Barzillai J. Chambers (December 5, 1817 in Montgomery County, Kentucky

Montgomery County, Kentucky

Montgomery County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The population was 26,499. Its county seat is Mount Sterling. With regard to the sale of alcohol, it is classified as a moist county—a county in which alcohol sales are prohibited , but containing a "wet" city where package...

 – September 16, 1895 in Cleburne, Texas

Cleburne, Texas

Cleburne is a city in Johnson County, Texas, United States, and a suburb of Fort Worth. According to 2007 United States Census Bureau estimates, the population is 29,050. It is the county seat of Johnson County. Cleburne is named for a Confederate General, Patrick Cleburne...

) was an American

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 surveyor, lawyer, and politician of the Gilded Age

Gilded Age

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 from Texas. He unsuccessfully ran for Vice President

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 on the ticket of the Greenback Labor Party and James Baird Weaver in 1880. The pair received only 3.3% of the popular vote and no electoral votes. At the nominating convention, Chambers received 403 votes for Vice President while Absolom M. West

Absolom M. West

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received only 311.