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Cornell's first graduating class (the original 8)

Morris Lyons Buchwalter (September 8, 1846 - 1932) was a radical Ohio Republican jurist
Joseph B. Foraker (July 5, 1846 – May 10, 1917) was a Republican politician from Ohio. He was the 37th Governor of Ohio.
John Andrew Rea (1849-1941) was a Republican Party leader and newpaper editor in the frontier Pacific Northwest

Other Ohioans enrolled on Day 1 at Cornell -