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Brigadier General Cornelius Vanderbilt

1894

Vanderbilt visited Mount Vernon in 1894.

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Commodore George Dewey

1894

Commodore George Dewey (1837–1917) was a U.S. naval officer and the only person in U.S. history to hold the rank of Admiral of the Navy. He visited Mount Vernon in 1894.

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Infanta Eulalia

Infanta Eulalie

Sunday, January 01, 1893

Infanta Eulalie of Spain (1864–1958) was a progressive Spanish royal, a daughter of Queen Isabella II and the aunt of King Alfonso. She visited in 1983.

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Grand Duke Alexander

Grand Duke Alexander

1893

Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich (1866–1933) was a Russian naval officer, reformer, and memoirist who served as advisor to Tsar Nicholas II. He visited Mount Vernon in 1893.

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Prince Philippe, Comte de Paris

Wednesday, October 08, 1890

Prince Philippe, Count of Paris (1838–1894), was the grandson of King Louis-Philippe I. Along with a significant number of distinguished gentlemen, he visited Mount Vernon in 1890.

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Caroline Harrison

Caroline Scott Harrison (Mrs. Benjamin Harrison)

1890

Caroline Scott Harrison (1832–1892) was the First Lady of the United States from 1889 to 1892, wife of President Benjamin Harrison. She visited Mount Vernon in 1890.

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Benjamin Harrison

President Benjamin Harrison

May 1889

Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901) was the 23rd President of the United States, serving from 1889 to 1893. He visited Mount Vernon twice.

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Charles Hughes

Charles Evans Hughes

Wednesday, December 12, 1888

Charles Evans Hughes was an American statesman and jurist who served as Governor of New York, U.S. Secretary of State, Associate Justice, and later Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

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Queen Lili'uokalani

Queen Lili'uokalani

Friday, May 06, 1887

Queen Lili'uokalani, the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, visited Mount Vernon twice. During her second visit, in 1897, she was accompanied her sister-in-law Queen Kapi'olani.

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President Rutherford B. Hayes

Saturday, June 22, 1878

Rutherford B. Hayes was the 19th President of the United States (1877–1881). He visited Mount Vernon with his wife in June of 1878.

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