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1213:Lieutenant
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826:1901–1904
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1631:McCaughey
1499:Schoeneck
1356:Patterson
1334:Dickinson
1276:Tallmadge
1215:governors
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1641:Paterson
1620:Anderson
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1598:Anderson
1443:Woodruff
1422:McCarthy
1401:Robinson
1391:Woodford
1376:Campbell
1339:Gardiner
1306:Stebbins
1190:A. Cuomo
1185:Paterson
1170:M. Cuomo
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