Robert Smith Chew

William P. Corcoran

1798–1888 (age 90)

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Founder of Oak Hill Cemetery and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

Myrtilla Miner

1815–1864 (age 49)

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Founder of the Institution for the Education of Colored Youth in Washington, D.C.

Madeleine Albright

1937–2022 (age 85)

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First female U.S. Secretary of State who served under President Clinton.

Gamaliel Bailey

1807–1859 (age 52)

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Abolitionist editor and publisher of the National Era newspaper.

Dean Acheson

1893–1971 (age 78)

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U.S. Secretary of State under President Truman who played a key role in Cold War foreign policy.

Herman Hollerith

1860–1929 (age 69)

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Inventor of the electric tabulating machine that revolutionized census data processing.