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Hannibal Hamlin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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American National Biography; Dictionary of American Biography; Hunt, H. Draper. Hannibal Hamlin: Lincoln’s First Vice President. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1969.
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Abraham Lincoln's first vice president, Hannibal Hamlin, was a distinguished New England politician who served six terms in the Maine legislature (1836-40 and 1847); represented his state in the House of Representatives for two terms;
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To balance Lincoln, Republicans chose as their vice-presidential candidate Hannibal Hamlin, an easterner who had spent the bulk of his political career as a Democrat and who had battled Henry Clay when they served together in the United States Senate.
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Biography of Hannibal Hamlin ... Hannibal Hamlin was one of three former vice presidents who was alive in 1886 when the U.S. Senate passed a resolution establishing a Vice Presidential Bust Collection for display in the Senate Chamber.
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Hannibal Hamlin was born in Oxford County, Maine, on 27th August, 1809. He worked on the family farm before being employed as a compositor in a printing office. Hannibal Hamlin died in Bangor, Maine, on 4th July, 1891.
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Hannibal Hamlin didn't even seek or want the Republican vice presidential nomination in 1860, but he won it anyway and served as Abraham Lincoln's first vice president. To appease the South, the Republicans dropped Hamlin from the ticket in 1864, choosing Southerner Andrew Johnson to run with Lincoln. ... Born on Aug. ... He was 81.
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While in office, Vice-President Hamlin served a 60-Day enlistment in the Maine Home Guard as a Private. Served as US Minister to Spain from 1881 to 1882. One son, Cyrus Hamlin, became a Brigadier General in the ... All three Hamlins are interred in the family plot. (bio by: Russ Dodge) ; Search Amazon for Hannibal Hamlin...
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Hamlin, Hannibal - Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. ... Hannibal Hamlin - Biographical article from the online encyclopedia Wikipedia. ... Top: Society: History: By Region: North America: United States: Vice Presidents: Hamlin, Hannibal (2)
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