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Hannibal Hamlin (August 27, 1809 – July 4, 1891) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 15th vice president of the United States from 1861 to 1865, during President Abraham Lincoln's first term. He was the first Republican vice president.
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Sep 4, 2018 · Hannibal Hamlin missed being President by five weeks. Most history students know that Abraham Lincoln’s Vice President was Andrew Johnson, who became President when Lincoln was assassinated. But few know that Johnson was Vice President for only five weeks.
The death of Hannibal Hamlin closes a most picturesque and, at the same time, a typical American career, His life, as far as its real existence is concerned, was essentially a part of the history of generation that is past.
Jul 27, 2017 · On July 4, 1891 he collapsed while playing cards at the Tarratine Club in Bangor. He died later that evening on the couch that is now on display at the main branch of the Bangor Public Library....
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Hamlin was born on Paris Hill (National Historic District) in Paris, Maine, in Oxford County, a descendant of James Hamlin who had settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1639. He attended the district schools and Hebron Academy there, and later managed his father's farm. For the next few years he worked at several jobs: schoolmaster, cook, wood...
Hamlin's political career began in 1836, when he began a term in the Maine House of Representatives after being elected the year before. He served in the Aroostook War, which took place in 1839. Hamlin left the House in 1841. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives, from 1843-1847. He was elected to fill a Senate vacancy i...
Hamlin served in the Senate from 1869 to 1881. In June 1881, President James Garfield nominated him for the post of ambassador to Spain, in which capacity he served from 1881 to 1882. After he completed the posting he retired from public life. He died in Bangor, Maine, on July 4, 1891, and is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery.
Hamlin had six children, four by his first wife, Sarah Jane Emery, and two by his second wife, Ellen Vesta Emery. Two of his sons, Charles and Cyrus, served in the Union forces during the Civil War. Two of his children, Charles and Sarah were present at Ford's Theater the night of Lincoln's assassination. His son Hannibal Emery Hamlin was Maine sta...
Bartlett, D. W., and Abraham Lincoln. Life and public services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, with a portrait on steel, to which is added a biographical sketch of Hon. Hannibal Hamlin. Freeport, N.Y.: Bo...Hunt, H. Draper. Hannibal Hamlin of Maine, Lincoln's first Vice-President. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1969. ISBN 9780815621423Jones, Edward L. President Zachary Taylor and Senator Hannibal Hamlin: Union or death. African-American history and heritage series. Seattle, Wash: E.L. Jones, 1991. ISBN 9780960245888Scroggins, Mark. Hannibal: the life of Abraham Lincoln's first vice president. Lanham, Md: University Press of America, 1994. ISBN 9780819194404All links retrieved July 26, 2017. 1. HAMLIN, Hannibal, (1809 - 1891) 2. Hannibal Hamlin 3. Vice Presidents of the United States
Mar 10, 2020 · "He actually died with cards in hands. It was a beautiful morning and he was 81." He died at the Tarrantine. The original building was here but it was lost in a fire. it was on July 4th and a...
He died in Bangor July 4, 1891, with interment in Mount Hope Cemetery. Hamlin Plantation in Aroostook County bears his name. Hamlin’s birthplace is on Paris Hill in the town of Paris. The Dr. Cyrus Hamlin House (Hannibal’s birthplace) on Hannibal Hamlin Drive was built in 1805. Dr. Hamlin was the first Clerk of Courts for Oxford County.
