William B. Washburn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American businessman and politician from Massachusetts
Date of Birth: 31-Jan-1820
Place of Birth: Winchendon, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: 05-Oct-1887
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About William B. Washburn
- William Barrett Washburn (January 31, 1820 – October 5, 1887) was an American businessman and politician from Massachusetts.
- Washburn served several terms in the United States House of Representatives (1863–71) and as the 28th Governor of Massachusetts from 1872 to 1874, when he won election to the United States Senate in a special election to succeed the recently deceased Charles Sumner.
- A moderate Republican, Washburn only partially supported the Radical Republican agenda during the American Civil War and the Reconstruction Era that followed. A Yale graduate, Washburn parlayed early business success in furniture manufacture into banking and railroads, based in the Connecticut River valley town of Greenfield.
- He was a major proponent of railroads in northern and western Massachusetts, sitting on the board of the Connecticut River Railroad for many years, and playing an oversight role in the construction of the Hoosac Tunnel.
- He has been described as a latter-day "Connecticut River God" because of his role as a leading regional businessman and politician.
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Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Brady-Handy Photograph Collection. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpbh.00066. CALL NUMBER: LC-BH83- 81 <P&P>[P&P]
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| Description | American photographer, war photographer, photojournalist and journalist | ||
| Date of birth/death | 18 May 1822 | 15 January 1896 | |
| Location of birth/death | Warren County | Manhattan | |
| Work period | from 1844 until circa 1887 | ||
| Work location | New York City, Washington, D.C. | ||
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| Alternative names | Levin C. Handy | ||
| Description | American photographer | ||
| Date of birth/death | 10 August 1855 | 26 March 1932 / 23 March 1932 | |
| Location of birth/death | Washington, D.C. | Washington, D.C. | |
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Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Brady-Handy Photograph Collection. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpbh.00066. CALL NUMBER: LC-BH83- 81 <P&P>[P&P]
License: PD-Brady-Handy
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