The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-03-26
TIL, CABINET.
iirief Sketches Of The louno,or.
The: eOt-N hn am, Xh,, ,b, 'orts

sketches OF the members of thu ' "'
Cabinet: "' new,
JANIS Il. HlAiNE-SEcRETAEY OF s,,,n
! Mr.. Blaine was horn in Washioot,, co..-.
~, jaiit!nry 81, is31. g.aiu;,l 80, u, W,sht,'''
! '"leEc P"nnsyhan IL; a,ifprrd tbs. on'
Professor amt "'nt to NJ IN, whcrebe rr; ,a!
'"' f"ftiald -t'ftni"r and tn. Ncoroh.1
'"o'h'' was member Of The N0ipa Io,,''e
'hFc Ill i1'. TT, ii and t., SERVING ,ha,"
Nv" years rs 'aker o. the Un,sa. ,
e!tctcG TO the iniliy-c,ghth, TEi,ty.,:,' aS
f"f'ieth, F"ity-h:s'. Fnr'y-srco0l and r '",u'
'hFo Congresses srrvin- in the ro..'
hrs'' the torty-sc"onI and tho 49,
! 'iiirh as Speakers; wa, Reelected 70 ~.
| Forty-fonrh Congress rs 4 ro,.,h,; LUG
wa, '!ec'''' I" the United states senate to
III inc vacancy occaN"n"d by the rcsrr,,ion
OF Lot N. Morrill,, appointed Secntarv ~ .pA
treasury, and was elected for the ons,;..
term, which will expire March 3, is; Tns
people are familiar with his great camn.;'..e
Tor nomination for the Presidency.
THOMAS l.. JAMES-posrMA>TER-;
Mr.. James was born at Utica. Nv H..
~, ISL; was educated at the Utica ac,,s"
una al Inc age OF fifteen was apprentced ~
learn the printing business to W.~lov n.;,."
inc veteran abolition editor of the Lihsrt'
Press. lie served with Mr. BAILEY for fly
years, AMI then purchased the Madison C,,,,
Jounnd, then Wing paper published y, u.. s
liton. When the Republican nartr $3.50
formed he made the Journal a Reub,ic,r ~
per and iaboreu for the election Of Fremop.
For five years he held the position of Co,,eoto.
of Canal Tolls at Hamilton. and then remnrs.
to New York City, where he secured an -
pOlntment rs Inspector of Customs nndo.
Hiram Barney, Collector of the Port In ,Ss.
&c was made Wcgher, and in 1863 Dennt,
Collector. Upon the inauguration Of the ,';v;i
Service Reform he was made PreSden, ~ -.
Board OF Examiners for the Custom.tloso
In 1873 he was appointed Postmaster Of Ma.
York by President Grant, and held the no.;.
ton until his appointment Us Post,pas,er,ca.
eral. ''E
ROBERT I. LINCOLN-SERETARY Or W.,
Mr.. Lincoln, the eldest son and only su.r- s.
ing child OF Abraham Lincoln. was bo,ni,
Springfield. ILL.,, August !, }S43 lie prepared
for college at Phillips Academy. Exeter.
H., and, having entered Harvard. graduated
the summer Of 1864. Four months s,h.a
quently he became member of the Harvard
Law School. But, before finishing the course
he went into the army and was on Generat
Grant $ staff with the rank Of Captain. f,om
February 20 to June 10, 1865. serving until the
books, and completed his studies. He located
in Chicago. and was admitted to the Bsr h,
the Supreme Court Of the State Tebrn.,,
%, 1857. In September Of the following VOC,
nc was married in Washington, by Bishor
Simpson, to Mary Harlan, daughter of ex,Sen.
Ator Harlan, Of Iowa. He and bis wife sncnt
SIX months OF the summer and fail of lS.siu
Europe, and, on returning TO Chicago, be asso
c'atcd himself with Mr.. Edward S. lsbam. in
law practice, and the two have been partners
ever since, the firm being one of the beN
known in the city. and doing large and lucrs
tive business. Mr. Lincoln, politically. fol-
lowed in the footsteps Of his ilus,rous father
and is "s,alwart" Republican, though, with
local exceptions, nc has taken no active pan
in politics. He was II Presidential Elector n
the last election.
. WAYNE MACvEAGH-Ar1oRxEY-GrxraAt
Mr. MacVeagh was born at PhpnixyilA
Chester County, Pa, April 49, 1876. and is thus
inhis forty-ei2hth year. He was named afte,
Isaac Wayne He received his early educs,
ton in Chester County, but was prepared fol
college at Freeland Seminary, in Montgomery
County, under the instruction of ]. ". Sun
Gcrland. LID. He graduated at Yale COLLEGE
N the famous class Of 1853, and then studied
law with tho Hon. Joserh J. Lewis, of West
chester. and was in that borough nd
mltted to the bar April %, ISL Scos =
alter his admission to the bar be vas
elected District Attorney of Chester County.
an! served in that capacity for three years.
during the war for the Union Mr.. Mcyeagb
was twice in the service, first rs a Captain Of
company of cavalry. which was in the serv
ice Tor two weeks only, when the uvasiono Of
the state was threatened, in September ls6ss
and as Major on the staff of Ma;orGenesal
Couch during the emergency of the following
year. In early life MIR. McVeagh married.
daughter Of Mr.. Lewis, his law prcceptor, and
after her death, in 1867 be married daughter
OF ex-senator Simon Cameron. In 1870 he wa
appointed to succeed L. Jay Norris as Minister
TO Constantinople, position which he he'd
until the close OF 1871. h
WILLIAM WINDOW SECRETARY OF IN
TREASURY.
Mr.. Window was born in Belmont County,
Ohio, Nay 10. 1927; received an academic eda'
cation; studied law at Mount Vernon, Ohio;
practfced his profession in Ohio and IN
Minnesota until 1859: was elected Prosecuting
Attorney for Knox County in ls5:: removed
10 Minnesota in 1858; was Representative
the Tbirty.sixth, Thiuy~seventh. Thirty.
eighth. Ihirty.ninth and Fortieth Congresses;
was appointed by the Governor OF Minnesota
IN July, 1870, to fill the uDexpired term Of The
hon. Daniel S. Norton, deceased, in the Senate
OF the United States: was subsequently elect
edas a Republican, and was reelected in ISL"
His term of service would have expired March
3, 1883
SAMUEL ]. KIRKWOOD-sEcsErARy o.
THE INTERIOR.
Mr.. KirkwO0d was born in Hartford County,
Maryland, December %. 1873: received . b
limited education at the academy of Jonn
Mcleod in Washington City: removed TO
Nichland County, Ohio, in 1885. and studied aW
there: was admitted to the bar in 1913; was
elected Prosecuting Attorney In 1915 and asa'n
in 1877: was in ls5J-'5l member Of the Con-
ven'ion that formed the present Constitution
OF the State of Ohio: removed to johnson
County. Iowa, in 1855; was elected to tine
state Senate in 1856; was elected Governor 10 S''
1853 and again in 1851: was in 1868 nominated
by Prcsiden, Lincoln and confirmed as Minis
ter to Denmark, but declined the app0ihF
ment: was in 1866 elected to the United STATES
Senate to fill the unexpired term Of the Hon.
James Harlan: was in 1875 again elected Gov
ernCr Of Iowa and rcsigneithat Office January
81, 1877: was elected in January. Ss6, 10 lne
United States Senate as Republican ~
succeed George &. Wright. Republican Ills
term OF service would have expired Marcha
lSs3.
WILLIAM H. HUNT-SECRErARY or THE
Mr.. Hunt Is a native of Louisiana, anu
comes Of Il prominent family. Wien the wax