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    Benjamin Franklin Flanders (January 26, 1816 – March 13, 1896) was a teacher, politician and planter in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1867, he was appointed...
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  • Flanders is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: Angela Flanders (1927–2016), British perfumer Benjamin Flanders (1816–1896), American...
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    Club of West Louisiana. He was nominated both by radicals such as Benjamin Flanders and moderates such as Michael Hahn, to be Lieutenant Governor. On...
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  • Wells, but declined the appointment. Flanders was then appointed on June 6 by General Philip Sheridan. Flanders resigned due to Major General Winfield...
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    comprising city charter of 1896, New Orleans, Louisiana City Council Cahoon, Benjamin M. "Mayors of U.S. Cities M-W". Retrieved 2008-01-21. Kestenbaum, Lawrence...
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    appointed mayor of St. Martinville, Louisiana in 1867 by governor Benjamin Flanders). Pierre Caliste Landry was born into slavery in 1841 on the Prevost...
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    1931 to 1941 Ruth U. Fertel, founder of Ruth's Chris Steak House Benjamin Flanders, Reconstruction-era state governor and New Orleans mayor Jim Garrison...
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    William H. Wadsworth Louisiana W. Jasper Blackburn John Edward Bouligny Benjamin Flanders Michael Hahn Theodore G. Hunt Philip H. Morgan James Madison Wells...
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  • intersection of Louisiana Highways 339 and 92. The community is named after Benjamin F. Flanders, Governor of Louisiana during Reconstruction and Mayor of New Orleans...
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    Martinville and designated as the parish seat. In 1867, Governor Benjamin Flanders appointed Monroe Baker as mayor who was one of the earliest if not...
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    Ambassador to El Salvador, Colombia, Cuba, Brazil, France and Egypt Benjamin Flanders, (1816-1896), politician, Alderman of New Orleans (1847-1852), founder...
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    Ferguson (1883–1932), first woman to serve in the New Hampshire Senate Benjamin Flanders (1816–1896), Reconstruction governor of Louisiana; mayor of New Orleans...
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    Flanders (circa 843 – 870 or later) was a Carolingian princess who became Queen of Wessex by two successive marriages and later Countess of Flanders....
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    Governor by General Winfield Scott Hancock upon the resignation of Benjamin Flanders. As Governor, Baker supported the lenient reconstruction plan of President...
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    (1859–1861) John Edward Bouligny (KN) John M. Landrum (D) 37th (1861–1863) American Civil War Benjamin Flanders (U) Michael Hahn (U) American Civil War...
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  • Washington, D.C. during the Civil War. He never retook residency in Louisiana. Flanders and Hahn were elected in 1862, assuming the seats left vacant after Taylor's...
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  • and farmer was listed as his occupation. In October 1867, Governor Benjamin Flanders appointed him mayor of St. Martinville after the death of Mayor Pierre...
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  • assuming the seat left vacant after J. E. Bouligny's term expired in 1861. Flanders and Hahn were not seated in Congress until the last fifteen days of their...
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  • He was the first Republican mayor of New Orleans and, along with Benjamin Flanders, one of the only two. Biography portal Heath's Administration (in...
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    by Benjamin Flanders who had the backing of the Union military governor of Louisiana, Benjamin Butler. Bouligny won just 136 votes against Flanders's 2...
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    Rudolph Steiner Hall, London, 29 August 1940 The first Flanders and Swann show Michael Henry Flanders OBE (1 March 1922 – 14 April 1975) was an English actor...
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    by The Crossing; the song "Blue Lobster" (2020), commissioned by Benjamin Flanders; and April Showers (2021), a five-song cycle commissioned by Conspirare...
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      Nominee Michael Hahn J. Q. Fellows Benjamin Flanders Party Republican Independent Radical Republican Popular vote 6,158 2,720 1,847 Percentage 57.42%...
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  • whites, free men of color, and newly emancipated freedmen led by Benjamin Flanders. He had been an Alderman of New Orleans from 1847 to 1852. Constitutional...
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    chips.[citation needed] In 1992, Benjamin Moore opened its research and development facility on 90 acres in Flanders, N.J., including a five-acre outdoor...
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    in the County of Flanders and it became one of the richest areas in Europe. This prosperity played a role in conflicts between Flanders and the king of...
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  • during Conway's time as mayor, the city of New Orleans received a statue of Benjamin Franklin from neoclassical sculptor Hiram Powers. On December 9, 1857 Conway...
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    Napoléon-Joseph Perché (third Archbishop of New Orleans). New Orleans Mayor Benjamin Flanders led the funeral procession and two Lieutenant Governors of Louisiana...
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    cut its price regularly, the Flanders remained more expensive than the Model T. In their best year, 1911, E-M-F and Flanders together ranked 2nd in the...
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  • 1995–1997 Illinois Republican 1962–present Alvan Flanders 1867–1869 Washington Republican 1825–1894 Benjamin Flanders 1862–1863 Louisiana Unionist 1816–1896 John...
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