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Summary. Hannibal Hamlin (1809-91) of Maine served as vice president to President Abraham Lincoln in 1861-65 and was the first U.S. vice president from the Republican Party. He served in the U.S. Senate as a Democrat from 1848 to 1857, but broke with his party over the issue of slavery. He was replaced by Andrew Johnson on the Republican ticket ...
Paris, Maine. Admitted to the bar in 1833, he practiced at Hampden, Maine. He was a Maine legislator (1836–40, 1847), a U.S. Representative (1843–47), and a U.S. Senator (1848–57). Source for information on Hamlin, Hannibal: The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. dictionary.
Childhood & Early Life. Hannibal Hamlin was born on August 27, 1809, in Paris Hill, Maine, to Cyrus Hamlin, a farmer and surveyor, and his wife, Anna Livermore. Hamlin received early education from the district schools and then went to the Hebron Academy, a preparatory school in Hebron, Maine. Thereafter, he managed his family farm for some ...
Hannibal Hamlin was born August 27, 1809, at Paris Hill, Maine. He attended the local schools and Hebron Academy, studied law in Portland, and was admitted to the bar in 1833. Moving to Hampden, he set up a law practice that flourished. He soon entered politics, serving as the Hampden representative in the legislature in from 1836 to 1841 and ...
Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891) Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891) The emotional issue of slavery demolished the American political system during the 1850s: the Whig party disintegrated; the Democrats divided; and the Free Soil and American (or Know-Nothing) parties flourished briefly and died. Emerging from the wreckage of the old system, the Republican ...
Hannibal Hamlin (August 27, 1809 – July 4, 1891) was a politician from Maine. Hamlin served as a lawmaker in Maine, governor of Maine, in the U.S. House of Representatives, and in the U.S. Senate. He began his career as a Democrat but later became a Republican.
Mar 12, 2024 · Hannibal Hamlin, (born Aug. 27, 1809, Paris Hill, Maine, U.S.—died July 4, 1891, Bangor, Maine), 15th vice president of the United States (1861–65) in the Republican administration of President Abraham Lincoln. Hamlin was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1842 and to the Senate in 1848. In his first term as a senator ...
