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2 unusual facts about Rufus P. Spalding


Rufus P. Spalding

Following the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska act in 1854, anti-slavery politicians from various parties met in the Town Street Methodist Episcopal Church in Columbus, Ohio to form what became the Fusion Party.

Spalding won the election and was sworn in as a member of the Thirty-Eight Congress.


Chain Bridge Forge, Spalding

Watercolours by Hilkiah Burgess in the Spalding Gentlemen's Society collection indicate that it was a draw bridge, designed to enable boats and barges to navigate up river from the Wash.

Henry H. Spalding

He graduated from Western Reserve College in 1833, and entered Lane Theological Seminary in the class of 1837.

After some logistical complications, on May 25 they joined the Fur Company caravan led by mountain men Milton Sublette and Thomas Fitzpatrick.

John M. Spalding

Later on D-Day he was involved in actions further inland at Colleville-sur-Mer.

Lovell Rousseau

However, a committee was organized to investigate the incident which was composed of Nathaniel P. Banks, Henry J. Raymond, Rufus P. Spalding, M. Russell Thayer and John Hogan.


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