MAYNARD, HORACE
\mˈe͡ɪnɑːd], \mˈeɪnɑːd], \m_ˈeɪ_n_ɑː_d]\
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(1814-1882), represented Tennessee in the U.S. Congress as an American and Republican from 1857 to 1863 and from 1866 to 1875. He was Minister to Russia from 1875 to 1880. He was Postmaster-General in Hayes' Cabinet from 1880 to 1881.
By John Franklin Jameson
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Snake's-head
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