Henry Wilson
Henry Wilson (February 16, 1812 – November 22, 1875) was a U.S. senator from Massachusetts and the 18th vice president of the United States.
Henry Wilson | |
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| 18th Vice President of the United States | |
| In office March 4, 1873 – November 22, 1875 | |
| President | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Preceded by | Schuyler Colfax |
| Succeeded by | William A. Wheeler |
| United States Senator from Massachusetts | |
| In office January 31, 1855 – March 3, 1873 | |
| Preceded by | Julius Rockwell |
| Succeeded by | George S. Boutwell |
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| Born | February 16, 1812 Farmington, New Hampshire |
| Died | November 22, 1875 (aged 63) Washington, D.C. |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Harriet Malvina Howe Wilson |
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Henry Wilson's shoeshop in Natick, Massachusetts
Henry Wilson's Natick home.
Abolitionist and Free Soil Party leaders Charles Sumner, Henry Ward Beecher, Wendell Phillips, William Lloyd Garrison, Gerrit Smith, Horace Greeley, and Henry Wilson.
U.S. Senator Henry Wilson, photograph by Mathew Brady
Preston Brooks challenged Wilson to a duel in 1856.
In 1858, Wilson was challenged to a duel by California Democratic Senator William M. Gwin.
Wilson as colonel and commander, 22nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.
After his 1862 resignation as Secretary of War, Simon Cameron praised Wilson's work aiding the War Department.
Rose O'Neal Greenhow and her daughter
African American Union soldiers, Dutch Gap, Virginia, November 1864
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