON, William Clayton Anderson 1826-1861 Representative Opposition KY 36

TROWBRIDGE, Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge 1821-1881 Representative Republican MI 37, 39-40

DUELL, Rodolphus Holland Duell 1824-1891 Representative Republican NY 36

MONTGOMERY, William Montgomery 1818-1870 Representative Democrat PA 36

JULIAN, George Washington Julian 1817-1899 Representative Republican IN 37

ROLLINS, Edward Henry Rollins 1824-1889 Representative Republican NH 37

SEYMOUR, David Lowrey Seymour 1803-1867 Representative Democrat ny 28

GRIDER, Henry Grider 1796-1866 Representative Whig KY 28-29

Representative Unionist KY 37-38

Representative Democrat KY 39

CLARK, Daniel Clark 1809-1891 Senator Republican NH 37

SPAULDING, Elbridge Gerry Spaulding 1809-1897 Representative Republican NY 37

FOUKE, Philip Bond Fouke 1818-1876 Representative Democrat IL 37

GRIMES, James Wilson Grimes 1816-1872 Senator Republican IA 37

CHANDLER, Zachariah Chandler 1813-1879 Senator Republican MI 37

HASKIN, John Bussing Haskin 1821-1895 Representative Democrat NY 35

LOOMIS, Dwight Loomis 1821-1903 Representative Republican CT 36

JULIAN, George Washington Julian 1817-1899 Representative Republican IN 37

SARGENT, Aaron Augustus Sargent 1827-1887 Representative Republican CA 37

REYNOLDS, John Hazard Reynolds 1819-1875 Representative Anti-Lecompton Democrat NY 36

FRANCHOT, Richard Franchot 1816-1875 Representative Republican NY 37

ANCONA, Sydenham Elnathan Ancona 1824-1913 Representative Democrat PA 37

BIGLER, William Bigler 1814-1880 Senator Democrat PA 34-36

NIBLACK, William Ellis Niblack 1822-1893 Representative Democrat IN 35, 36, 39-43

WILLEY, Waitman Thomas Willey 1811-1900 Senator Unionist VA 37

Senator Unconditional Unionist WV 38

Senator Republican WV 39-41

HOLMAN, William Steele Holman 1822-1897 Representative Democrat IN 36-38, 40-44, 47-53, 55

1808-1864 Representative Unionist MD 37

ENGLISH, James Edward English 1812-1890 Representative Democrat CT 37-38

Senator Democrat CT 44

LOVEJOY, Owen Lovejoy 1811-1864 Representative Republican IL 35-38

PATTON, John Patton 1823-1897 Representative Republican PA 37, 50

CALVERT, Charles Benedict Calvert 1808-1864 Representative Unionist MD 37

BAKER, Stephen Baker 1819-1875 Representative Republican NY 37

HELMICK, William Helmick 1817-1888 Representative Republican OH 36

JOHNSON, Waldo Porter Johnson 1817-1885 Senator Democrat MO 37

MENZIES, John William Menzies 1819-1897 Representative Unionist KY 37

BABBITT, Elijah Babbitt 1795-1887 Representative Republican PA 36-37

NIXON, John Thompson Nixon 1820-1889 Representative Republican NJ 36-37

REYNOLDS, Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds 1816-1908 Representative Republican NY 36

WRIGHT, Joseph Albert Wright 1810-1867 Senator Unionist IN 37

ARNOLD, Isaac Newton Arnold 1815-1884 Representative Republican IL 37-38

HARLAN, James Harlan 1820-1899 Senator Opposition IA 34

Representative Republican IA 35-42

WILLIAM H. FREAR is eldest in a family of eight children of William and Deborah A. (Davis) Frear, and was born in Coxsackie, N. Y., March 29, 1841. His father is a native of New-Castle-on Tyne, England, and his mother is a native of Long Island, N. Y. He received a good education in the common school and the Coxsackie Academy, and while young showed marked proficiency. At the age of sixteen, choosing a business life, he secured a clerkship in a store in his native village, and after two years' service, in 1859 he became a clerk of John Flagg, then a leading merchant of Troy, N. Y. During his six years' clerkship with Mr. Flagg he mastered every detail of the dry-goods trade, developed superior aptitude for business, and won the unlimited confidence of his employer.

Montgomery Blair was a politician and lawyer from Maryland. He was a loyal member of the Cabinet of Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. Blair was hot-tempered, and in 1864 he launched an all-out attack against Republican liberals. He was the 20th United States Postmaster General.

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Cyrus Aldrich

William Joshua Allen

Sydenham Elnathan Ancona

William Clayton Anderson

William Appleton

Isaac Newton Arnold

Elijah Babbitt

Goldsmith Fox Bailey

Stephen Baker

Stephen Baker

Thomas Jefferson Barr

William Bigler

George Briggs

Orville Hickman Browning

Alfred Avery Burnham

Charles Benedict Calvert

Zachariah Chandler

Daniel Clark

George Mifflin Dallas

Rodolphus Holland Duell

William McKee Dunn

Thomas Dawes Eliot

Alfred Ely

James Edward English

William Hayden English

Reuben Eaton Fenton

William Pitt Fessenden

Stephen Clark Foster

Philip Bond Fouke

Richard Franchot

William H Frear

Henry Grider

James Wilson Grimes

Galusha Aaron Grow

James Harlan

John Bussing Haskin

William Helmick

Charles Brooks Hoard

William Steele Holman

Waldo Porter Johnson

George Washington Julian

George Washington Julian

William Scheuneman Kenyon

Preston King

William Eckart Lehman

Henry Clay Longnecker

Dwight Loomis

Owen Lovejoy

Lord Lyons

Horace Maynard

John William Menzies

James Monroe

William Montgomery

Isaac Newton Morris

William Ellis Niblack

John Thompson Nixon

John Patton

John Smith Phelps

Albert Gallatin Porter

Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds

John Hazard Reynolds

Edward Henry Rollins

Aaron Augustus Sargent

David Lowrey Seymour

Edward Henry Smith

Elbridge Gerry Spaulding

James Augustus Stewart

Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge

John Winfield Wallace

Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley

Chilton Allen White

Charles Anderson Wickliffe

Waitman Thomas Willey

James Falconer Wilson

George Catlin Woodruff

Fannie M. Wright

Hendrick Bradley Wright

John Vines Wright

Joseph Albert Wright

If you have any questions please email me at bca@got.net

Member Name	Birth-Death	Position	Party	State	Congress
					(Year)

WILSON, James Falconer Wilson	1828-1895	Representative	Republican	IA	37, 38-40, 48-53
PHELPS, John Smith Phelps	1814-1886	Representative	Democrat	MO	29-37
WRIGHT, Hendrick Bradley Wright	1808-1881	Representative	Democrat	PA	37
ALDRICH, Cyrus Aldrich	1808-1871	Representative	Republican	MN	36
WHALEY, Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley	1821-1876	Representative	Unionist	VA	37
HASKIN, John Bussing Haskin	1821-1895	Representative	Democrat	NY	35
		Representative	Anti-Lecompton Democrat	NY	36
PORTER, Albert Gallatin Porter	1824-1897	Representative	Republican	IN	36
		Representative	Republican	IN	37
BRIGGS, George Briggs	1805-1869	Representative	Whig	NY	31-32
		Representative	Republican	NY	36
MON, James			NA		0
		President		US	0
		Senator	Anti-Administration	VA	3-Jan
WHITE, Chilton Allen White	1826-1900	Representative	Democrat	OH	37
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KENYON, William Scheuneman Kenyon	1820-1896	Representative	Republican	NY	36
NIBLACK, William Ellis Niblack	1822-1893	Representative	Democrat	IN	35
BAKER, Stephen Baker	1819-1875	Representative	Republican	NY	37
LONGNECKER, Henry Clay Longnecker	1820-1871	Representative	Republican	PA	36
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BAILEY, Goldsmith Fox Bailey	1823-1862	Representative	Republican	MA	37
BARR, Thomas Jefferson Barr	1812-1881	Representative	Independent Democrat	NY	35
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FESSENDEN, William Pitt Fessenden	1806-1869	Representative	Whig	ME	27; 33-41
	1855-1857	Representative	Opposition
	1857-1864	Representative	Republican
HOLMAN, William Steele Holman	1822-1897	Representative	Democrat	IN	36
ELY, Alfred Ely	1815-1892	Representative	Republican	NY	36
ALLEN, William Joshua Allen	1829-1901	Representative	Democrat	IL	37
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DUNN, William McKee Dunn	1814-1887	Representative	Republican	IN	36-37
STEWART, James Augustus Stewart	1808-1879	Representative	Democrat	MD	34-36
SMITH, Edward Henry Smith	1809-1885	Representative	Democrat	NY	37
ENGLISH, William Hayden English	1822-1896	Representative	Democrat	IN	36
BRIGGS, George Briggs	1805-1869	Representative	Whig	NY	31-32
		Representative	Republican	NY	36
APPLETON, William Appleton	1786-1862	Representative	Whig	MA	32-33
		Representative	Constitutional Unionist		37
FOUKE, Philip Bond Fouke	1818-1876	Representative	Democrat	IL	37
GROW, Galusha Aaron Grow	1823-1907	Representative	Democrat	PA	32-34
		Representative	Republican	PA	35-37, 53-57
		Speaker of the House	Republican	US	37
KING, Preston King	1806-1865	Representative	Democrat	NY	28-29, 31-32
		Senator	Republican	NY	35-37
DUNN, William McKee Dunn	R1814-1887	Representative	Republican	IN	36-37
WICKLIFFE, Charles Anderson Wickliffe	1788-1869	Representative	Unionist	KY	37
WOODRUFF, George Catlin Woodruff	1805-1885	Representative	Democrat	CT	37
BROWNING, Orville Hickman Browning	1806-1881	Senator	Republican	IL	37
WALLACE, John Winfield Wallace	1818-1889	Representative	Republican	PA	37, 44
FENTON, Reuben Eaton Fenton	1819-1885	Representative	Republican	NY	37
BURNHAM, Alfred Avery Burnham	1819-1879	Representative	Republican	CT	37
HOARD, Charles Brooks Hoard	1805-1886	Representative	Republican	NY	36
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MAYNARD, Horace Maynard	1814-1882	Representative	American	TN	35
		Representative	Opposition	TN	36
		Representative	Unionist	TN	37
		Representative	Unconditional Unionist	TN	39
		Representative	Republican	TN	40-43
Lord Lyons CUT		AUTOGRAPH OF LORD LYONS, MINISTER PHENIPOTENTIARY FROM ENGLAND TO AMERICA, ETC. the British Minister to Washington.
WHITE, Chilton Allen White	1826-1900	Representative	Democrat	OH	37
FOSTER, Stephen Clark Foster	1799-1872	Representative	Republican	ME	35-36
DALLAS, George Mifflin Dallas	1792-1864	Vice President	Democrat/Jacksonian	US	0
		Senator	Jacksonian	PA	22
FOSTER, Stephen Clark Foster	1799-1872	Representative	Republican	ME	35-36
Wright, Fannie M. Wright
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ELIOT, Thomas Dawes Eliot	1808-1870	Representative	Republican	MA	36
WRIGHT, John Vines Wright	1828-1908	Representative	Democrat	TN	34-36
LEHMAN, William Eckart Lehman	1821-1895	Representative	Democrat	PA	37
MORRIS, Isaac Newton Morris	1812-1879	Representative	Democrat	IL	35-36
WICKLIFFE, Charles Anderson Wickliffe	1788-1869	Representative	Unionist	KY	37
TROWBRIDGE, Rowland Trowbridge	1821-1881	Representative	Republican	MI	37
ANDERSON, William Clayton Anderson	1826-1861	Representative	Opposition	KY	36
TROWBRIDGE, Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge	1821-1881	Representative	Republican	MI	37, 39-40
DUELL, Rodolphus Holland Duell	1824-1891	Representative	Republican	NY	36
MONTGOMERY, William Montgomery	1818-1870	Representative	Democrat	PA	36
JULIAN, George Washington Julian	1817-1899	Representative	Republican	IN	37
ROLLINS, Edward Henry Rollins	1824-1889	Representative	Republican	NH	37
SEYMOUR, David Lowrey Seymour	1803-1867	Representative	Democrat	ny	28
GRIDER, Henry Grider	1796-1866	Representative	Whig	KY	28-29
		Representative	Unionist	KY	37-38
		Representative	Democrat	KY	39
CLARK, Daniel Clark	1809-1891	Senator	Republican	NH	37
SPAULDING, Elbridge Gerry Spaulding	1809-1897	Representative	Republican	NY	37
FOUKE, Philip Bond Fouke	1818-1876	Representative	Democrat	IL	37
GRIMES, James Wilson Grimes	1816-1872	Senator	Republican	IA	37
CHANDLER, Zachariah Chandler	1813-1879	Senator	Republican	MI	37
HASKIN, John Bussing Haskin	1821-1895	Representative	Democrat	NY	35
LOOMIS, Dwight Loomis	1821-1903	Representative	Republican	CT	36
JULIAN, George Washington Julian	1817-1899	Representative	Republican	IN	37
SARGENT, Aaron Augustus Sargent	1827-1887	Representative	Republican	CA	37
REYNOLDS, John Hazard Reynolds	1819-1875	Representative	Anti-Lecompton Democrat	NY	36

FRANCHOT, Richard Franchot	1816-1875	Representative	Republican	NY	37

ANCONA, Sydenham Elnathan Ancona	1824-1913	Representative	Democrat	PA	37
BIGLER, William Bigler	1814-1880	Senator	Democrat	PA	34-36
NIBLACK, William Ellis Niblack	1822-1893	Representative	Democrat	IN	35, 36, 39-43
WILLEY, Waitman Thomas Willey	1811-1900	Senator	Unionist	VA	37
		Senator	Unconditional Unionist	WV	38
		Senator	Republican	WV	39-41
HOLMAN, William Steele Holman	1822-1897	Representative	Democrat	IN	36-38, 40-44, 47-53, 55
	1808-1864	Representative	Unionist	MD	37
ENGLISH, James Edward English	1812-1890	Representative	Democrat	CT	37-38
		Senator	Democrat	CT	44
LOVEJOY, Owen Lovejoy	1811-1864	Representative	Republican	IL	35-38
PATTON, John Patton	1823-1897	Representative	Republican	PA	37, 50
CALVERT, Charles Benedict Calvert	1808-1864	Representative	Unionist	MD	37
BAKER, Stephen Baker	1819-1875	Representative	Republican	NY	37


HELMICK, William Helmick	1817-1888	Representative	Republican	OH	36
JOHNSON, Waldo Porter Johnson	1817-1885	Senator	Democrat	MO	37
MENZIES, John William Menzies	1819-1897	Representative	Unionist	KY	37
BABBITT, Elijah Babbitt	1795-1887	Representative	Republican	PA	36-37
NIXON, John Thompson Nixon	1820-1889	Representative	Republican	NJ	36-37

REYNOLDS, Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds	1816-1908	Representative	Republican	NY	36
WRIGHT, Joseph Albert Wright	1810-1867	Senator	Unionist	IN	37
ARNOLD, Isaac Newton Arnold	1815-1884	Representative	Republican	IL	37-38
HARLAN, James Harlan	1820-1899	Senator	Opposition	IA	34
		Representative	Republican	IA	35-42
WILLIAM H. FREAR is eldest in a family of eight children of William and Deborah A. (Davis) Frear, and was born in Coxsackie, N. Y., March 29, 1841. His father is a native of New-Castle-on Tyne, England, and his mother is a native of Long Island, N. Y. He received a good education in the common school and the Coxsackie Academy, and while young showed marked proficiency. At the age of sixteen, choosing a business life, he secured a clerkship in a store in his native village, and after two years' service, in 1859 he became a clerk of John Flagg, then a leading merchant of Troy, N. Y. During his six years' clerkship with Mr. Flagg he mastered every detail of the dry-goods trade, developed superior aptitude for business, and won the unlimited confidence of his employer.


Montgomery Blair was a politician and lawyer from Maryland. He was a loyal member of the Cabinet of Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. Blair was hot-tempered, and in 1864 he launched an all-out attack against Republican liberals. He was the 20th United States Postmaster General.