biography
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Logan, John A(lexander)
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| lived:
| (1826–86)
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| biography:
| US soldier and legislator, born in Jackson County, Illinois, USA. He graduated in law at Louisville, served in the Mexican War, was called to the bar in 1852, and was elected to Congress as a Democrat in 1858. He raised an Illinois regiment in the Civil War, and retired at its close as major-general. Returned to Congress as a Republican in 1866, he moved to the Senate (1871–7, 1879–86). He was the instigator of Memorial Day. |
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