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John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams

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1848
National Portrait Gallery
Benjamin Franklin Butler
Martin Van Buren

Martin Van Buren

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c. 1852
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Mathew B. Brady
Inauguration of Barack Obama, 2009

Inauguration of Barack Obama, 2009

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2009
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Franklin Pierce

Franklin Pierce

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c. 1852
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Franklin Pierce

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1853
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James Buchanan

James Buchanan

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1856
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James Buchanan

James Buchanan

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c. 1856
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Chester Alan Arthur

Chester Alan Arthur

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c. 1858
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Rufus P. Anson
Zachary Taylor

Zachary Taylor

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c. 1847
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Millard Fillmore

Millard Fillmore

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c. 1850
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George Washington

George Washington

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c. 1851
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Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

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October 11, 1858
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William Judkins Thomson
Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

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1860
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Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson

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c.1855
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