In which two students died and one was severely injured
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Hannibal Hamlin
Hannibal Hamlin was an American politician and diplomat who was the 15th vice president of the United States, serving from 1861 to 1865, during President Abraham Lincoln's first term. He was the first Republican vice president.
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Born 27 August 1809 · Died 4 July 1891 · Q273546
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1891· 2 entries
Hamlin collapsed and fell unconscious while playing cards at the Tarratine Club he founded in downtown Bangor, and died there a few hours later, at the age of 81
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Died 1891-07-04.
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1881· 1 entry
And held the post until October 17, 1882
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1879· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1879–1881).
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1877· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1877–1879).
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1875· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1875–1877).
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1873· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1873–1875).
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1871· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1871–1873).
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1870· 1 entry
Career landmark: board member (1870–1881).
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1869· 2 entries
Career landmark: United States senator (1869–1871).
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To serve two more terms before declining to run for reelection in 1880 because of an ailing heart
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1865· 1 entry
Hamlin was elected as a Third Class Companion in the Pennsylvania Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS)
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1862· 1 entry
Hamlin presided over the impeachment trial in the Senate of Judge West Hughes Humphreys
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1861· 2 entries
Career landmark: board member (1861–1865).
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Career landmark: Vice President of the United States (1861–1865).
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1860· 1 entry
Hamlin was a member of Company A of the Maine State Guard, a militia unit
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1859· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1859–1861).
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1857· 2 entries
Career landmark: United States senator (1857–1859).
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Career landmark: Governor of Maine (1857–1857).
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1856· 1 entry
Withdrew from the Democratic Party and joined the newly organized Republican Party, causing a national sensation
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1855· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1855–1857).
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1854· 1 entry
Hamlin strongly opposed the passage of the Kansas–Nebraska Act, which repealed the Missouri Compromise
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1853· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1853–1855).
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1851· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1851–1853).
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1849· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1849–1851).
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1848· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1848–1849).
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1843· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (1843–1847).
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1835· 1 entry
When he was elected to the Maine House of Representatives
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1833· 1 entry
And began practicing in Hampden, Maine, where he lived until 1848
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1809· 1 entry
Born 1809-08-27.
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