American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-03-19
THE CABINET.
Brief Sketches of the Component Parts
The veoE-WhS and What They Are.
Tho following are brief biographical
sketches of the members of the new
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The veof-WhSs and What They Are.
Tho following are brief biographical
sketches of the members of the new
Cabinet:
JAMES G. BLAINE-SEcRErARY of STATE.
Mr;Bnne was horn in Washington County,
Pa, January 81, te3O graduated at Washington
College, Pennsylvania; adopted the editorial
pr Sfcssion, and went to Maine, where he edited
the Portland Advertiser and the Kenuebec
6tty1ldt; was n member of the Maine Lcgisla-
:ure in 1859, 80, '6I and e., serving the last
two years as Speaker of the House; was
elected to the Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth,
Fortieth, Forty-frs:, Forty-seennd and Forty
third Congresses serving i'm the Forty
first, the Forty-second and tho Forty
third as Speaker; was reelected to the
Forty-fourth CongSess IS Republican;
was elected to the Unted States Senate to
ill the vacancy occasioued by the resignation
of Lot NJ. Morrill,, app odnted Secretary of the
Treasury, and was elected for the ensuing
term, which will expire March 3. 1883. The
people are familiar, with his great campaigns
for nomination fopthe Presidency.
THOMAS L. JAMES-PosTMAsrE ENERAL.
Mr.. James vas born at Utica, NJ Y, March
20, 1881; was, educated at the Utica Academy,
and at tho age OF fifteen was apprenticed to
learn the printing business to Wesley Bailey,
the veteran abolition editor of tho Libess1z
Press. He served with Mr.. Bailey for fvd1
years, and then purchased the Madison Countg
Journal, then a Wing paper published ut Ham,
ilton. When the Republican party Ea&
formed he madethc Jousssdl n Republicad pa
per and labored for the election of Fremont.
For five years he held the position of Collector
of Canal Tolls at Hamilton. and then removed
to New York City, where he secured an ap-
pointmcnt as Inspector of Customs under
Hiram Barney, Collector of the Port. In 1864
he was made Wegher, and in 1863 Deput Y
Collector. Upon the Inauguration of the Civil-
Service Reform he was made President of the
Board of Examiners for the CustOm-House.
In 1873 he was appointed Postmaster of New
York by President Grant, and held the posi-
ton until his appointment rs Postmaster-Gen-
eral
ROBEleT 7. I.INCOLN-SEcRErARY OF WAR.
Mr.. Iancoln. tho eldest son and only surviv-
ing child of abraham Lipeoln. was boz in
Springfield, D., August, ISi3. He prepared
for college at Phillips Academy, Exeter, N.
H., pnd> having entered Harvard, graduated
the summer of 1864. Four months subse-
q'deEtly he became a member of tho Harvard
Gaw School. But, before finishing the course,
he went into the army and was on General
Grants staff with the rank of Captain, from
February 20 to June 10. 1865, serving until the
war closed. He then returned to his law
books, and completed his studies. He located
in Chicago, and was admitted to the Bar by
the Supreme Court of the State February
25, 1857. In September OF the following year
he was married in Washington, by Bishop
Simpson, to Mary Harlan, daughter of ex-Scn-
ator Harlan. of Iowa. He and bis wife spent
six months of the summer and fall of 1872 in
Europe, and, on returning to Chicago, he asso-
ciatcd himself with Mr.. Edward s. Ishum, i'm
law practice, and the two have been partners
ever since, the firm being one of the best
known in the city, aud doing large and lucra.
r--u1
lowed in the footsteps 81 bis filustrious father,
and is a stniwart" atepubttenn. though. with
local exceptions, he nus taken 30 aetivc part
in politics. He.wns anf'rosidcntiaL Eiuctor AZ
the last siceiiai'. ~ . .,;1rif
WAYNE Observation-Disclosures
Mr.. Macvcagh was born at Phenixvilfe,
Chester ODnty, Pa. April 10. 1888, and is thus
inhie forty year. He was named after
1saac Way , received his carly educa-
ton in Che punty, but was prepared for
college at Seminary, in Montgomery
County, unt instruction of J. w. Sun
dersand, Ii o graduated at Yale College
IN ths fsnie 1e1ass of 1858. add then studied
law with the Hon. JOSEPH ]. Lewis, Of West
chester, and was In that borough ad-
mitted to the bar April 20, 1856 Soon
after his admission to the bar no was
elected District Attorney Of Chester County.
and served in that capacity for three years
During the war for the Union Mr.. Mcyeagh
was twice I'm the service, first as a Captain of
company of cavalry. which was in tho serv-
ice for two weeks only, wherr the invasion of
the State was threatened, in September, 1862,
and ASIA Major oh'thc staff of MajorGeneral
Couch during the emergency of tho foN6wing
year. In early life Mr.. Mcveaqh married
daughtef of1sT Lewis, Ms law .prcceptpr, and
after her death, in 1867 he married Q daughter
of ex-senator Simon Cameron. In 1870 hs WH3S
appointed :Jhy Morris as Minister
to Constantinople, o positi0n-which he held
until the close OF 1871.
WILLIAM wINDoM-SsgRErAnr OF xHE
TRxAsuRY.
Mr.. WINDOW was born in Belmont County,
Ohio, May 10, 1877; received an academic edl-
patton; studied law at Mount Vernon, Ohio;
practiced his profession in Ohio and in
Minnesota until 1885, WIS elected Prosecuting
Attorney for Knox County in 1859: removed
to Minnesota in 1855; was a Representative in
tho Thirty-sixth, Thiry-sevcnth, Thirty
eighth, Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses;
was appointed by the Governor of Minnesota,
In July, 1870, to fill the unexpired term of the
Hon. Daniel S. Norton, deceased, in the Senate
of the United States; was subsequently elect
ed as a Republican, and was reelected in 1877.
His term of service would have expired March
8, 1883.
SAMUEL ]. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF
THE INTERIOR.
Mr.. Kirkwood was born in Hartford County,
Maryland, December 20, 1913; received
limited education ut the academy of John
Mcleod in Washington City; removed to
Richland County, Ohio, in 1895, and studied law
there; was admitted to the bar in 1913; was
elected Prosecuting Attorney in 1915 and again
in ls47: was in 1S51-'5l a member of the Con-
ventfon that formed the present Constitution
OF the State of Ohio; removed to Johnson
I'm ole tod tn I,o
State Senate in 1856; was elected Governor in
1859 and again in 1851; was in 1863 nominated
by President Lincoln and con frmed as Minis
ter to Denmark, but declined the appoint
ment; was in 1866 elected TO the United States
Senate to fill the uncx pired term of the Hon.
James Harlan: was in 1875 again elected Gov
ernor of Iowa and resigned that Office January
81. 1877: was elected in January. 1875, to the
United States Senate as a Republican to
succeed George q. Wright, Republican His
term of service would have expired March 3
1883.
WILLIAM II. HUNT-SEcRErARY OF THE
NAVY.
Mr.. Hunt is n native of louisiana and
comes of prominent family. When the war
broke out he adhered to the Union SIDE
and remained a steadfast supporter of the
cause to the end. For this reason he was os-
traciscd by his family, and. when politics be-
gan to reshape themselves in the South after
the war, became Republican and has |
been a Republican ever since. He was
first brought into prominence in Louisiana
politics when he became the counsel for Gov
kellogg in his contest with McEnery. He sub |
became candidate for Attorney |
General on the Republican ticket, was elect |
ed, and served one term; he was reelected as |
Acknowledgement on the ticket with Packard. |
enough, ho was thrown out of office
through the influence of the MacVeagh Com