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| | Reuben Eaton Fenton |
 | | FENTON, Reuben Eaton, statesman, born in Carroll, Chautauqua County, New York, 1 July 1819 ; died in Jamestown, New York, 25 August 1885. |
 | | Fenton was elected to congress, and was active in the contest over the Kansas Nebraska bill, being one of the forty-four northern Democrats that voted against the further extension of slavery. |
 | | Fenton for congress in 1856, and a large majority elected him, serving from 1857 till 1864 when he resigned, having been chosen governor of his state. |
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