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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hamlin, Hannibal 1809-1891 (search)
Hamlin, Hannibal 1809-1891 Vice-President of the United States; born in Paris, Me., Aug. 27, 1809; taught school, and entered official life early. For many years he was a Democrat, as member of the Maine legislature; Congressman from 1843 to 1847; and United States Senator from 1849 to 1857. Having joined the Republican party, he was governor of Maine for Hannibal Hamlin. a short time in 1857, and was again Senator from 1857 to 1861. In 1860 he was elected Vice-President on the ticket with Abraham Lincoln, and served from 1861 to 1865. President Johnson appointed him collector of the port of Boston. From 1869 to 1881 he was again in the United States Senate, and his long political career closed with his occupation of the ministry to Spain from 1881 to 1883. He died in Bangor, Me., July 4, 1891.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
the Department of Agriculture......June 23, 1891 Discovery recorded of a new lake forming in Salton Sink, Ariz., owing to floods on the Colorado......June 29, 1891 Ex-Vice-President Hannibal Hamlin, born 1809, dies at Bangor, Me.......July 4, 1891 Charleston and Itata arrive at San Diego, Cal.......July 4, 1891 Secretary of the Treasury accepts $500 from the Itata for violation of the navigation laws......July 8, 1891 Cargo of arms and ammunition on the Itata libelled by the UnJuly 4, 1891 Secretary of the Treasury accepts $500 from the Itata for violation of the navigation laws......July 8, 1891 Cargo of arms and ammunition on the Itata libelled by the United States marshal at San Diego, Cal.......July 14, 1891 Statue of Gen. Stonewall Jackson unveiled at Lexington, Va.; 15,000 Confederate veterans present; oration by General Early......July 21, 1891 Smokeless powder used for the first time in this country in experiments at Sandy Hook, N. J.......July 25, 1891 Thomas W. Babcock, born 1815, for fourteen years in Congress from Virginia and for four years speaker of Confederate Congress, dies in Appomattox county, Va.......Aug. 5, 1891
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Maine. (search)
. 15, 1887 Act passed forbidding manufacturing trusts and heating railroad cars by common stoves......1889 State convention of Union Labor party meets at Waterville, and nominates Isaac R. Clark, of Bangor, for governor......May 20, 1890 Legislature enacts an Australian ballot law......March 24, 1891 First Monday in September (Labor Day) made a legal holiday by legislature at session ending......April 3, 1891 Ex-Vice-President Hannibal Hamlin, born 1809, dies at Bangor......July 4, 1891 James G. Blaine, Secretary of State, resigns......June 4, 1892 James G. Blaine dies at Washington, D. C:, aged sixty-three years......Jan. 27, 1893 Neal Dow, the father of prohibition, dies at Portland......Oct. 2, 1897 Steamer Portland lost in a gale, 118 lives lost......Nov. 29, 1898 Nelson Dingley dies at Washington, D. C......Jan. 13, 1899 Twenty persons drowned by an accident at Bar Harbor......Aug. 6, 1899 Arthur Sewall, Democratic candidate for Vice-President