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    James J. Spelman (January 18, 1841 – June 25, 1894) was a journalist and politician in New York and Mississippi. His early career was as a journalist and...
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    Rockefeller. Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, and the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial were named for her. Laura Celestia Spelman was born in Wadsworth...
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    positions compared to the main Republican Party. A sizable minority led by James A. Bayard sought to act independently of the Liberal Republican ticket,...
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    (Poplarville) Larry Speakes (1939–2014), presidential spokesman (Cleveland) James J. Spelman (1841–1894), journalist, state representative (Madison County) John...
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  • Henry Spelman (1595–1623) was an English adventurer, soldier, and author, the son of Erasmus Spelman and nephew to Sir Henry Spelman of Congham (1562–1641)...
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  • Claiborne County 1872–1876 Joseph Smothers – Claiborne County 1872–1875 James J. Spelman – Madison County 1869–1875 (also a justice of the peace) Frederick...
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    throughout his life. For advice, he relied closely on his wife, Laura Spelman Rockefeller: they had four daughters and a son together. He was a faithful...
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    Laurance Spelman Rockefeller (May 26, 1910 – July 11, 2004) was an American businessman, financier, philanthropist, and conservationist. Rockefeller was...
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    Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, and a grandson of John D. Rockefeller and Laura Spelman Rockefeller. He was noted for his wide-ranging political connections and...
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  • William Spelman is a professor of public affairs at the University of Texas at Austin's Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. He is an expert on...
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