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Senate Years of Service: 1869-1875Party: RepublicanPRATT, Daniel Darwin, a Senator from Indiana; born in Palermo, Maine, October 26, 1813; moved to New York with his parents, who settled in…
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actor, directorBorn: 9/25/1952Birthplace: New York City Classically handsome film, stage and television actor who became a movie icon as the title character of Superman (1978). Reeve avoided…
