Vice President under Ulysses Grant March 4, 1873 until November 22, 1875
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WILSON, Henry,a
Senator from Massachusetts and a Vice President of the United States; born
Jeremiah Jones Colbath in Farmington, N.H., February 16, 1812; worked on a farm;
attended the common schools; had his name legally changed by the legislature to
Henry Wilson in 1833; moved to Natick, Mass., in 1833 and learned the
shoemaker’s trade; attended the Strafford, Wolfsboro, and Concord Academies
for short periods; taught school in Natick, Mass., where he later engaged in the
manufacture of shoes; member of the State legislature between 1841 and 1852;
owner and editor of the Boston Republican 1848-1851; unsuccessful candidate for
election in 1852 to the Thirty-third Congress; delegate to the State
constitutional convention in 1853; unsuccessful candidate for governor of
Massachusetts in 1853; elected in 1855 to the United States Senate by a
coalition of Free-Soilers, Americans, and Democrats to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Edward Everett; 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; chairman, Committee on Military Affairs and the
Militia (Thirty-seventh through Fortieth Congresses), Committee on Military
Affairs (Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses); in 1861 he raised and
commanded the Twenty-second Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry; elected
Vice President of the United States on the Republican ticket with President
Ulysses Grant and served from March 4, 1873, until his death in the Capitol
Building at Washington, D.C., November 22, 1875; interment in Old Dell Park
Cemetery, Natick, Mass.- -Biographical
Data courtesy of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
The United Colonies 1st
government began in a Philadelphia Tavern
and the United States 1st federal government ended in a
NYC Tavern!
The Founders convened the government in 11 different capitol buildings and
experienced 15 years of challenges that
included war,
hyper-inflation, a failed
constitution, judicial corruption, armed citizen and U.S. Army rebellions.
Forgotten Founders Historic Documents and Coins of Freedom - By Stanley
L. Klos
Which U.S. President adopted
the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention
resolution, enacted the Northwest Ordinance, and backed George Washington,
James Madison and Nathaniel Gorham's resolution to submit the new U.S.
Constitution to the States for ratification without Congressional
alterations?
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