Ransom W. Dunham

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Ransom W. Dunham The late Ransom W. Dunham was a member of the Chicago Board of Trade and served as its president in 1882. He also served as a U.S. Representative in Congress from Illinois from 1883 to 1889. Background Dunham was born on March 21, 1838 in Savoy, MA. He moved to Chicago in 1857 and became a provision and grain commission merchant. He died in 1896 and interred in the Mount Hope Cemetery in Chicago. Education References

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