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Lionel Allen Sheldon

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American politician (1828-1917)

United StatesPoliticiansLived 1828 to 1917 · aged 88
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Lionel Allen Sheldon was appointed a brigadier general in the Ohio militia in 1858 by Governor Salmon P Chase and served as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. S. Representative from Louisiana.

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Lionel Allen Sheldon was appointed a brigadier general in the Ohio militia in 1858 by Governor Salmon P Chase and served as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. A U.S. Representative from Louisiana. He was appointed the governor of New Mexico Territory by President James Garfield and served in that role from 1881 until he resigned in 1885.

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United States
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Politicians
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Politician
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deceased
Dates
Lived 1828 to 1917 · aged 88
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