Person:John Hartranft (20)

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John Frederick Hartranft
b.16 Dec 1830
d.17 Oct 1889
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  1. John Frederick Hartranft1830 - 1889
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  1. Samuel Sebring HartranftAbt 1856 -
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Name John Frederick Hartranft
Gender Male
Birth? 16 Dec 1830
Marriage to Sarah D Sebring
Death? 17 Oct 1889
Reference Number Q373157 (Wikidata)


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John Frederick Hartranft (December 16, 1830 – October 17, 1889) was the United States military officer who read the death warrant to the individuals who were executed on July 7, 1865 for conspiring to assassinate American President Abraham Lincoln. Previously having achieved the rank of major general of the Union Army during the American Civil War, he had also been awarded the U.S. Medal of Honor for his actions in the First Battle of Bull Run.[1]

Post-war, he served as the 17th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1873 to 1879.

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