2.(tallest president in American history at 6'4

3.(born February 12th 1809 at hodgenville Kentucky us

4.(died April 15th 1865 in washington district of colombia u.s

5.( he lost two elections when he ran for senate

2.(first black American to sit in congress

3.( he established a school for freedmen

2.(douglass chose his last name to be inspired by a character in the Sir Walter Scott poem by The Lady of the Lake

3.(Frederick Douglass was an African American writer activist and politician born into slavery

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2. Birth Year to Death Year

3. State and Hometown

4. 1 thing they are most famous for doing during Reconstruction

5. 1 additional interesting fact about them

2.(was the first man to become president because of a assasination

3.(he was the only senator from a seceding state that remainded

4.(he was born at 1808 December 29 and died in 1875

5.(his home town was raleigh N.C.

2.(first African American directly elected to Congress by his constituents

3.(first black person to serve in the United States House of Representatives

2.(hometown was rural vermont

3.(Thaddeus Stevens was a leading Radical Republican during Reconstruction

4.(He advocated for policies like black suffrage, redistribution of Southern plantations to freedmen

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2.( died july 23 1885 in wilton N.Y. U.S.

3.(he fought in the battle of shiloh with his men which was the bloodiest of the war

4.(he published a memoir at the end of his life which helped him pay off some of his debts

5.(home town was Ohio U.S.

2.( escaped from slavery then served five terms as a congressman as a represenative from south carolina

3.(Smalls smuggled his wife and three children aboard the Planter and took command. With his crew of 12 slaves

2.(first president to lose the popular vote and still be president

3.(Samuel Jones Tilden was a leading political figure of the 19th Century. He served as Governor of New York State and was the Democratic candidate for president

2.(he pledged not to run for president again after his first presidency

3.(he won Ohio governorship for the republican party

4.( born at 1822 and died at 1893

5.(hometown was ohio

2.(died october 6 1912

3.(being the first African American woman to publish a memoir of her Civil War experiences

4.(She was also the first African American to teach at a freedmen's school in Georgia

2.(her passionate activism as an abolitionist and women's rights advocate.

3.(she was a powerful speaker and author