John Brown

John Brown

male, deceased (1859)
John Brown (May 9, 1800 - December 2, 1859) was the first white American abolitionist to advocate and practice insurrection as a means to the...
Stephen A. Douglas

Stephen A. Douglas

male, deceased (1861)
Stephen Arnold Douglas (nicknamed the "Little Giant" because he was short but was considered by many a "giant" in politics) was an American...
Preston Brooks

Preston Brooks

male, deceased (1857)
Preston Smith Brooks (August 5, 1819 - January 27, 1857) was a Congressman from South Carolina, notorious for brutally assaulting senator Charles...
William Quantrill

William Quantrill

male, deceased (1865)
William Clarke Quantrill (July 31 1837 - June 6 1865), was a Confederate guerrilla leader during the American Civil War.
Nathaniel Lyon

Nathaniel Lyon

male, deceased (1861)
Nathaniel Lyon (July 14, 1818 - August 10, 1861) was the first Union general to be killed in the American Civil War and is noted for his actions in...
Henry Ward Beecher

Henry Ward Beecher

male, deceased (1887)
Henry Ward Beecher (June 24, 1813 - March 8, 1887) was a prominent, theologically liberal American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer,...
James H. Lane

James H. Lane

male, deceased (1866)
James Henry Lane also known as Jim Lane (June 22, 1814 - July 11, 1866) was a United States Senator,a Union general in the American Civil War, and...
Eli Thayer

Eli Thayer

male, deceased (1899)
Eli Thayer (1819-1899) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1857 to 1861. Thayer was born in Mendon, Massachusetts. He...
Andrew Butler

Andrew Butler

male, deceased (1857)
Andrew Pickens Butler (November 18, 1796 - May 25, 1857) was an American statesman and one of the authors of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
David Rice Atchison

David Rice Atchison

male, deceased (1886)
David Rice Atchison (11 August 1807 - 26 January 1886) was a mid-19th century Democratic United States Senator from Missouri. He served as...