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| 1  | 1860  | - 1860—8 Apr 1865: Civil War
 
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| 2  | 1861  | - 4 Mar 1861—15 Apr 1865: Lincoln/Hamlin and Johnson admin
 
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| 3  | 1863  | - 1863—10 May 1869: Construction of First Transcontinental Railroad
 
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| 4  | 1865  | - 1865—1877: Reconstruction Period
 
- 4 Apr 1865—4 Mar 1869: Johnson/(vacant) admin
 
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| 5  | 1868  | - 1 Jun 1868—1 Jun 1868: Texas constitutional convention meets in Austin
 
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| 6  | 1869  | - 4 Mar 1869—4 Mar 1877: Grant/Colfax and Wilson admin
 
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| 7  | 1877  | - 4 Mar 1877—4 Mar 1881: Hayes/Wheeler admin
 
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| 8  | 1881  | - 4 Mar 1881—9 Sep 1881: Garfield/Arthur admin
 
- 19 Sep 1881—4 Mar 1885: Arthur/(vacant) admin
 
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| 9  | 1885  | - 4 Mar 1885—4 Mar 1889: Cleveland/Hendricks and (vacant) admin
 
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| 10  | 1889  | - 4 Mar 1889—4 Mar 1893: Harrison/Morton admin
 
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| 11  | 1893  | - 4 Mar 1893—4 Mar 1897: Cleveland/Stevenson admin
 
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