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67:1st district
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21:Lucius Blake
1694:1894 deaths
1689:1816 births
494:during the
481:War of 1812
446:, in 1880.
380:John Bullen
376:Samuel Hale
330:during the
127:Preceded by
84:Preceded by
1683:Categories
1654:Levi Blake
1198:References
1187:Democratic
1132:Republican
1103:Democratic
1076:Candidate
1057:Democratic
1005:Republican
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808:Candidate
789:Republican
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657:Republican
650:Democratic
598:Republican
569:Democratic
542:Candidate
492:Union Army
338:Early life
290:Occupation
218:Democratic
207:Republican
161:1816-03-14
131:Levi Blake
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1538:March 16,
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1151:Plurality
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885:Plurality
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616:Plurality
320:Wisconsin
212:Free Soil
117:In office
74:In office
63:from the
781:+66.14%
356:Michigan
316:American
298:Nickname
254:Children
1288:567–568
1284:377–379
1276:290–291
1239:Chicago
1179:+9.24%
1175:100.0%
1161:-3.82%
1145:+1.91%
1142:47.10%
1119:52.90%
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992:54.81%
913:-1.89%
909:100.0%
895:-4.43%
879:−8.07%
876:47.07%
853:52.93%
777:100.0%
763:-6.07%
760:10.28%
745:44.86%
726:−3.03%
721:55.14%
639:100.0%
608:45.03%
585:54.97%
360:Chicago
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1628:Racine
1170:2,826
1158:5.80%
1139:1,331
1114:1,495
1079:Votes
1073:Party
1041:2,587
1030:9.63%
1012:1,169
987:1,418
952:Votes
946:Party
904:1,555
892:5.85%
811:Votes
805:Party
772:1,585
681:Votes
675:Party
634:1,168
623:9.93%
545:Votes
539:Party
384:Racine
352:joiner
228:Spouse
187:, U.S.
170:, U.S.
65:Racine
46:(1892)
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