| LC control no. | n 86053311 |
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| Personal name heading | Dayton, William L. (William Lewis), 1807-1864 |
| Variant(s) | Dayton, William Lewis, 1807-1864 |
| Found in | NUCMC data from N.J. Hist. Soc. for Kinney family. Papers, 1783-1900 (William L. Dayton) DAB, 1929 (Dayton, William Lewis, 1807-1864, lawyer, politician, diplomat; great-grandson of Elias Dayton; b. Baskingridge, N.J.; s. Joel and Nancy (Lewis) D.; grad. Princeton, 1825; m. Margaret Elmendorf Van Der Veer, 1833; mem. U.S. Senate, 1842-51; voted against the treaty for the annexation of Texas, 1844; served as atty.-gen. of N.J., 1857-61; U.S. minister to France, 1861-64; d. of apoplexy, 1864) LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Dayton, William Lewis, 1807-1864; usage: William L. Dayton) |
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