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'Henry Wilson' (February 16, 1812 – November 22, 1875) was a Senator from Massachusetts and the eighteenth Vice President of the United States. He was a leading Republican who devoted his enormous energies to the destruction of what he considered the slavocracy, that is the conspiracy of slave owners to seize control of the federal government and block the progress of liberty.
Wilson was born 'Jeremiah Jones Colbath' in Farmington, New Hampshire. In 1833 he had his name legally changed by the legislature to Henry Wilson. He was adopted by a man with the last name Wilson when the Colbath family of twelve could not support itself. Henry Wilson moved to Natick, Massachusetts in 1833 and became a shoemaker. He attended several local academies, and also taught school in Natick, where he later engaged in the manufacture of shoes. He was a member of the state legislature between 1841 and 1852, and was owner and editor of the ''Boston Republican'' from 1848 to 1851.
Wilson was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1852 to Congress. He was a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1853 and was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1853. In 1855 he was elected 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. He was 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. He was Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and the Committee on Military Affairs. In 1861 he raised and commanded the Twenty-second Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.
Wilson was elected Vice President of the United States on the Republican ticket with President Ulysses S. Grant to replace the controversial Schuyler Colfax and served from March 4, 1873, until his death in the United States Capitol Building at Washington, D.C.. He had suffered from paralysis from 1873-75. Among his works are: ''History of the Anti-Slavery Measures of the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Congresses, 1861-64'' (1864); ''History of the Reconstruction Measures of the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses, 1865-68'' (1868); and an exceedingly valuable publication, ''History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America'', (three volumes, 1872-77). He was interred in Old Dell Park Cemetery, Natick.
★ Henry Wilson, ''History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America'', 2 vols. (Boston: J. R. Osgood and Co., 1873-77)
★ His desk was the desk used by Richard Nixon during his administration. Nixon really wanted the desk used by Woodrow Wilson, and when he asked for a "Wilson desk", he received the desk used by Henry Wilson. Nixon never figured out about this mistake until later on.[1]
1. Urban Legend Page
★ Henry Wilson at Find A Grave
★ ''History of the antislavery measures of the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth United-States Congresses, 1861-64'' by Henry Wilson at archive.org
★ ''History of the reconstruction measures of the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses, 1865-68'' by Henry Wilson at archive.org
★ ''History of the rise and fall of the slave power in America'' Vol 1 by Henry Wilson at archive.org
★ ''History of the rise and fall of the slave power in America'' Vol 2 by Henry Wilson at archive.org
★ ''History of the rise and fall of the slave power in America'' Vol 3 by Henry Wilson at archive.org
'Henry Wilson' (February 16, 1812 – November 22, 1875) was a Senator from Massachusetts and the eighteenth Vice President of the United States. He was a leading Republican who devoted his enormous energies to the destruction of what he considered the slavocracy, that is the conspiracy of slave owners to seize control of the federal government and block the progress of liberty.
Henry Wilson's shoeshop in Natick, Massachusetts.
Grant/Wilson campaign poster
Wilson was born 'Jeremiah Jones Colbath' in Farmington, New Hampshire. In 1833 he had his name legally changed by the legislature to Henry Wilson. He was adopted by a man with the last name Wilson when the Colbath family of twelve could not support itself. Henry Wilson moved to Natick, Massachusetts in 1833 and became a shoemaker. He attended several local academies, and also taught school in Natick, where he later engaged in the manufacture of shoes. He was a member of the state legislature between 1841 and 1852, and was owner and editor of the ''Boston Republican'' from 1848 to 1851.
Wilson was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1852 to Congress. He was a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1853 and was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1853. In 1855 he was elected 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. He was 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. He was Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and the Committee on Military Affairs. In 1861 he raised and commanded the Twenty-second Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.
Wilson was elected Vice President of the United States on the Republican ticket with President Ulysses S. Grant to replace the controversial Schuyler Colfax and served from March 4, 1873, until his death in the United States Capitol Building at Washington, D.C.. He had suffered from paralysis from 1873-75. Among his works are: ''History of the Anti-Slavery Measures of the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Congresses, 1861-64'' (1864); ''History of the Reconstruction Measures of the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses, 1865-68'' (1868); and an exceedingly valuable publication, ''History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America'', (three volumes, 1872-77). He was interred in Old Dell Park Cemetery, Natick.
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Reference
★ Henry Wilson, ''History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America'', 2 vols. (Boston: J. R. Osgood and Co., 1873-77)
Trivia
★ His desk was the desk used by Richard Nixon during his administration. Nixon really wanted the desk used by Woodrow Wilson, and when he asked for a "Wilson desk", he received the desk used by Henry Wilson. Nixon never figured out about this mistake until later on.[1]
References
1. Urban Legend Page
External links
★ Henry Wilson at Find A Grave
★ ''History of the antislavery measures of the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth United-States Congresses, 1861-64'' by Henry Wilson at archive.org
★ ''History of the reconstruction measures of the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses, 1865-68'' by Henry Wilson at archive.org
★ ''History of the rise and fall of the slave power in America'' Vol 1 by Henry Wilson at archive.org
★ ''History of the rise and fall of the slave power in America'' Vol 2 by Henry Wilson at archive.org
★ ''History of the rise and fall of the slave power in America'' Vol 3 by Henry Wilson at archive.org
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