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Hannibal Hamlin

Hannibal Hamlin

In office
March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1865
PresidentAbraham Lincoln
Preceded byJohn C. Breckinridge
Succeeded byAndrew Johnson
In office
June 8, 1848 – January 7, 1857
Preceded byWyman B. S. Moor
Succeeded byAmos Nourse
In office
March 4, 1857 – January 17, 1861
Preceded byAmos Nourse
Succeeded byLot M. Morrill
In office
March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1881
Preceded byLot M. Morrill
Succeeded byEugene Hale
In office
January 8, 1857 – February 25, 1857
Preceded bySamuel Wells
Succeeded byJoseph H. Williams
In office
March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847
Preceded byAlfred Marshall
Succeeded byJames S. Wiley
In office
June 30, 1881 – October 17, 1882
Appointed byJames Garfield
Preceded byLucius Fairchild
Succeeded byJohn W. Foster
BornAugust 27, 1809
Paris, Maine
DiedJuly 4, 1891 (aged 81)
Bangor, Maine
Political partyDemocratic
Republican
Spouse(s)Ellen Vesta
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HAMLIN, Hannibal

American Baptist Historical Society

Rochester, NY

Papers:1836. 1 letter. Concerns a revival in Topsham, Maine.

Boston Public Library

Boston, MA

Papers:4 items.

Columbia University
Rare Book and Manuscript Library

New York, NY

Papers:9 microfilm reels of originals (1829-1909) at Columbia and other repositories including the University of Maine.

Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH

Papers:1 letter (December 14, 1854) from George Mifflin Dallas concerning a mission to search for Elisha Kent Lane; correspondence in Elizabeth Goodwin collection, 1758-1891; and 2 letters (1864) in Susan Lord Hayes correspondence concerning release of her son, Brig. Gen. Joseph Hayes, from Confederate military prison.

Henry E. Huntington Library

San Marino, CA

Papers:10 items in William Jones Rhees papers, 1744-1906.

Knox College
Seymour Library

Galesburg, IL

Papers:1 letter (October 6, 1882) in Bookfellow Foundation autograph collection.

Library of Congress
Manuscript Division

Washington, DC

Papers:1834-1882. 10 items. Also 9 microfilm reels of origin

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Hannibal Hamlin (1861–1865)

Hannibal Hamlin was born in Paris Hill, Maine, on August 27, 1809. His father was a doctor and a farmer but Hannibal’s education was limited because of financial restraints. He had to cut school short in order to help on the family farm when his older brother was ill and then when his father died. To help support his family, he worked as a surveyor and a teacher. Finally, he began to study law with a firm in Portland, Maine, and was mentored by Samuel Fessenden, an outspoken antislavery activist. Hamlin was eventually admitted to the bar in 1833 and opened his own law practice in Hampden, Maine, where he also served as the town attorney. That same year, he married Sarah Jane Emery, and they eventually had four children. Hamlin entered politics when he was first elected to the Maine state House of Representatives in 1835. As a Jacksonian Democrat who strongly opposed slavery, he served in state government until he was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1843. In the House, he supported the Wilmot Proviso, which would have prohibited slavery from spreadin

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