You can do but one of these things; it is folly to attempt anything else, for there cannot exist a slave confederacy and a free confederacy side by side upon this continent.
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Birth: | 17th September, 1811 |
Death: | 29th August, 1865 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Politician |
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John Brough was born in Marietta, Ohio, USA. He was an American politician. He served as the 26th Governor of Ohio (1864-1865) during the final years of the American Civil War. He studied at Ohio University, where he worked part-time as a reporter for the Athens Mirror. He rose to become a newspaper publisher in Marietta and then in Lancaster. He was elected as a Democrat to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1837. He was a trustee of Ohio University from 1840 to 1843. In 1841, he and his brother bought the Cincinnati Advertiser and renamed it the Cincinnati Enquirer.
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