HAMLIN, HANNIBAL

1809–91, Vice President of the United States (1861–65), b. Paris, Maine. Admitted to the bar in 1833, he practiced at Hampden, Maine. He was a Maine legislator (1836–40, 1847), a U.S. Representative (1843–47), and a U.S. Senator (1848–57). As a Democrat he supported Franklin Pierce's administration, but left (1856) his party when it adopted a strong proslavery platform, and joined the Republican party; in the same year he was elected governor of Maine. After a few weeks he resigned to reenter (1857) the U.S. Senate, where he became increasingly prominent. Geographical and political considerations made him a natural choice as Abraham Lincoln's running mate in 1860. As Vice President during the Civil War he presided over the Senate with ability and took part in a variety of governmental wartime activities. He returned to the Senate (1869–81), supporting the Reconstruction and the economic policies of his party. He was minister to Spain in 1881–82.

See biographies by his grandson Charles E. Hamlin (1899, repr. 1971) and H. D. Hunt (1969).

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The Critical Reception of Hamlin Garland, 1891-1978
Book by Charles L. P. Silet, Robert E. Welch, Richard Boudreau; Whitston, 1985
Subjects: Farm Life In Literature, Garland, Hamlin--1860-1940--Criticism And Interpretation, Realism In Literature, Western Stories--History And Criticism
...would not be forgotten. The son was Hamlin Garland, spokesman of the Middle...writer almost all of his life, Hamlin Garland had only to raise his hand...Lincolns first running-mate, Hannibal Hamlin of Maine. His father typified the...
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Companions on the Trail: A Literary Chronicle
Book by Hamlin Garland, Constance Hamlin Garland; Macmillan, 1931
Subjects: Authors--Correspondence, Fiction
...refreshment and I sometimes suffered from it; but the talk was always worth while. It was Matthews joke to call me Hannibal Hamlin, and I responded by calling him James Brander; and we justified ourselves in our duplicity by revealing that Kiplings...
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Trail-Makers of the Middle Border
Book by Hamlin Garland; The Macmillan Company, 1926
Subjects: Fiction
...gentlemen in tall hats and high-shouldered coats. The boys learned afterwards that the congressman, the Honorable Hannibal Hamlin, was there, but they didnt know anything of his presence at the time; they were much more concerned with the engineer...
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Affairs of Party: The Political Culture of Northern Democrats in the Mid-Nineteenth Century
Book by Jean H. Baker; Fordham University Press, 1998
Subjects: Democratic Party (U.S.)--History, Political Culture--United States--History, United States--Politics And Government--1849-1877
...community patriotism. But Hannibal Hamlin also left the Democracy...Cyrus and Anna Livermore Hamlin, Hannibal grew up in an intensely...attachment to the Democrats, Hamlin family politics were...in his carly life, Hannibal, a third son, rebelled...
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New England in U.S. Government Publications, 1789-1849: An Annotated Bibliography
Book by Suzanne M. Clark; Greenwood Press, 1998
Subjects: Government Publications--United States--Bibliography, New England--History--Sources--Bibliography
...officers of the navy. 1,172. Hamlin Hannibal Maine . "Contested Election...facts of the case. 1,173. Hamlin Hannibal Maine . "The Graduation Bill...the whole country. 1,174. Hamlin Hannibal Maine . "The Post Office...
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Conrad and Hamlin Garland: a Correspondence Recovered
Journal article by Owen Knowles, J. H. Stape; The Conradian : the Journal of the Joseph Conrad Society (U.K.), Vol. 31, 2006
Conrad and Hamlin Garland: a Correspondence Recovered by Owen Knowles...correspondents, that of the American novelist and writer (Hannibal) Hamlin Garland (1860-1940). A cache of letters in the Hamlin Garland Collection at the Doheny Memorial Library...
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Scripture and Scholarship in Early Modern England
Journal article by Hannibal Hamlin; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 61, 2008
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Scripture and Scholarship in Early Modern England (Book)--Book reviews
...Scripture and Scholarship in Early Modern England. by Hannibal Hamlin Ariel Hessayon and Nicholas Keene, eds. Scripture...of scriptural scholarship in early modern England. HANNIBAL HAMLIN The Ohio State University
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Selected Sermons and Lectures
Journal article by Hannibal Hamlin; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 59, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Selected Sermons and Lectures (Book)--Book reviews
Selected Sermons and Lectures. by Hannibal Hamlin Lancelot Andrewes. Selected Sermons and Lectures...colleagues and students to keep it in circulation. HANNIBAL HAMLIN The Ohio State University
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Recent Studies in the English Renaissance
Journal article by Achsah Guibbory; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 45, 2005
Subjects: English history--Works, English literature--Criticism and interpretation, Renaissance--Criticism and interpretation, Renaissance--Works
...helped to create political divisions. Hannibal Hamlins Psalm Culture and Early Modern...psalm about Babylonian exile, which Hamlin shows was appropriated by people...ISBN 0-313-31008-4. Hamlin, Hannibal. Psalm Culture and Early Modern...
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Recent Studies in Tudor and Stuart Drama
Journal article by Mary Thomas Crane; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 46, 2006
Subjects: Criticism, Drama, European literature--Renaissance, 1450-1600, Literary criticism, Plays, Renaissance literature, United Kingdom--History
...xiv + 370. $80.00. ISBN 0-521-81607-6. Hamlin, Hannibal. Psalm Culture and Early Modern English Literature...Pp. x + 289. $75.00. ISBN 0-521-83270-5. Hamlin, William M. Tragedy and Scepticism in Shakespeares...
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Recollected Words of Abraham Lincoln
Magazine article; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 278, December 1996
Subjects: Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, United States Civil War, 1861-1865
...President during his first term was Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine. The convention that...responsible for the decision to replace Hamlin with Johnson? The only references...Lincoln "engineered the dumping of Hannibal Hamlin and the selection of the Tennessee...
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The Bear Went over the Mountain: Visiting the Gravesites of U.S. Presidents Is Nothing New-But Vice Presidents? One Man's Journey across the Country to Learn about Our Forgotten Leaders Yielded Some Interesting Lessons about the Nation ... and Himself
Magazine article by Carll Tucker; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 137, July 2008
Subjects: Cemeteries--Personal narratives, Ex-government officials--Evaluation, Ex-public officers--Evaluation, Memorial Day--Personal narratives
...Lincoln picked Johnson, a Democrat, to replace Maines Hannibal Hamlin as vice president. Forty-one days after the Inauguration...he accepted a brandy--from the embittered outgoing Hamlin--while waiting for the Inaugural ceremonies to begin...
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The Man Who Came in Second
Magazine article by Meredith Hindley; Humanities, Vol. 31, November 2010
Subjects: American history, Colleges & universities, Political parties, Politics, Vice Presidents
...of the whole number of electoral votes, is elected President." In March, he swore in the new vice president, Hannibal Hamlin, and took his seat in a greatly reduced Senate. Even though his heart lay with the South, he had come to Congress...
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... the Confederacy Had Survived
Magazine article by Dominic Sandbrook; New Statesman (1996), Vol. 139, August 9, 2010
Subjects: British foreign relations, Confederacies--Analysis, Confederacies--History, Confederate States of America. Army--Analysis, Confederate States of America. Army--History, Confederation of states--Analysis, Confederation of states--History, Trent Affair, 1861--Analysis, United States foreign relations
...the spring of 1862, Union morale was cracking. When Lincoln collapsed under the strain, the vice-president, Hannibal Hamlin, conceded the inevitable and sued for peace. In July 1862, British, Union and Confederate negotiators met near...
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The Republican Party Founded: July 6th, 1854
Magazine article by Richard Cavendish; History Today, Vol. 54, July 2004
Subjects: Political parties--History, Political parties--United States, Republican Party (United States)--History, United States history, United States--History, United States--Political aspects
...C. Fremont, who carried eleven states. The 1860 party convention in Chicago chose Lincoln as its candidate with Hannibal Hamlin of Maine, a former Democrat, as his running mate. The northern and southern wings of the Democratic Party ran rival...
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Vice President-Elect Hamlin Saved from Mob by His Obscurity
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, January 15, 2009
Subjects: Hamlin, Hannibal
Vice President-Elect Hamlin Saved from Mob by His Obscurity...term, his vice president was Hannibal Hamlin of Maine - but Mr. Hamlin almost...Lockwood is a Washington writer. Hannibal Hamlin was traveling to Washington when...
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Karen Bartlett Column
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), July 13, 2004
Subjects: Edwards, John, Kerry, John F.
...Office as president with the vast majority slipping into obscurity. Do the names John Nance Garner, George Dallas, Hannibal Hamlin, Levi Morton and William E. Miller sound familiar? No, but they were once vice presidents, or vice presidential...
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Logistics Man at Gettysburg; Lamon's Role Nearly Forgotten
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 17, 2007
Subjects: Gettysburg Address, 1863, Lincoln, Abraham
...the dedication ceremony. He added extra security for the presidents visit. Wills also had invited Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, the Lincoln Cabinet, Gen. George G. Meade and many others. On the morning of the event, a Thursday, the procession...
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Slavery, Not States' Rights, Inspired Secession
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 23, 2003
...seceded by adopting a Secession Ordinance that gave only one reason: "Whereas, the election of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin to the offices of President and Vice-President of the United States of America by a sectional party avowedly hostile...
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The near Ovethrow of Andrew Johnson
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 17, 2009
Subjects: Thomas, Lorenzo
...made a notable success during the Civil War as military governor of Tennessee and became a popular choice to succeed Hannibal Hamlin as Lincolns vice president in Lincolns second term. Taking the oath of office in the Senate chamber on March 4...
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encyclopedia articles on: Hamlin Hannibal  - 4 results

 
 
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Hamlin, Hannibal
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HAMLIN, HANNIBAL 1809 91, Vice President of the United States (1861 65), b. Paris...minister to Spain in 1881 82. See biographies by his grandson Charles E. Hamlin (1899, repr. 1971) and H. D. Hunt (1969...
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Presidents of the United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...1853 Mar., 1857) James Buchanan Democratic 1857 61 John C. Breckinridge Abraham Lincoln Republican 1861 65 Hannibal Hamlin, 1861 65 Andrew Johnson, 1865 Andrew Johnson Democratic/National Union 1865 69 (no Vice President) Ulysses Simpson...
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Civil War , in U.S. History
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...tide turned in the Unions favor. With Andrew Johnson , Lincolms own choice for Vice President over the incumbent Hannibal Hamlin , the President was renominated in June, 1864. The Democrats nominated McClellan, who still had a strong popular...
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Maine , State, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...who had been dominant since 1820, to take a firm antislavery stand swept the new Republican party into power. Hannibal Hamlin was a leading Republican politician and was vice president during Abraham Lincolns first administration. Antislavery...


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