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When James Jackson was elected to the US Senate, David Emanuel took his place as Governor.
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David Mitchell is sworn in for three terms as Georgia governor.
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The Treaty of Ghent was signed in the city of Ghent, Belgium, and this ends the war between Britain and the US.
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in 1830, James K. Paulding writes the play, Lions of the West, starring Nimrod Wildfire.
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In 1832, a cholera epidemic hit New York, killing more than 30,000 people.
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in Oberlin College, the first women enrolled in college, and Oberlin became the first co-educational college in the country.
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The first public library was founded in 1833 in Peterborough, New Hampshire.
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After the Kansas Nebraska issue was passed upon, travelers visited Kansas to change their decisions.
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In 1854, the Republican Party was founded by former members of the Whig and Free Soil parties.
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In 1860, Abraham Lincoln is elected President of the United States.
