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56 Uncommon Baby Names for Boys, Culled From the Index of Volume 3 of Master of the Senate, Robert Caro's Biography of Lyndon Johnson. BY ANDREW COHEN - - - - 1. Alben 2. Strom 3. Estes 4. Adlai 5. Leland 6. Chan 7. Kerr 8. Styles 9. Leverett 10. Lister 11. Olin 12. Hubert 13. Orville 14. Elihu 15. Thaddeus 16. Glynn 17. Posh 18. Spessard 19. Alva 20. Meade 21. Birge 22. Olaf 23. Oreole 24. Merton 25. Ezra 26. Hugo 27. Vannevar 28. Prescott 29. Horace 30. Tris 31. Elmer 32. Mahlon 33. Linwood 34. Dudley 35. Cecil 36. Orval 37. Elbridge 38. Welly 39. Solis 40. Lester 41. Hiram 42. Magnus 43. Mylton 44. Gould 45. Marvel 46. Wingate 47. Dumas 48. Archibald 49. Thurgood 50. Gunnar 51. Bayard 52. Hatton 53. Bascom 54. Lyman 55. Wilton 56. Zephyr   MORE LISTS

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