For other people named John Eaton, see John Eaton (disambiguation).
William Joyce Sewell was an Irish-American politician, merchant, and military officer who served as a U.S. Senator from New Jersey. Sewell was born in Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland. He immigrated to the United States in 1851 where he worked in the merchant industry in Chicago, Illinois before moving to Camden, New Jersey in 1860. He served as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, receiving the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Chancellorsville. He was also a postbellum state senator and U.S. Senator. The community of Sewell, New Jersey is named for him.
William Brickly Stokes was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee. He also served as colonel of the 5th Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry during the American Civil War.
Anson George McCook was an American military and political figure who served as Union Army colonel during the Civil War. In recognition of his service, in 1866, he was nominated and confirmed for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers. In civilian life, he was an attorney and three-term postbellum U.S. Congressman from New York. He was a member of the “Fighting McCooks,” one of America's most prolific military families during the Civil War.
Eli Long was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
DeWitt Clinton Littlejohn was a brevet brigadier general in the Union Army and a United States Representative from New York during the Civil War.
Charles Albright was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Philip Cornelius Hayes was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, as well as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Samuel Thompson Busey was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Henry Dana Washburn was a U.S. Representative from Indiana and a colonel and brevet brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
John Peter Cleaver Shanks was a U.S. Representative from Indiana and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Morton Craig Hunter was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War who later became a U.S. Representative from Indiana.
Charles Elwood Brown was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Charles Henry Grosvenor was a multiple-term U.S. Representative from Ohio, as well as a brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Henry Blackstone Banning was a lawyer and three-term U.S. Representative from Ohio, as well as an infantry officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
James Sidney Robinson was a U.S. Representative from Ohio and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Joseph Randolph Cockerill was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Darius B. Warner was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War.
Oliver Wood was a Union Army colonel during the American Civil War.
Aquila Wiley was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War.
