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George Washington Julian (May 5 1817 – July 7 1899) was a nineteenth-century politician lawyer and writer who served in Congress from Indiana. He was one of the leading opponents of slavery in politics before the war the Free Soil party’s candidate for vice president in 1852 and a noted radical Republican during the Civil War and Reconstruction. He also was the son-in-law of Joshua Reed Giddings.

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birth date
1817-05-05
birth place
Centerville Indiana, United States
death date
1899-07-07
death place
Irvington Historic District (Indianapolis Indiana), United States
party
Republican Party (United States), Whig Party (United States), Liberal Republican Party (United States), Free Soil Party
profession
Lawyer, Politician, Writer
region
Indiana's 4th congressional district
religion
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