Hannibal Hamlin (August 27, 1809 – July 4, 1891) was an American attorney and politician from the state of Maine.
He is considered among the most influential politicians to have come from Maine. A native of Paris, Maine (part of Massachusetts until 1820), Hamlin managed his father's farm before becoming a newspaper editor.
From 1827 to 1830 he published the Oxford Jeffersonian newspaper in partnership with Horatio King. He studied law with the firm headed by Samuel Fessenden, was admitted to the bar in 1833, and began practicing in Hampden, Maine, where he lived until 1848. ==Personal life== Hamlin married Sarah Jane Emery of Paris Hill in 1833.
From 1827 to 1830 he published the Oxford Jeffersonian newspaper in partnership with Horatio King. He studied law with the firm headed by Samuel Fessenden, was admitted to the bar in 1833, and began practicing in Hampden, Maine, where he lived until 1848. ==Personal life== Hamlin married Sarah Jane Emery of Paris Hill in 1833.
He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1833, and began to practice in Hampden, Maine.
From 1827 to 1830 he published the Oxford Jeffersonian newspaper in partnership with Horatio King. He studied law with the firm headed by Samuel Fessenden, was admitted to the bar in 1833, and began practicing in Hampden, Maine, where he lived until 1848. ==Personal life== Hamlin married Sarah Jane Emery of Paris Hill in 1833.
Originally a Democrat, Hamlin began his political career with election to the Maine House of Representatives in 1835 and an appointment to the military staff of the Governor of Maine.
Ellen Hamlin died in 1925. ==Political beginnings== Hamlin's political career began in 1835, when he was elected to the Maine House of Representatives.
As an officer in the militia, he took part in the 1839 negotiations that helped end the Aroostook War.
Her father was Stephen Emery, who was appointed as Maine's Attorney General in 1839–1840.
Appointed a Major on the staff of Governor John Fairfield, he served with the militia in the bloodless Aroostook War of 1839.
In the 1840s Hamlin was elected to and served in the United States House of Representatives.
He facilitated negotiations between Fairfield and Lieutenant Governor John Harvey of New Brunswick, which helped reduce tensions and make possible the Webster–Ashburton Treaty, which ended the war. Hamlin unsuccessfully ran for the United States House of Representatives in 1840 and left the State House in 1841.
He was twice an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Maine in the late 1840s, though he did serve as Mayor of Bangor in 1851–52.
He facilitated negotiations between Fairfield and Lieutenant Governor John Harvey of New Brunswick, which helped reduce tensions and make possible the Webster–Ashburton Treaty, which ended the war. Hamlin unsuccessfully ran for the United States House of Representatives in 1840 and left the State House in 1841.
He later was elected to two terms in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1843 to 1847.
He later was elected to two terms in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1843 to 1847.
In 1848 the state house elected him to the United States Senate, where he served until January 1857.
From 1827 to 1830 he published the Oxford Jeffersonian newspaper in partnership with Horatio King. He studied law with the firm headed by Samuel Fessenden, was admitted to the bar in 1833, and began practicing in Hampden, Maine, where he lived until 1848. ==Personal life== Hamlin married Sarah Jane Emery of Paris Hill in 1833.
Senate vacancy in 1848, and to a full term in 1851.
Hamlin was an active opponent of slavery; he supported the Wilmot Proviso and opposed the Compromise of 1850.
He was a conspicuous supporter of the Wilmot Proviso and spoke against the Compromise of 1850.
The brothers were members of different political parties (Hannibal a Democrat, and Elijah a Whig) before both becoming Republican in the later 1850s. Hannibal's nephew (Elijah's son) Augustus Choate Hamlin was a physician, artist, mineralogist, author, and historian.
Senate vacancy in 1848, and to a full term in 1851.
Hamlin received the appointment on June 30, 1881, and held the post until October 17, 1882. Upon returning from Spain, Hamlin retired from public life to his home in Bangor, Maine, which he had purchased in 1851.
He was twice an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Maine in the late 1840s, though he did serve as Mayor of Bangor in 1851–52.
A Democrat at the beginning of his career, Hamlin supported the candidacy of Franklin Pierce in 1852. From the very beginning of his service in Congress, Hamlin was prominent as an opponent of the extension of slavery.
In 1854, he strongly opposed passage of the Kansas–Nebraska Act.
In 1854, Hamlin strongly opposed the passage of the Kansas–Nebraska Act, which repealed the Missouri Compromise.
Hamlin and Sarah had four children together: George, Charles, Cyrus and Sarah. His wife died in 1855.
Hamlin's increasingly anti-slavery views caused him to leave the Democratic Party for the newly formed Republican Party in 1856. In the 1860 election, Hamlin was the Republican nominee for Vice President.
The next year, Hamlin married Sarah's half-sister, Ellen Vesta Emery in 1856.
After the Democratic Party endorsed that repeal at the 1856 Democratic National Convention, on June 12, 1856, he withdrew from the Democratic Party and joined the newly organized Republican Party, causing a national sensation. The Republicans nominated Hamlin for Governor of Maine in the same year.
In 1848 the state house elected him to the United States Senate, where he served until January 1857.
He served temporarily as governor for six weeks in the beginning of 1857, after which he returned to the Senate.
He carried the election by a large majority and was inaugurated on January 8, 1857.
In the latter part of February 1857, however, he resigned the governorship.
He returned to the United States Senate, serving from 1857 to January 1861. ==Vice presidency== Hamlin was nominated by the Republican Party to serve as Vice President of the United States in the 1860 presidential election on a ticket with former Representative Abraham Lincoln.
Hamlin's increasingly anti-slavery views caused him to leave the Democratic Party for the newly formed Republican Party in 1856. In the 1860 election, Hamlin was the Republican nominee for Vice President.
He returned to the United States Senate, serving from 1857 to January 1861. ==Vice presidency== Hamlin was nominated by the Republican Party to serve as Vice President of the United States in the 1860 presidential election on a ticket with former Representative Abraham Lincoln.
He strongly supported Joseph Hooker's appointment as commander of the Army of the Potomac, which ended in failure at the Battle of Chancellorsville. Beginning in 1860, Hamlin was a member of Company A of the Maine State Guard, a militia unit.
The first Republican to hold the office, Hamlin served from 1861 to 1865.
The Lincoln and Hamlin ticket was successful, and Hamlin served as Vice President from 1861 to 1865, which included all but the last month of the American Civil War.
He returned to the United States Senate, serving from 1857 to January 1861. ==Vice presidency== Hamlin was nominated by the Republican Party to serve as Vice President of the United States in the 1860 presidential election on a ticket with former Representative Abraham Lincoln.
In the period 1861–1911, Maine Republicans occupied the offices of Vice President, Secretary of the Treasury (twice), Secretary of State, President pro tempore of the United States Senate, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (twice), and would field a presidential nominee in James G.
Even so, Hamlin supported the administration's legislative program in his role as presiding officer of the Senate, and he looked for other ways to demonstrate his support for the Union, including a term of service in a Maine militia unit during the war. For the 1864 election, Hamlin was replaced as Vice Presidential nominee by Andrew Johnson, a Southern Democrat chosen for his appeal to Southern Unionists.
When the company was called up in the summer of 1864, Hamlin was told that because of his position as Vice President, he did not have to take part in the muster.
He was promoted to corporal during his service, and mustered out with the rest of his unit in mid-September. In June 1864, the Republicans and War Democrats joined to form the National Union Party.
Lincoln and Johnson were elected in November 1864, and Hamlin's term expired on March 4, 1865. After leaving the vice presidency Hamlin served briefly as Collector of the Port of Boston.
The first Republican to hold the office, Hamlin served from 1861 to 1865.
The Lincoln and Hamlin ticket was successful, and Hamlin served as Vice President from 1861 to 1865, which included all but the last month of the American Civil War.
Lincoln and Johnson were elected in November 1864, and Hamlin's term expired on March 4, 1865. After leaving the vice presidency Hamlin served briefly as Collector of the Port of Boston.
However, Hamlin later resigned as Collector because of his disagreement with Johnson over Reconstruction of the former Confederacy. In 1869, Hamlin was elected again to the U.S.
Senate in 1869 to serve two more 6-year terms before declining to run for re-election in 1880 because of an ailing heart.
He was also Mayor of Bangor in 1877–78, and a founding member of the Bangor Historical Society. Augustus served as surgeon in the 2nd Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War, eventually becoming a U.S.
Senate in 1869 to serve two more 6-year terms before declining to run for re-election in 1880 because of an ailing heart.
After leaving the Senate in 1881, he served briefly as United States Ambassador to Spain before returning to Maine in late 1882.
His last duty as a public servant came in 1881 when Secretary of State James G.
Hamlin received the appointment on June 30, 1881, and held the post until October 17, 1882. Upon returning from Spain, Hamlin retired from public life to his home in Bangor, Maine, which he had purchased in 1851.
After leaving the Senate in 1881, he served briefly as United States Ambassador to Spain before returning to Maine in late 1882.
Hamlin received the appointment on June 30, 1881, and held the post until October 17, 1882. Upon returning from Spain, Hamlin retired from public life to his home in Bangor, Maine, which he had purchased in 1851.
Hannibal Hamlin (August 27, 1809 – July 4, 1891) was an American attorney and politician from the state of Maine.
In retirement, Hamlin was a resident of Bangor, Maine, where he died in 1891.
Third Class was the MOLLUS division created to recognize civilians who had contributed outstanding service to the Union during the war. ==Death== On Independence Day, July 4, 1891, Hamlin collapsed and fell unconscious while playing cards at the Tarratine Club he founded in downtown Bangor.
Stetson was Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives in 1899–1900, and owned a large company in Bangor which manufactured and shipped lumber and ice and ran a shipyard and marine railway. Hannibal's first cousin Cyrus Hamlin, who was a graduate of the Bangor Theological Seminary, became a missionary in Turkey, where he founded Robert College.
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Hannibal Emery Hamlin was Maine Attorney General from 1905 to 1908.
Hannibal Emery Hamlin was Maine Attorney General from 1905 to 1908.
Ellen Hamlin died in 1925. ==Political beginnings== Hamlin's political career began in 1835, when he was elected to the Maine House of Representatives.
This burned down in 1945, in a fire that killed two students, but was subsequently rebuilt.
Draper Hunt (published 1969) ==Honors== Hamlin County, South Dakota is named in his honor, as are Hamlin, Kansas; Hamlin, New York; Hamlin, West Virginia; Hamlin Township; Hamlin Lake in Mason County, Michigan; and, Hamlin, a small Maine village that is a U.S.–Canada border crossing with Grand Falls, New Brunswick.
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Incorporating Victorian, Italianate, and Mansard-style architecture, the mansion was posted to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Hamlin was elected as a Third Class Companion of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.
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