Facts: - title: united minnesota governor of minnesota governor of minnesota territory states secretary of war united states senator from - president: rutherford b. hayes - party: whig , republican - predecessor: george territory created w. mccrary henry m. rice henry hastings sibley - lieutenant: ignatius l. donnelly - succeeded: george n. eckert - birth date: 8 september 1815 - profession: politician , lawyer - order: 34th 2nd 1st - death date: 22 april 1903 - spouse: anna jenks - district: 14th - term end: march 10 , 1863 may 15 , 1853 march 3 , 5 1847 , 1881 march 4 , 1875 july - name: alexander ramsey - birth place: hummelstown , pennsylvania - death place: st. paul , minnesota - successor: robert swift willis a. gorman todd lincoln samuel j. r. mcmillan henry adoniram - state: pennsylvania - alma mater: lafayette college - imagesize: 230px - appointer: zachary taylor - preceded: james irvin - term start: december 2 , 1860 june 1 , 1849 march 4 , 10 1843 , 1879 march 4 , 1863 january - image: alexander ramsey - brady-handy . jpg - religion: methodism Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of alexander ramsey .
alexander ramsey -lrb- september 8 , 1815 april 22 , 1903 -rrb- was an american politician .he served as a whig and republican over a variety of offices between the 1840s and the 1880s .