Beriah Magoffin
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Beriah Magoffin
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Beriah Magoffin was the 21st Governor of Kentucky, serving during the early part of the Civil War. Personally, Magoffin adhered to a states' rights position, including the right of a state to secede from the Union, and he sympathized with the Confederate cause. Nevertheless, when the Kentucky General Assembly adopted a position of neutrality in the war, Magoffin ardently held to it, refusing calls for aid from both the Union and Confederate governments. In special elections held in June 1861, Un
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American politician (1815–1885)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beriah_Magoffin
date created:
2005-07-04T19:07:22Z
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2024-09-10T17:36:27Z
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