OVERVIEW:
BORN:
January 31, 1830;
West Brownsville, Pennsylvania
DIED:
January 27, 1893 (age 62);
Washington, DC
EDUCATION:
Washington College (BA, 1847)
POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican
HIGHLIGHTS:
1847-1852:
Teacher, Western Military Institute (Blue Lick Springs, KY)
1852-1854:
Teacher, Pennsylvania Institution for the Blind
1854:
Moved to Maine,
Edited the Portland Advertiser and the Kennebec Journal
1859-1862:
Member, Maine State House of Representatives
1861-1862:
Speaker of the Main State House of Representatives
1863-1876:
Member, U.S. House of Representatives (R-ME)
1869-1875:
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
1876:
Unsuccessful Candidate for Republican Nomination for President
1880:
Unsuccessful Candidate for Republican Nomination for President
1876-1881:
U.S. Senator (R-ME)
1881:
U.S. Secretary of State
7/2/1881:
Present when President James Garfield was Assassinated
1884:
Unsuccessful Republican Candidate for President
1889-1892:
U.S. Secretary of State
RESOURCES:
State Department
Biographical Directory of Congress
UVA Miller Center
C-SPAN: The Contenders
Wikipedia
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