Vice President Hannibal Hamlin (1809 - 1891) - Genealogy Vice President Hannibal Hamlin Paris Hill, Oxford, Maine, United States Death: in Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States Place of Burial: Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States Immediate Family: Aug 27 1809 - Paris Hill, ME Death: July 4 1891 - Paris Hill, ME Parents: Cyrus Hamlin, Anna Hamlin (born Livermore (#83)) Siblings: ...lin, Elijah Hamlin, Cyrus Hamlin, Eliza Hamlin, Ann Brown (born Hamlin), Vesta Holmes (born Hamlin), Hannah Livermore Townsend (born Hamlin) Wife: Sara Jane Hamlin (born Emery) Wife: Ellen Vesta Hamlin (born Emery) Children: Ellen Vesta Hamlin Children: ..., Charles Emery Hamlin, Cyrus Hamlin, Sarah Jane Bachelder, George Emery Hamlin, Norton Newcomb Hamblin, Hannibal Emery Hamlin, Frank Hamlin Aug 27 1809 - Paris Hill, Oxford, Maine, USA Death: July 4 

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Prior to his election in 1860, Hamlin served in the United States Senate, the House of Representatives, and, briefly, as the 26th Governor of Maine. Early life Hamlin was born to Cyrus Hamlin and Anna Livermore[1] on Paris Hill (now a National Register Historic District) in Paris, Maine, in Oxford County, a descendant of James Hamlin in the sixth generation, who had settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1639. Hamlin was a great nephew of U.S. Senator Samuel Livermore II of New Hampshire, and a grandson of Stephen Emery, Maine's Attorney General in 1839-40. Hamlin 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, woodcutter, surveyor, manager of a weekly newspaper in Paris, and a compositor at a printer's office. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1833. He began practicing in Hampden, a suburb of Bangor, where he lived until 1848.

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 bloodless Aroostook War, which took place in 1839. Hamlin unsuccessfully ran for the United States House of Representatives in 1840 and left the State House in 1841. He later served two terms in the United States House of Representatives, from 1843-1847. He was elected to fill a U.S. Senate vacancy in 1848, and to a full term in 1851. A Democrat at the beginning of his career, Hamlin supported the candidacy of Franklin Pierce in 1852. From the very beginning of his service in Congress he was prominent as an opponent of the extension of slavery; he was a conspicuous supporter of the Wilmot Proviso, and spoke against the Compromise Measures of 1850. In 1854 he strongly opposed the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which repealed the Missouri Compromise.

After the Democratic Party endorsed that repeal at the 1856 Democratic National Convention, on June 12, 1856 he withdrew from the Democratic Party and joined the newly organized Republican Party, causing a national sensation. The Republicans nominated him for Governor of Maine in the same year, and having carried the election by a large majority he was inaugurated in this office on the January 8, 1857. In the latter part of February, however, he resigned the governorship, and was again a member of the United States Senate from 1857 to January 1861. Vice Presidency In 1861, Hamlin became Vice President. Maine was the first state in the Northeast to be captured by the Republican Party, and the Lincoln-Hamlin ticket thus made sense in terms of regional balance. Hamlin was also a strong orator, and a known opponent of slavery. While serving as Vice President, Hamlin was not necessarily one of the chief advisers to President Abraham Lincoln, although he urged both the Emancipation Proclamation and the arming of African Americans.

He strongly supported Joseph Hooker's appointment as commander of the Army of the Potomac, which was a dismal failure. It is believed that this was among the decisions that along with his identification with the Radical Republicans caused him to be dropped from the ticket in 1864. Lincoln left no record of why he was switching his Vice-President. He chose Andrew Johnson, a southern Democrat, probably with his mind on post-war reconciliation. Hamilin's vice presidency would usher in a half-century of sustained national influence for the Maine Republican Party. In the 50-year period 1861-1911, Maine Republicans would occupy the offices of Vice President, Secretary of the Treasury (twice), Secretary of State, President pro tempore of the United States Senate, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (twice), and would field a national presidential candidate in James G. Blaine, a level of influence in national politics seldom matched by subsequent Maine political delegations. Later life 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 to his home in Bangor, Maine. He continued, however, to be a behind-the-scenes influence in the local and state Republican Party. Hamlin died while playing cards at the Tarratine Club in downtown Bangor. Hamlin had three sons who grew to adulthood: Charles Hamlin, Cyrus Hamlin, and Hannibal Emery Hamlin. Charles and Cyrus served in the Union forces during the Civil War, both becoming generals. Cyrus was among the first Union officers to argue for the enlistment of black troops, and himself commanded a brigade of freemen in the Mississippi River campaign. Charles and sister Sarah were present at Ford's Theater the night of Lincoln's assassination. Hannibal Emery Hamlin was Maine Attorney General from 1905 to 1908. Hannibal Hamlin's great-granddaughter Sally Hamlin was a child actor who made many spoken word recordings for the Victor Talking Machine Company in the early years of the 20th century.

Hannibal's older brother, Elijah Livermore Hamlin, was president of the Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Bangor, and the Bangor Instutution for Savings.[2] He was twice an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Maine in the late 1840s, though he did serve as Mayor of Bangor in 1851-52. The brothers were members of different political parties (Hannibal a Democrat, and Elijah a Whig) before both becoming Republican in the later 1850s.[3] Hannibal's nephew (Elijah's son) Augustus Choate Hamlin was a physician, artist, minerologist, author, and historian. He was also Mayor of Bangor in 1877-78, and a founding member of the Bangor Historical Society.[4] Augustus served as surgeon in the 2nd Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War, eventually becoming a U.S. Army Medical Inspector, and later the Surgeon General of Maine.

He wrote books about Andersonville Prison and the Battle of Chancellorsville.[5] Hannibal's first cousin Cyrus Hamlin, who was a graduate of the Bangor Theological Seminary, became a missionary in Turkey, were he founded Robert College. He later became president of Middlebury College in Vermont. His son, A.D.F. Hamlin, Hannibal's second cousin, became a professor of architecture at Columbia University and a noted architectural historian. There are biographies of Hamlin by his grandson Charles E. Hamlin (published 1899, reprinted 1971) and by H. Draper Hunt (published 1969). Monuments and memorials Hamlin County, South Dakota is named in his honor, as is Hamlin, New York. There are statues in Hamlin's likeness in the United States Capitol and in a public park (Norumbega Mall) in Bangor. There is also a building on the University of Maine Campus, in Orono, named Hannibal Hamlin Hall. Hamlin's house in Bangor subsequently housed the Presidents of the adjacent Bangor Theological Seminary. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

External links Hannibal Hamlin at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Biography at Mr. Lincoln's White House The life and times of Hannibal Hamlin by Charles Eugene Hamlin Bangor in Focus: Hannibal Hamlin Hannibal Hamlin at Find A Grave Hannibal Hamlin (August 27, 1809 – July 4, 1891) was the 15th Vice President of the United States, serving under President Abraham Lincoln from 1861–1865. He was the first Vice President from the Republican Party. Prior to his election in 1860, Hamlin served in the United States Senate, the House of Representatives, and, briefly, as the 26th Governor of Maine. In 1861, Hamlin became Vice President under Abraham Lincoln, whom he did not meet until after the election. Maine was the first state in the Northeast to embrace the Republican Party, and the Lincoln-Hamlin ticket thus made sense in terms of regional balance. Hamlin was also a strong orator, and a known opponent of slavery.

While serving as Vice President, Hamlin had little authority in the Lincoln Administration, although he urged both the Emancipation Proclamation and the arming of Black Americans. He strongly supported Joseph Hooker's appointment as commander of the Army of the Potomac, which was a dismal failure. In June 1864, the Republicans and War Democrats joined to form the National Union Party. Although Lincoln was renominated, War Democrat Andrew Johnson of Tennessee was named to replace Hamlin as Lincoln's running mate. Lincoln was seeking to broaden his base support and was also looking ahead to Southern Reconstruction, at which Johnson had proven himself adept as war governor of occupied Tennessee. Hamlin, by contrast, was an ally of Northern radicals (who would later impeach Johnson). Lincoln and Johnson were elected in November 1864, and Hamlin's term expired on March 4, 1865. Hamlin and Lincoln were not close personally, but had a good working relationship. As with the time, White House etiquette did not require the Vice President to regularly attend cabinet meetings; thus, Hamlin did not regularly visit the White House. It was said that Mary Todd Lincoln and Hamlin disliked each other.

For his part, Hamlin complained, “I am only a fifth wheel of a coach and can do little for my friends.” Hannibal Hamlin (August 27, 1809 – July 4, 1891) was the 15th Vice President of the United States, serving under President Abraham Lincoln from 1861–1865. He was the first Vice President from the Republican Party. Prior to his election in 1860, Hamlin served in the United States Senate, the House of Representatives, and, briefly, as the 26th Governor of Maine. In 1861, Hamlin became Vice President under Abraham Lincoln, whom he did not meet until after the election. Maine was the first state in the Northeast to embrace the Republican Party, and the Lincoln-Hamlin ticket thus made sense in terms of regional balance. Hamlin was also a strong orator, and a known opponent of slavery. While serving as Vice President, Hamlin had little authority in the Lincoln Administration, although he urged both the Emancipation Proclamation and the arming of Black Americans.

He strongly supported Joseph Hooker's appointment as commander of the Army of the Potomac, which was a dismal failure. In June 1864, the Republicans and War Democrats joined to form the National Union Party. Although Lincoln was renominated, War Democrat Andrew Johnson of Tennessee was named to replace Hamlin as Lincoln's running mate. Lincoln was seeking to broaden his base support and was also looking ahead to Southern Reconstruction, at which Johnson had proven himself adept as war governor of occupied Tennessee. Hamlin, by contrast, was an ally of Northern radicals (who would later impeach Johnson). Lincoln and Johnson were elected in November 1864, and Hamlin's term expired on March 4, 1865. Hamlin and Lincoln were not close personally, but had a good working relationship. As with the time, White House etiquette did not require the Vice President to regularly attend cabinet meetings; thus, Hamlin did not regularly visit the White House. It was said that Mary Todd Lincoln and Hamlin disliked each other.

For his part, Hamlin complained, “I am only a fifth wheel of a coach and can do little for my friends.” Early life Hamlin was born to Cyrus Hamlin and Anna Livermore[1] on Paris Hill (now a National Register Historic District) in Paris, Maine, in Oxford County, a descendant of James Hamlin in the sixth generation, who had settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1639. Hamlin was a great nephew of U.S. Senator Samuel Livermore II of New Hampshire, and a grandson of Stephen Emery, Maine's Attorney General in 1839-40. Hamlin 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, woodcutter, surveyor, manager of a weekly newspaper in Paris, and a compositor at a printer's office. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1833. He began practicing in Hampden, a suburb of Bangor, where he lived until 1848.

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 bloodless Aroostook War, which took place in 1839. Hamlin unsuccessfully ran for the United States House of Representatives in 1840 and left the State House in 1841. He later served two terms in the United States House of Representatives, from 1843-1847. He was elected to fill a U.S. Senate vacancy in 1848, and to a full term in 1851. A Democrat at the beginning of his career, Hamlin supported the candidacy of Franklin Pierce in 1852. From the very beginning of his service in Congress he was prominent as an opponent of the extension of slavery; he was a conspicuous supporter of the Wilmot Proviso, and spoke against the Compromise Measures of 1850. In 1854 he strongly opposed the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which repealed the Missouri Compromise.

After the Democratic Party endorsed that repeal at the 1856 Democratic National Convention, on June 12, 1856 he withdrew from the Democratic Party and joined the newly organized Republican Party, causing a national sensation. The Republicans nominated him for Governor of Maine in the same year, and having carried the election by a large majority he was inaugurated in this office on the January 8, 1857. In the latter part of February, however, he resigned the governorship, and was again a member of the United States Senate from 1857 to January 1861. Vice Presidency In 1861, Hamlin became Vice President. Maine was the first state in the Northeast to be captured by the Republican Party, and the Lincoln-Hamlin ticket thus made sense in terms of regional balance. Hamlin was also a strong orator, and a known opponent of slavery. While serving as Vice President, Hamlin was not necessarily one of the chief advisers to President Abraham Lincoln, although he urged both the Emancipation Proclamation and the arming of African Americans.

He strongly supported Joseph Hooker's appointment as commander of the Army of the Potomac, which was a dismal failure. It is believed that this was among the decisions that along with his identification with the Radical Republicans caused him to be dropped from the ticket in 1864. Lincoln left no record of why he was switching his Vice-President. He chose Andrew Johnson, a southern Democrat, probably with his mind on post-war reconciliation. Hamilin's vice presidency would usher in a half-century of sustained national influence for the Maine Republican Party. In the 50-year period 1861-1911, Maine Republicans would occupy the offices of Vice President, Secretary of the Treasury (twice), Secretary of State, President pro tempore of the United States Senate, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (twice), and would field a national presidential candidate in James G. Blaine, a level of influence in national politics seldom matched by subsequent Maine political delegations. Later life 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 to his home in Bangor, Maine. He continued, however, to be a behind-the-scenes influence in the local and state Republican Party. Hamlin died while playing cards at the Tarratine Club in downtown Bangor. Hamlin had three sons who grew to adulthood: Charles Hamlin, Cyrus Hamlin, and Hannibal Emery Hamlin. Charles and Cyrus served in the Union forces during the Civil War, both becoming generals. Cyrus was among the first Union officers to argue for the enlistment of black troops, and himself commanded a brigade of freemen in the Mississippi River campaign. Charles and sister Sarah were present at Ford's Theater the night of Lincoln's assassination. Hannibal Emery Hamlin was Maine Attorney General from 1905 to 1908. Hannibal Hamlin's great-granddaughter Sally Hamlin was a child actor who made many spoken word recordings for the Victor Talking Machine Company in the early years of the 20th century.

Hannibal's older brother, Elijah Livermore Hamlin, was president of the Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Bangor, and the Bangor Instutution for Savings.[2] He was twice an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Maine in the late 1840s, though he did serve as Mayor of Bangor in 1851-52. The brothers were members of different political parties (Hannibal a Democrat, and Elijah a Whig) before both becoming Republican in the later 1850s.[3] Hannibal's nephew (Elijah's son) Augustus Choate Hamlin was a physician, artist, minerologist, author, and historian. He was also Mayor of Bangor in 1877-78, and a founding member of the Bangor Historical Society.[4] Augustus served as surgeon in the 2nd Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War, eventually becoming a U.S. Army Medical Inspector, and later the Surgeon General of Maine.

He wrote books about Andersonville Prison and the Battle of Chancellorsville.[5] Hannibal's first cousin Cyrus Hamlin, who was a graduate of the Bangor Theological Seminary, became a missionary in Turkey, were he founded Robert College. He later became president of Middlebury College in Vermont. His son, A.D.F. Hamlin, Hannibal's second cousin, became a professor of architecture at Columbia University and a noted architectural historian. There are biographies of Hamlin by his grandson Charles E. Hamlin (published 1899, reprinted 1971) and by H. Draper Hunt (published 1969). Monuments and memorials Hamlin County, South Dakota is named in his honor, as is Hamlin, New York. There are statues in Hamlin's likeness in the United States Capitol and in a public park (Norumbega Mall) in Bangor. There is also a building on the University of Maine Campus, in Orono, named Hannibal Hamlin Hall. Hamlin's house in Bangor subsequently housed the Presidents of the adjacent Bangor Theological Seminary. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

External links Hannibal Hamlin at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Biography at Mr. Lincoln's White House The life and times of Hannibal Hamlin by Charles Eugene Hamlin Bangor in Focus: Hannibal Hamlin Hannibal Hamlin at Find A Grave Hannibal Hamlin "Lincoln's Frustrated Vice President" August 27, 1809 - July 4, 1891 Abraham Lincoln's first vice president, Hannibal Hamlin, was a distinguished New England politician who served six terms in the Maine legislature (1836-40 and 1847); represented his state in the House of Representatives for two terms; and interrupted his second term in the U.S. Senate in 1857 to serve as governor of Maine, a position he soon resigned to re-enter the Senate. Hamlin was a Democrat until 1856, when he broke with the party over the Kansas-Nebraska Act and joined the Republican party. When Lincoln won the Republican presidential nomination at the convention held at the Wigwam in Chicago on May 8, 1860, party leaders sought a vice-presidential candidate who would balance the ticket.

Hannibal Hamlin seemed to be a good choice. A former Democrat with antislavery sentiments, he was geographically desirable since he came from a northeastern state. Hamlin had not wanted the vice presidency. Having traded his influential Senate seat for a traditionally powerless office, he hoped to be assigned some important function in the Lincoln government. Although the president listened to his views, which included his urging the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation and the enlisting of free blacks in the army, Hamlin was relegated to the background. Hamlin resented his idleness, but he did not want to be replaced as vice president. When the president and his advisors decided it would be politically expedient to name Andrew Johnson, military governor of Tennessee, to the vice-presidential spot in 1864, Hamlin was again disappointed. After his vice presidency, Hamlin was collector of customs for the port of Boston, served again in the Senate (1869-81), and concluded his public career by serving as minister to Spain (1881-82) during the Arthur administration. He died suddenly on July 4, 1891, at his club in Bangor.

Fascinating Fact: Frustrated by his lack of meaningful work while vice president, Hamlin enlisted as a private in the Mine Coast Guard and invoked public criticism by taking his place among the ranks during the 1864 summer encampment at Kittery ______________________________ Hannibal Hamlin, a prominent United States statesman, was born in Paris, Oxford County, Maine, August 27, 1809. When nearly prepared to enter college the impaired health of an elder brother recalled him from school to assist upon the paternal farm. At the age of eighteen he commenced the study of law under the direction of another brother residing in the eastern part of his native State. Little progress had been made in this respect, however, when the death of his father necessitated young Hannibal's return home to take charge of the farm, and for two succeeding years he continued in this position. About the time he became of age he spent a year in a printing office as a compositor, and was associated with Mr. Horatio King in the proprietorship of the "Jeffersonian," a paper printed in his native town.

He then resumed the study of law, at the end of three years was admitted to the bar, and entered at once on the practice of his profession. On the very day of his admission he gained a case. In April of that year, 1833, he removed to Hampden, near Bangor, where he has since resided. When established in his new location he directly entered upon a large practice, which he continued for fifteen years during that time frequently delivering political and other addresses. From 1836 to 1840 Mr. Hamlin was annually elected a member of the Legislature of Maine, and for three of those five years was Speaker of the House of Representatives. He was elected a Representative of his native State to the Twenty-eighth Congress, and was reflected for the following term. He served on the Committee on Naval Affairs and was Chairman of the Committee on Elections. In 1847 he again became a member of the House of Representatives in the Maine Legislature. In May 1848, he was elected to the Senate of the United States for four years, filling a vacancy occasioned by the death of John Fairfield.

He was re-elected for the full Senatorial term in July 1851. All these official positions were bestowed upon him by the Democratic party, and up to the time of the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska bill, in 1854, he was a member of that party. He publicly changed his politics in a speech in the Senate on that celebrated bill, and thenceforward gave his support to the Republican party, of which he has continued a faithful and prominent leader In January, 1857, having been elected Governor of Maine as the Republican candidate, Mr. Hamlin resigned his seat in the Senate. A little more than a week after his inauguration as Governor it was announced that he was for the third time chosen a Senator of the United States. Resigning his new office, upon the duties of which he had scarcely entered, he resumed his seat in the United States Senate. After his return to Congress he served as a member of the Committees on Commerce and on the District of Columbia. In 1860 he was unexpectedly nominated by the Republican party as their candidate for the office of Vice-President of the United States. In the fall of that year he was elected in connection with Abraham Lincoln as President.

He presided over the Senate from 1861 to 1865 with great ability, and upon the expiration of the term was appointed Collector of Customs for the Port of Boston, but resigned in the following year on account of his disapproval of the policy of President Johnson. He was subsequently reelected to the Senate, and took his seat for the fourth time as a member of that body March 4, 1869. During his entire service as Senator he was a member of the laborious and important committee on Commerce, of which he was the chairman for seven years. In this latter capacity he had supervision of all the great questions and measures affecting the commerce of the country, both domestic and foreign. Mr. Hamlin displayed in an eminent degree the qualities of a prompt, intelligent and efficient businessman, with executive abilities of a rare and high order. He made it a first object to meet the demands upon him by his own constituents and State. Every letter of this sort was promptly attended to and answered. The draft constantly made upon his time and efforts, every man who knows anything of the official duties of a Congressman will be able to appreciate. All parties in Maine demanded these services of Mr.

Hamlin, and they accorded him the praise of fidelity and efficiency in devotion to their interests. Mr. Hamlin is a man of dignified presence, of solid abilities and of unflinching integrity. WELCOME TO USA 4 KIDS - Presidents of The United States - George Washington 1st President Andrew Johnson would be 200 years old this year BIOGRAPHY Andrew Johnson was born on 29th December, 1808 at Raleigh, N.C, USA. He was the youngest of the five children of his parents and was brought up in abject poverty. His father was a porter. When Andrew was three years old his father, Jacob Johnson died. After the death of his father his mother Mary McDonough Johnson remarried. The family didn’t have enough money to send Andrew to school. Johnson was sent as an apprentice to a tailor at the age of 14 to learn the trade. The family moved to eastern Tennessee in 1826 and after settling there Andrew opened a tailoring shop. Soon after this Andrew married Eliza McCardle in the year 1827. Andrew’s wife was very intelligent and had some basic education. Johnson learned writing, reading and mathematics from her.

John applied himself to the profession of tailoring and soon became famous in his trade and started earning enough money to support his family. People from different sections of the society who were interested in public affairs started gathering at Andrew’s shop. Soon Johnson gained in popularity and became the leader of this group.Johnson’s political career started in 1829 when he became alderman which appealed to the working class of Greeneville. He was elected as Mayor of Greeneville and from 1835-1837 and 1839-1841 he served in the House of Representatives of Tennessee. Ultimately he got elected and served as governor of Tennessee from 1853 to 1857. Johnson was elected US senator in 1857. Though he was voted along with other legislators of the south, he was the only southerner who remained in the senate after secession of Tennessee. Andrew Johnson was a staunch supporter of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln appointed him the military governor of Tennessee with a rank of Brigadier General of Volunteers in 1862.

In place of Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, Andrew Johnson was favored as a southerner and was nominated as the running mate of Abraham Lincoln after Lincoln was re-nominated president of USA in 1864. Johnson could stay as vice president only for six weeks as Lincoln was assassinated on April 14th 1865. John escaped a plot to murder him on the same night when Lincoln was killed as the accomplices failed to execute the plan. On 15th April, 1856, a few hours after the death of President Abraham Lincoln, Johnson took the oath as President of America. Upon becoming president, Johnson reinstated the civil government in the ex-confederate states. However he was condemned heavily by the radical republicans as he refused to grant equal civil rights to black and as he didn’t enforce the disqualification of the offices of the confederates. Johnson’s Secretary of State, William Henry Seward guided him in matters of foreign affairs. Seward was a very able diplomat and acquisition of Alaska for $ 7,200.000 was an example of his farsightedness.

In 1863, France had violated the Doctrine of Monroe policy of the USA and put European prince as the emperor of Mexico. The Monroe Doctrine had forbidden intervention by Europe in the Western hemisphere. However France had to withdraw its troops from Mexico by 1867 due to firm handling of the war by Seward. Johnson’s political power was on the wane after Congress passed the Civil Rights Act in April, 1866. On May 2nd 1867, the First Reconstruction Act and the Tenure of Office Act was passed by the radicals over veto of Johnson. Johnson tried to oust from his office, Edwin M.Stanton, whom he suspected to be conspiring with Congress leaders against him. On February 24, 1868, the house brought charges of impeachment against President Johnson. The charges were mainly political issues. However the most important of the issue was that Johnson had violated the Tenure of Office Act in the Stanton affair. He was also charged to be conspiring against President Lincoln.

However the court narrowly failed to convict Andrew mainly due to Lincoln who was a good friend of Johnson.In May 1868, while his impeachment was still under progress, Grant was nominated as a Presidential candidate by the Republicans and Johnson didn’t get Democratic nomination and Governor Horatio Seymour of New York was chosen as the candidate by the convention. Johnson left his office embittered and disgraced. He maintained an interest in politics. He was re-elected to the senate in 1875. Johnson suffered a fatal paralytic stroke while visiting his daughter. On 31st July, 1875, Johnson died near Carter Station, Tenn., and was buried in Greeneville View Other Presidents Hannibal Hamlin: The Story of the Anti-Slavery and Civil War Vice President Who Might Have Changed History: Michael Kovacevich: 9781432762070: Amazon.com: Books 5.0 out of 5 stars Nice book about a lesser known man, that likely changed the course of history. By Benny on March 31, 2011 I'm typically not a history reader, but I was surprised how well laid out the book was.

It did a nice job or bringing the reader up to speed and into the conversation. Many of the slogans and battle names do come back from high school, and it seems to make much more sense now. I get the sense that the author spent a significant about of time fact checking and making sure each piece of information was correct. He is obviously well versed at history and it shines through in this book. I would definitely recommend to any history buff, but even someone, who is not as much into history can appreciate the book and its unique look at history. Kudos! Mr. Kovacevich for a very well written piece of history. 5.0 out of 5 stars A Man Who Might Have Changed History By Dan C. on October 31, 2010 This book, about the man who served as Vice President of the United States during the first and full term of Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War, made me aware of a statesman who had been completely unknown to me. In a straightforward basic way, Mr. Kovacevich gives the reader the history of Hannibal Hamlin's political career, focusing primarily on Mr.

Hamlin's consistent opposition to the institution of slavery before the war, and his concern for the plight of the freed man after the war. I learned how well liked and respected Hamlin was by his fellow Congressmen and Senators as well as President Lincoln himself. The book tells of the crucial decision that was made in 1864 to replace Hamlin as the vice presidental running mate on the Republican ticket with Andrew Johnson of Tennessee. He speculates as to how different the Reconstruction Era might have been if Hamlin had remained as Vice President for Lincoln's second term. and had become President in 1865. I found this book to be informative and inspiring, and serves a real purpose in bringing to the attention of the general reader an individual who heretofore has not received the recognition he deserves for his forty years of public service, and his steadfast adherence to the principle of human rights and freedom. I believe that Mr. Kovacevich has achieved his objective, and I recommend this book as worthwhile reading to anyone.

5.0 out of 5 stars HANNIBAL HAMLIN-CIVIL WAR VICE PRESIDENT By pod doc on December 22, 2011 I found this book to be very worthwhile reading. As a person with only a general background in history, I not only learned about the life and career of a man who had been previously unknown to me, but also the decades of American history that his political career spanned were now presented in such a way as to give me an excellent overview of the life and times of Hannibal Hamlin. The author has an interesting kind of "down to earth" style of writing that challenges the reader to consider understanding important ideas of how history could have been drastically changed if Vice President Hamlin had succeeded Lincoln in 1865, instead of Andrew Johnson. Mike Kovacevich sets out on a mission to give Hannibal Hamlin, Abraham Lincoln's vice president during the Civil War some recognition in American History. I believe he succeeds in accomplishing his objective. I highly recommend this book to anyone whether they are a history buff or not. My Compliments!

5.0 out of 5 stars A Refreshing Look at America's History By Amazon Customer on June 25, 2012 I am not a huge history buff, but I enjoyed reading this book by Mr. Kovacevich. I found it interesting and easy to read. I had not heard of Hannibal Hamlin before. I learned a little bit more about the history of our country. It was refreshing to learn something new about our presidents and vice-presidents. Mr. Kovacevich knows his history and shares his knowledge in a way that the average everyday reader can understand and enjoy. His writing and knowledge shows his passion for the subject. I commend him on writing an informative, enjoyable book. 5.0 out of 5 stars Hooray for Hannibal Hamlin!! By overwood on December 8, 2011 The book explains in terrific detail the influence Hannibal made in the cause against slavery. He was respected enough to be chosen at the Republican Convention in 1860 to be Lincoln's vice presidential running mate. History has confirmed the decision was a wise one.

The author gives the reader the overall history and issues of Hamlin's years of sevice to the country in a style that is easy to follow and understand for the average reader. Hamlin is not well known today, but this book brings to light the fact that he deserves to be recognized in American history. Go out and buy it!! Cabinet and Vice Presidents: Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891) - Mr. Lincoln's White House Cabinet and Vice Presidents Cabinet and Vice Presidents: Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891) Learn More: Employees and Staff Free territory for a free people Vice President elected on 1860 Republican ticket but unexpectedly dropped on 1864 Union ticket in favor of Andrew Johnson, a Tennessee War Democrat. He had a cordial but not close relationship with the President. He exercised an important role in the selection of Lincoln’s first cabinet; he argued unsuccessfully against Seward’s inclusion in cabinet but was successful in naming Gideon Welles as New England’s cabinet representative. Hamlin played little role in President Lincoln’s first term, but did help win Mr. Lincoln’s agreement for the use of black soldiers.

Hamlin was a strong supporter of Negro rights, before, during and after the Civil War. After the First Battle of Bull Run in July 1861, Hamlin became one of the first to pressure the President to pursue emancipation and recruitment of black soldiers as a strategy of war. He pushed for an immediate Proclamation of Emancipation in 1862. White House etiquette did not even allow the Vice President regularly to attend cabinet meetings so unlike heads of departments, he seldom visited the White House—perhaps because he and Mary Todd Lincoln did not like each other. Aide William O. Stoddard noted: “It seems that a sort of etiquette has been established, in accordance with which it is not considered god taste for the second officer of the Republic to meddle much with public business, and which, at all events, keeps him away from the Executive Mansion.”1 Hamlin did not spend much more time in Washington during the war than necessary. He returned to Maine after his inauguration on March 4, 1861, proceeded to New York City after Fort Sumter fell, then returned to Maine, then back to New York and Washington.

But he almost immediately returned to Maine, returning in time for the special session of Congress at the beginning of July. He later went to the White House. President Lincoln “was very busy, but treated me cordially and seemed pleased to see me. I think he is not sensible to just how he has treated me in certain matters, and I said nothing of it,” Hamlin wrote his wife. “He inquired particularly for you, and said his brief acquaintance with you was very pleasant, and he had formed a very high opinion of you. He must have known such kind words of my little wife were very gratifying to me – and they were.”2 Hamlin later described the Vice Presidency as a “nullity” and said “I did not obtrude upon or interfere with the Presidential duties, though I always gave [President Lincoln] my views, and when asked, my advice.

His treatment of me was on his part that of kindness and consideration, and my counsels had all the more weight with him, that he thus practically knew them to be disinterested and free from any taint of intrigue or factional purpose.”3 In the summer of 1862, Hamlin complained: “The slow and unsatisfactory movement of the Government do not meet with my approbation, and that is known, and of course I am not consulted at all, nor do I think there is much disposition in any quarter to regard any counsel I may give much if at all.”4 One of few references to Hamlin’s employment by the President came in May 1861, as recorded by Lincoln aide John Hay: “The President came into Nicolays room this afternoon. He had just written a letter to Hamlin, requesting him to write him a daily letter in regard to the number of troops arriving departing or expected, each day. He said it seemed there was no certain knowledge on these subjects at the War Department, that even Genl.

[Winfield Scott] was usually in the dark in respect to them.”5 Unfortunately for the President, Hamlin had gotten frustrated waiting in New York for presidential instructions and had departed before the letter arrived. Straightforward and gregarious, well-mannered and principled, his requests for patronage appointments frequently went unfulfilled—since preference for appointments went to a state’s Republican senators. As a result Hamlin was dismayed and Mr. Lincoln irritated, as the following presidential notation indicated: “The Vice-President says I promised to make this appointment, & I suppose I must make it.”6 There was one place, however where Hamlin was even more unpopular than President Lincoln. Mr. Lincoln questioned if “the Richmond people would like to have Hannibal Hamlin here any better than myself? In that one alternative, I have an insurance on my life worth half the prairie land in Illinois.”7 For his part, Hamlin complained: “I am only a fifth wheel of a coach and can do little for my friends.”8 Even his constitutional duties to preside over the Senate bored him and he spent much of the war in Maine.

Hamlin was removed from the Union ticket in June 1864 because Republicans wanted a “War Democrat” for political balance—although President himself told one delegate “I see no reason for a change.”9 A conflict with Fessenden, who became Lincoln’s secretary of the Treasury in July 1864 only to resign in early 1865, placed Hamlin in a political bind. It would have been natural to attempt to succeed Fessenden in the Senate, which Fessenden blocked by resigning to return to his old seat. Hamlin had sought unsuccessfully to lobby President Lincoln to appoint Fessenden as Chief Justice in late 1864 in order to remove him as a rival. The President considered appointing Hamlin to succeed Fessenden at the Treasury, but Fessenden blocked that opportunity as well. “You have not been treated right. It is too bad, too bad. But what can I do? I am tied hands and feet,” lamented the President.10 Hamlin left Washington for Maine shortly after his successor took office on March 4, 1865 in a drunken scene that left many Republicans infuriated with Vice President Andrew Johnson. Hamlin and Senator James R.

Doolittle had escorted Johnson to the Capitol. In the Senate chamber Hamlin gave a short, cogent speech before an unwell Johnson, fortified with whiskey, gave a long and incoherent one. Ironically, as vice president Hamlin had risked the fury of liquor-loving Senators by banning it from Senate chambers and thus had turned the Senate into a more decorous institution. Two of Hamlin’s children — Sarah and Charles — remained in Washington and were at Ford’s Theater on the night President Lincoln was assassinated five weeks later. Hamlin’s daughter Sarah, married to George Batchelder, felt a “chill passing over” as Booth lept to the stage near where she was seated.11 Vice President-elect Hamlin and President-elect Lincoln Lincoln had first met in Chicago in late November 1860 when they discussed possible members of the Lincoln cabinet. Lincoln said to Hamlin of hearing him in 1848: “Your subject was not new, but the ideas were sound.

You were talking about slavery, and I now take occasion to thank you for so well expressing what were my own sentiments at that time.” Hamlin recalled being told that Lincoln was “the best story teller in the House.”12 Hamlin’s sons Charles and Cyrus were both Union generals; Hamlin himself even served briefly as a private in the Army during the Civil War. Hamlin also served as Congressman (Democrat, 1853-47) Senator from Maine (Democrat, Republican, 1848-57, 57-61, 1869-81) and Governor (Republican, 1857). He was appointed Collector of the Port of Boston in 1865 but quit a year later in disagreement with President Johnson’s reconstruction policies. By a single vote, Republicans legislators chose him to return to the Senate in 1869. His influence over the next decade was forged through support of President Ulysses Grant and an alliance with House Speaker James G. Blaine, also of Maine. He had more clout as a senator during this period than he had as vice president under President Lincoln.

He later served as Minister to Spain (1881-82). Footnotes Michael Burlingame, editor, Inside the White House in War Times, p. 171 (from William Stoddard, White House Sketches, No. 7). Mark Scroggins, Hannibal: The Life of Abraham Lincoln’s First Vice President, p. 174. Michael Burlingame, editor, An Oral History of Abraham Lincoln: John G. Nocolay’s Interviews and Essays, p. 68 (interview with Hannibal Hamlin, April 8, 1879). H. Draper Hunt, Hannibal Hamlin, p. 155. Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger, editors, Inside Lincoln’s White House: The Complete Civil War Diary of John Hay, p. 18. Roy P. Basler, editor, Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, Volume VII, p. 216. Francis Carpenter, Six Months in the White House, p. 66. Hunt, Hannibal Hamlin, p. 156. Don E.

Fehrenbacher and Virginia Fehrenbacher, editors, Recollected Words of Abraham Lincoln, p. 167. Charles Eugene Hamlin, The Life and Times of Hannibal Hamlin, p. 496. Anthony S. Pitch, “They Have Killed Papa Dead!”, p. 116. Michael Burlingame, Abraham Lincoln: A Life, Volume I, p. 283, 279. Visit Hannibal Hamlin | vice president of United States | Britannica.com vice president of United States Written By: Vice president of United States born Hannibal Hamlin, (born Aug. 27, 1809, Paris Hill, Maine , U.S.—died July 4, 1891, Bangor , Maine), 15th vice president of the United States (1861–65) in the Republican administration of President Abraham Lincoln . Hannibal Hamlin. Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Hamlin was the son of Cyrus Hamlin, a physician, sheriff, and farmer, and Anna Livermore.

After practicing law, he entered politics as an antislavery Jacksonian Democrat and served in the Maine state legislature (1836–40). He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1842 and to the Senate in 1848. In his first term as a senator, he took an antislavery position on sectional issues and left the Democratic Party in 1856 because of its endorsement of the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854), which proponents of abolitionism had attacked as a capitulation to the interests of the slave states. He was elected Maine’s first Republican governor (1856) but resigned in February 1857 to return to the Senate. The Republican National Convention of 1860 nominated Hamlin for vice president—a post he said he would have declined had he attended the convention in Chicago—in the belief that as an Easterner and former Democrat he would provide both regional and partisan balance to Lincoln . Although Lincoln rarely consulted him in office, Hamlin was an early supporter of emancipation and the arming of freedmen, steps that Lincoln later adopted.

After failing to secure renomination in 1864—an outcome in which Lincoln played a decisive role—he became collector of the port of Boston, but he resigned in 1866 when he found himself out of step with the policies of President Andrew Johnson . Elected to the Senate again (1869–81), he supported radical Reconstruction and served as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. Hamlin later served for one year as minister to Spain (1881–82). Learn More in these related articles: Vice President Hannibal Hamlin - World Digital Library World Digital Library Vice President Hannibal Hamlin Description Hannibal Hamlin (1809‒91) of Maine served as vice president to President Abraham Lincoln in 1861‒65 and was the first U.S. vice president from the Republican Party. He served in the U.S. Senate as a Democrat from 1848 to 1857, but broke with his party over the issue of slavery. He was replaced by Andrew Johnson on the Republican ticket for the election of 1864, and thus did not become president when Lincoln was assassinated in April 1865.

After the war, Hamlin returned to the Senate (1869‒81) and was U.S. minister to Spain. The image is from an album of mostly Civil War-era portraits by the famous American photographer Matthew Brady (circa 1823‒96) that belonged to Emperor Pedro II of Brazil (1825‒91), a collector of photography as well as a photographer himself. The album was a gift to the emperor from Edward Anthony (1818‒88), another early American photographer who, in partnership with his brother, owned a company that in the 1850s became the leading seller of photographic supplies in the United States. Dom Pedro may have acquired the album during a trip to the United States in 1876 when he, along with President Ulysses S. Grant, opened the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. Brady was born in upstate New York, the son of immigrants from Ireland. Best known for his photographs documenting the battles of the American Civil War, he began his career in 1844 when he opened a daguerreotype portrait studio at the corner of Broadway and Fulton Streets in New York City.

Over the course of the next several decades, Brady produced portraits of leading American public figures, many of which were published as engravings in magazines and newspapers. In 1858 he opened a branch in Washington, DC. The album, which also contains a small number of non-photographic prints, is part of the Thereza Christina Maria Collection at the National Library of Brazil. The collection is composed of 21,742 photos assembled by Emperor Pedro II throughout his life and donated by him to the national library. The collection covers a wide variety of subjects. It documents the achievements of Brazil and Brazilians in the 19th century and also includes many photographs of Europe, Africa, and North America. Hannibal Hamlin Hannibal Hamlin ▼ Primary Sources ▼ Hannibal Hamlin Hannibal Hamlin was bornin Oxford County, Maine, on 27th August, 1809. He worked on the family farm before being employed as a compositor in a printing office. He also worked as a surveyor and school teacher before studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1833.

A member of the Democratic Party , Hamlin was elected to Maine's House of Representatives in 1836 and served as speaker in 1837, 1839 and 1840. Hamlin was elected to the 28th Congress in 1842 and the 29th Congress in 1844 where he served as chairman of the Committee on Elections. A member of the anti-slavery wing of the Democratic Party , Hamlin was defeated in 1846 but returned in 1848 where he served as chairman of the Committee on Commerce and the Committee on Printing. Unhappy with his party's views on slavery , and after the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act , Hamlin joined the Republican Party . After a short period as governor of Maine, Hamlin returned to the Senate in March, 1857. In 1860 the Republican Party nominated Abraham Lincoln as its presidential candidate. Hamlin was selected as his running mate. Lincoln won the presidential election with with 1,866,462 votes (18 free states) and beat Stephen A.

Douglas (1,375,157 - 1 slave state), John Beckenridge (847,953 - 13 slave states) and John Bell (589,581 - 3 slave states). Between election day in November, 1860 and inauguration the following March, seven states seceded from the Union: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas. During the American Civil War Hamlin loyally supported Abraham Lincoln . However, in 1864 leading members of the Republican Party began to suggest that Lincoln should replace Hamlin as his running mate in the presidential election. Hamlin was a Radical Republican and it was felt that Lincoln was already sure to gain the support of this political group. It was argued that what Lincoln needed was the votes of those who had previously supported the Democratic Party in the North. It was decided that Andrew Johnson , the governor of Tennessee, would make the best candidate for vice president. By choosing the governor of Tennessee, Lincoln would emphasis that Southern states status were still part of the Union. He would also gain the support of the large War Democrat faction.

At a convention of the Republican Party on 8th July, 1864, Johnson received 200 votes to Hamlin's 150 and became Lincoln's running mate. This upset Radical Republications as Johnson had previously made it clear that he was a supporter of slavery . Hamlin returned to the Senate in 1869 and served as chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia (41st Congress), Committee of Manufactures (42nd Congress), Committee on Mines and Mining (42nd and 43rd Congresses), Committee of Post Offices and Post Roads (44th and 45th Congresses) and Committee on Foreign Relations (45th Congress). Hannibal Hamlin died in Bangor, Maine, on 4th July, 1891.

American Presidents - Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Civil War — Emancipation — assassinated on April 14, 1865 nickname: Hannibal Hamlin (1861-1864), Andrew Johnson (1865) previous office Gained the support of his party after a speech in NY (1860) occupation Captain of State militia, Illinois children quote "As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. " actions & events 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves 1863 Gettysburg Address 1865 Assassinated by John Wilkes Booth economy At 6 ft., 4", he was the tallest president First president with a beard First Republican president His death was the first assassination of a US president interesting He had great interest in psychic phenomena. His son, Robert, who was in DC when his father was killed, was also present when Garfield was shot (1881) and McKinley was shot in 1901. military activity 1863-1865 Civil War Legacy The greatest U.S. President.

He won the Civil War and preserved the Union. His twin policies, emancipation of slaves and reconciliation of North and South, were his greatest legacies. Lincoln’s assassination Hannibal Hamlin (1809 - 1891) - Find A Grave Memorial Penobscot County Maine, USA 15th United States Vice-President, VP during the Civil War, US Congressman, US Senator, 25th Maine Governor. Represented Maine's 6th District in the House of Representatives, serving from 1845 to 1847. Elected as a Senator from Maine to the United States Senate on three different occasions, serving from 1848 to 1857, then from 1857 to 1861, and finally from 1869 to 1881. Served as Governor of Maine in 1857, but resigned to take his seat in the US Senate for his second term. Elected as the 15th US Vice-President in the cabinet of Abraham Lincoln, and served through the first three years of the Civil War in that office.

When President Lincoln ran for a second term , he was passed over for re-election in favor of Tennesseean Andrew Johnson. While in office, Vice-President Hamlin served a 60-Day enlistment in the Maine Home Guard as a Private. Served as US Minister to Spain from 1881 to 1882. One son, Cyrus Hamlin, became a Brigadier General in the Union Army, and the other, Charles Hamlin, was a Brevet Brigadier General. All three Hamlins are interred in the family plot. (bio by: Russ Dodge)

Question: Hannibal Hamlin and Andrew Johnson were Vice Presidents of which President of the USA?
Answer: ABRAHAM LINCOLN