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profile name: Stonewall Jackson
profile occupation: Educator, General
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profile name: Ambrose Burnside
profile occupation: General, U.S. Governor
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profile occupation: Entrepreneur, U.S. Representative, U.S. Governor
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profile name: William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin of Largs
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profile occupation: Governor, U.S. Representative
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