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About William M. Gwin
William McKendree Gwin was an American medical doctor and politician who served in elected office in Mississippi and California. In California he shared the distinction, along with John C. Frémont, of being the state's first U.S. senators. Before, during, and after the Civil War, Gwin was well known in California, Washington, D.C., and the Southern United States as a determined Confederate sympathizer.
Everything about William M. Gwin →- Occupation
- politician, physician
- Position held
- United States representative, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- October 9, 1805
- Died
- September 3, 1885