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Hannibal Hamlin

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Vice President of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (1809–1891)

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Hannibal Hamlin was an American politician, diplomat, lawyer, and military officer. Born in Paris in 1809, he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, Governor of Maine, Vice President of the United States, and United States Ambassador to Spain. A member of both the Democratic and Republican parties, he worked in Washington, D.C. Hamlin was married to Ellen Hamlin and had four children.

He authored works including "The Wilmot proviso" and "Kansas-Lecompton Constitution." His death occurred in Bangor in 1891 from natural causes.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1809
Died
1891
Works
13

Top works

  • Dedicatory exercises of the Washburn Memorial Library
  • Report [and Testimony, Journal, etc.]
  • Speech in the United States Senate, March 8 and 10, 1858, in reply to Governor Hammond, and in defence of the North and northern laborers
  • The Wilmot proviso
  • Speech of Hon. Hannibal Hamlin of Maine in the United States Senate, March 9 and 10, 1858

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Listeners · Last.fm

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Encyclopedic overview

Hannibal Hamlin (August 27, 1809 – July 4, 1891) was an American politician and diplomat who was the 15th vice president of the United States, serving from 1861 to 1865, during President Abraham Lincoln's first term. He was the first Republican vice president.

As an attorney from Maine, Hamlin began his political career as a Democrat in the Maine House of Representatives before being elected twice to the United States House of Representatives, and then to the United States Senate. With his strong abolitionist views, he left the Democratic Party for the newly formed Republican Party in 1856. In the 1860 general election, Hamlin balanced the successful Republican ticket as a New Englander partnered with the Northwesterner Lincoln. Although not a close friend of the president, he lent loyal support to his key projects such as the Emancipation Proclamation during the American Civil War.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hannibal Hamlin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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