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Boutwell: Radical Republican and Champion of Democracy

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Lecture Open to Faculty/Staff Open to Students Open to the Public

Fri, Sep 18, 2026

4:30 PM – 6 PM EDT (GMT-4)

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The Bowdoin College Department of History will present Jeffrey Boutwell speaking on "Boutwell: Radical Republican and Champion of Democracy." George S. Boutwell of Massachusetts was a key figure in American public life for seven decades. As the youngest-ever governor of Massachusetts in the early 1850s, he helped create the Radical Republican Party and became a close ally and friend of presidents Lincoln and Grant during the Civil War and Reconstruction eras.

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