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   Joseph S. Fowler

   Most of the state was under the control of the Union military government of Abraham Lincoln's appointed governor, Andrew Johnson, for most of the duration of the American Civil War; his government was fairly functional and it is likely that Fowler served this regime as Comptroller and that the Blue Book records his name erroneously.
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   Edward Stanly

   Abraham Lincoln appointed Stanly military governor of eastern North Carolina with the rank of brigadier general on May 26, 1862.
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   Abraham Lincoln

   Of special importance were Tennessee, where Lincoln appointed Andrew Johnson as governor, and Louisiana, where Lincoln attempted a plan that would restore statehood when 10% of the voters agreed to it. ... Abraham Lincoln
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   George B. McClellan

   On September 2, 1862, Lincoln named McClellan to command "the fortifications of Washington, and all the troops for the defense of the capital." ... Harper's Weekly political cartoon, October 27, 1877, "All Quiet on the Hudson", McClellan caricature in the campaign for governor of New Jersey
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   William H. Seward

   As a state senator and governor, Seward promoted progressive political policies including prison reform and increased spending on education. ... Abraham Lincoln appointed him Secretary of State in 1861 and he served until 1869.
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   John Evans (governor)

   U.S. President Abraham Lincoln appointed John Evans the second Governor of the Territory of Colorado on March 31, 1862. ... Governors of Colorado Territory
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   Robert E. Lee

   Lincoln then named Joseph Hooker commander of the Army of the Potomac. ... Governor, if I had foreseen the use those people [Yankees] designed to make of their victory, there would have been no surrender at Appomattox Courthouse; no sir, not by me.
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   Tennessee in the American Civil War

   On April 12, the Memphis Daily Appeal ran a satirical obituary for Uncle Sam, proclaiming him to have died of "irrepressible conflict disease," after having met Abraham Lincoln. ... After Nashville was captured (the first Confederate state capital to fall) Andrew Johnson, an East Tennessean from Greeneville, was appointed military governor of the state by Lincoln.
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   William P. Kellogg

   In 1865, at the end of the civil war, Lincoln, days before his assassination, appointed Kellogg to be the collector of the port of New Orleans. ... Kellogg resigned from the Senate in 1872, when he was elected governor.
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    List of Amherst College people

    Dr. Amon Nikoi 1953, permanent representative of Ghana to the UN; Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund; chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Ghana; Governor of the Bank of Ghana ... Representative David Stuart 1838 (Michigan) (President Abraham Lincoln appointed him brigadier general in Civil War)

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• William P. Kellogg,
• List of Amherst College people