GEORGE WASHINGTON JULIAN


George Washington Julian
George Washington Julian
  • Born: May 5, 1817
  • Died: July 7, 1899
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George Washington Julian was a politician, lawyer, and writer from Indiana who served in the United States House of Representatives during the 19th century. A leading opponent of slavery, Julian was the Free Soil Party's candidate for vice president in the 1852 election and was a prominent Radical Republican during the American Civil War and the Reconstruction era.