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Elihu B. Washburne
Elihu Benjamin Washburne
(September 23, 1816 – October 23, 1887) was an
American
politician and diplomat. A member of the
Washburn family
of
Maine
, which played a prominent role in the early formation of the
United States Republican Party
, Washburne served as a congressman from
Illinois
before and during the
American Civil War
, and was a political ally of
President
Abraham Lincoln
and General (later President)
Ulysses S. Grant
.
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