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| In office March 4, 1873 – November 22, 1875 |
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| President | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Preceded by | Schuyler Colfax |
| Succeeded by | William A. Wheeler |
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| In office January 31, 1855 – March 3, 1873 |
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| Preceded by | Julius Rockwell |
| Succeeded by | George S. Boutwell |
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| Born | February 16, 1812 Farmington, New Hampshire |
| Died | November 22, 1875 (aged 63) Washington, D.C. |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Harriet Malvina Howe Wilson |
| Religion | Congregationalist |
Henry Wilson (February 16, 1812 – November 22, 1875) was a Senator from Massachusetts and the eighteenth Vice President of the United States. The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ulysses S Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant (April 27 1822 &ndash July 23 1885 was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States Schuyler Colfax Jr (March 23 1823 &ndash January 13 1885 was a U William Almon Wheeler (June 30 1819 &ndash June 4 1887 was a Representative from New York and the nineteenth Vice President of the United States The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Julius Rockwell ( April 26, 1805 – May 19, 1888) was a United States politician from Massachusetts, and the father George Sewall Boutwell ( January 28, 1818 – February 27, 1905) was an American statesman who served as Secretary of Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols Year 1812 ( MDCCCXII) a leap year started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Farmington is a town located in Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA. Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing Congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols Year 1812 ( MDCCCXII) a leap year started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death He was a leading Republican who devoted his enormous energies to the destruction of what he considered the slavocracy, that is the conspiracy of slave owners to seize control of the federal government and block the progress of liberty.
Wilson was born Jeremiah Jones Colbath in Farmington, New Hampshire. Farmington is a town located in Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA. In 1833 he had his name legally changed by the legislature to Henry Wilson. Year 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Henry Wilson moved to Natick, Massachusetts in 1833 and became a shoemaker. Natick (Pronunciation ˈneɪtɪk is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. He attended several local academies, and also taught school in Natick, where he later engaged in the manufacture of shoes. He was a member of the state legislature between 1841 and 1852, and was owner and editor of the Boston Republican from 1848 to 1851. For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year
Wilson was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1852 to Congress. Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses He was a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1853 and was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1853. The Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1853 met in order to consider changes to the Massachusetts Constitution. Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States. In 1855 he was elected to the United States Senate by a coalition of Free-Soilers, Americans (aka Know Nothings), and Democrats to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Edward Everett. Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives The Know Nothing movement was a Nativist American political movement of the 1850s The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Edward Everett ( April 11, 1794 January 15, 1865) was a Whig Party politician from Massachusetts. He was reelected as a Republican in 1859, 1865 and 1871, and served from January 31, 1855, to March 3, 1873, when he resigned to become Vice President. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common He was Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and the Committee on Military Affairs. In 1861 he raised and commanded the Twenty-second Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
Wilson was elected Vice President of the United States on the Republican ticket with President Ulysses S. Grant to replace the controversial Schuyler Colfax and served from March 4, 1873, until his death in the United States Capitol Building at Washington, D.C.. The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Ulysses S Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant (April 27 1822 &ndash July 23 1885 was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States Schuyler Colfax Jr (March 23 1823 &ndash January 13 1885 was a U Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D He had suffered from paralysis from 1873-75. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Among his works are: History of the Anti-Slavery Measures of the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Congresses, 1861-64 (1864); History of the Reconstruction Measures of the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses, 1865-68 (1868); and an exceedingly valuable publication, History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America, (three volumes, 1872-77). The History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America is a historically significant work of Historiography of the American Civil War by Vice President He was interred in Old Dell Park Cemetery, Natick.
References
- Henry Wilson, History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America, 2 vols. (Boston: J. R. Osgood and Co. , 1873-77)
Trivia
- His desk was the desk used by Richard Nixon during his administration. Nixon really wanted the desk used by Woodrow Wilson, and when he asked for a "Wilson desk", he received the desk used by Henry Wilson. Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28 1856—February 3 1924 was the twenty-eighth President of the United States. Nixon never figured out about this mistake until later on. [1]
See also
References
External links
- Henry Wilson at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-02-15
- Henry Wilson at Find A Grave Retrieved on 2008-02-15
- History of the antislavery measures of the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth United-States Congresses, 1861-64 by Henry Wilson at archive.org
- History of the reconstruction measures of the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses, 1865-68 by Henry Wilson at archive.org
- History of the rise and fall of the slave power in America Vol 1 by Henry Wilson at archive.org
- History of the rise and fall of the slave power in America Vol 2 by Henry Wilson at archive.org
- History of the rise and fall of the slave power in America Vol 3 by Henry Wilson at archive.org
| Preceded by Julius Rockwell |
United States Senator (Class 2) from Massachusetts January 31, 1855 – March 3, 1873 Served alongside: Charles Sumner |
Succeeded by George S. Boutwell |
| Preceded by Schuyler Colfax |
Republican Party vice presidential candidate 1872 (won) |
Succeeded by William A. Wheeler |
| Vice President of the United States March 4, 1873 – November 22, 1875 |
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| Preceded by Charles Sumner |
Persons who have lain in state or honor in the United States Capitol rotunda November 25-November 26, 1875 |
Succeeded by James Garfield |
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