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Clinton B. Fisk
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Map of the United States showing the results of the 1888 presidential election by state. States won by Republican candidate Benjamin Harrison are shaded in blue, and states won by Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland are shaded in red. Electoral vote counts are displayed within each state, with Harrison receiving 233 electoral votes and Cleveland 168.
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Clinton B. Fisk

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    Clinton B. Fisk of the Tennessee Freedmen’s Bureau, who gave the school its original facilities in a former Union army barracks. Howard University, founded in 1867 through an act by the U.S. Congress, was named for Maj. Gen. Howard.

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    Clinton B. Fisk of the Tennessee Freedmen’s Bureau, who gave the school its original facilities in a former Union army barracks. Howard University, founded in 1867 through an act by the U.S. Congress, was named for Maj. Gen. Howard.

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