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The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Galena, Illinois. For a similar list organized alphabetically by last name, see the category page . ==The Grant family and other notable Civil War era citizens== * Edward Dickinson Baker, U.S. Senator and Representative, served the Galena area; the only congressman to die in the Civil War * Frederick Dent Grant (1850–1912), son of Ulysses S. Grant; went to public schools in Galena; New York City police commissioner * Jesse Root Grant (1858–1932), son of Ulysses S. Grant; politician and author * Julia Grant (1826–1902), wife of Ulysses S. Grant, First Lady of the United States (1869–77); first First Lady to write a memoir, though it wasn't published until 1875 * Nellie Grant (1855–1922), only daughter of Ulysses S. Grant * Ulysses S. Grant (1823–1885), lived in Galena in 1860–1861, in a rented house while he worked at his father and brother's leather shop. After the Civil War, Grant returned to Galena to a hero's welcome on 18 August 1865, and was presented with a furnished home, in which he lived until becoming president in 1869, and which he visited regularly until 1880. * Ulysses S. Grant, Jr. (1852–1929), son of Ulysses S. Grant; owned U.S. Grant Hotel in San Diego, CA * Elihu B. Washburne, Grant's Secretary of State; notable abolitionist; resident of Galena; the Elihu Benjamin Washburne House is a registered historic site 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of people from Galena, Illinois」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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