Statesman; born near
Springfield, Mass., Oct. 27, 1800; removed to
Ashtabula, O., in 1821; admitted to the bar in 1827; elected prosecuting attorney in 1835; State
Senator in 1837; and was
United States Senator in
1851-69.
He was a conspicuous antislavery leader, opposed the
Kansas-
Nebraska bill; favored the homestead bill and the confiscation of property in slaves.
He was acting Vice-
President of the
United States under
President Johnson; and one of the commissioners to
Santo Domingo in 1871.
He died in
Jefferson, O., March 2, 1878.