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314:References
267:Republican
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195:Politician
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534:Estopinal
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333:4 January
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221:Biography
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239:Quakers
237:, both
1509:Butler
1434:Aswell
1399:Breaux
1369:Lazaro
1344:Graves
1319:Rarick
1289:Favrot
1279:Morgan
1269:Favrot
1219:Letlow
1169:Wilson
1144:Newton
1079:Fields
1069:Roemer
1054:Brooks
924:Tauzin
909:Willis
899:Mouton
894:Montet
889:Martin
859:Acklen
824:Dawson
779:Carter
664:Taylor
644:Conrad
629:Dawson
619:Ripley
614:Thomas
609:Gurley
569:Jindal
564:Vitter
549:HĂ©bert
509:Gibson
499:Sypher
489:Eustis
484:Dunbar
165:Spouse
150:, U.S.
1539:Clark
1449:Allen
1404:Hayes
1329:Baker
1254:Irion
1249:Lewis
1174:Mills
1164:Elder
1154:Baird
1134:Young
1119:Morey
1064:Leach
1034:Ogden
1014:Smith
994:Vidal
979:Jones
969:Morse
919:Treen
879:Price
799:Brent
729:Dupré
719:Davey
709:Davey
704:Lagan
694:Lagan
679:Ellis
624:Chinn
554:Tonry
529:Meyer
464:White
454:White
386:1875
39:from
1581:stub
1444:Dear
1409:John
1364:Pujo
1294:Kemp
1239:Nash
1139:King
1024:Elam
1019:Levy
834:Penn
714:Buck
684:Hahn
669:Mann
659:Hunt
514:Hunt
335:2023
233:and
138:Died
118:Born
874:Gay
769:Cao
45:1st
43:'s
1626::
217:.
176:10
1612:e
1605:t
1598:v
1587:.
423:e
416:t
409:v
337:.
309:.
126:)
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