Lived in Hardin County, Kentucky.

He issued the Emancipation Proclamation and gave a speech called the Gettysburg Address.

A fact is that he got assassinated by Jon Wilkes Booth soon after the war ended.

From Greeneville,Tennessee

Congress passed a series of four reconstruction acts establishing military rule and conditions of readmission for ten Southern states. Johnson vetoed every one of these measures, but each time Congress overrode the president’s disapproval.

A fact is that throughout his career Johnson championed the cause of the workingman against the interests of the slaveholders.

Point Pleasant, Ohio, near Cincinnati

Grant supported the rights of African Americans. Also he supported Reconstruction, his administration was often ineffective.

A fun fact is Ulysses S. Grant rose to command all the Union armies in the American Civil War and lead them to victory.

Ohio but he moved around a lot

He ended reconstruction

A fact is that He was the first to have a telephone and a typewriter at the white house.

Born in North Carolina then moved to Union County

During Reconstruction he was the first African American member of Congress

A fun fact is that he was also a religious leader and an educator

Georgetown, South Carolina

Dedicated himself to the passage of civil rights legislation

A fun fact is that he was the first black person to serve in the United States House of Representatives

Born in Beaufort, South Carolina then moved to Charleston, South Carolina

He represented South Carolina in the U.S. Congress during the reconstruction period

A fun fact is he served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1868 to 1870 and in the state Senate from 1870 to 1874.

Talbot county, Maryland

Some time after the Civil War Douglass fought for passage of the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution—ratified in 1870—which gave Black Americans the right to vote.

A fun fact is that he became the first black person to be nominated for vice president in 1872.

Born in Danville, Vt but then moved to Peacham, Vt

During Reconstruction Thaddeus Stevens fought to end slavery and to win citizenship for the former slaves.

A fun fact is Stevens was elected to the state legislature in 1833 and was reelected six times

New Lebanon, New York

Tilden focused his campaign on civil service reform, support for the gold standard, and opposition to high taxes

A fun fact is that he went to Yale University

Isle of Wight, Georgia, United States

She was a nurse for soldiers also an educator on the battle field during the war

A fun fact is she died at the age of 64

Ulster county, New York

She spent the remainder of her life fighting for equal rights for African Americans and women.

A fun fact is Truth’s first language was Dutch

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