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William M. Gwin
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William M. Gwin

United States senator
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    William M. Gwin while the two traveled on horseback from San Francisco to Washington, D.C., in 1854. In January 1855 Gwin introduced a bill to finance a system of weekly service across the frontier along a central route, but this bill too failed. Others credit…

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    William M. Gwin while the two traveled on horseback from San Francisco to Washington, D.C., in 1854. In January 1855 Gwin introduced a bill to finance a system of weekly service across the frontier along a central route, but this bill too failed. Others credit…

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