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- Bancroft, George
- George Bancroft - In Society, in Politics, in Letters, by William M. Sloane
(Century Magazine, 1887A)
- An American historian and statesman who was prominent in promoting secondary education both in his home state, at the national and international level. During his tenure as U.S. Secretary of the Navy, he established the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1845. He was a senior American diplomat in Europe. Among his best-known writings is the magisterial series, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent. - Wikipedia
- Breckinridge, John
- Two Vice-Presidents, by Henry L. Dawes
(Century Magazine, 1895B)
- John Breckinridge, vice-president to Buchanan, and Hannibal Hamlin, vice-president to Lincoln.
- Chase, Salmon P.
- Salmon P. Chase's Training for Finance, by W.M. Dickson
(Century Magazine, 1889B)
- Salmon Portland Chase (1808-1873) was an American politician and jurist who served as the sixth Chief Justice of the United States from 1864 to his death in 1873. Earlier in his career, Chase was the 23rd Governor of Ohio and a U.S. Senator from Ohio prior to service under Abraham Lincoln as the 25th Secretary of the Treasury. - Wikipedia
- Clay, Henry
- A Few Words About Henry Clay, by George Bancroft
(Century Magazine, 1885B)
- An American lawyer and planter, statesman, and skilled orator who represented Kentucky in both the United States Senate and House of Representatives. After serving three non-consecutive terms as Speaker of the House of Representatives, he served as Secretary of State under President John Quincy Adams. - Wikipedia
- Ashland, the Home of Henry Clay, by Charles W. Coleman Jr.
(Century Magazine, 1887A)
- Recollections of Henry Clay, by Madeleine McDowell
(Century Magazine, 1895B)
- Clinton, De Witt
- De Witt Clinton as a Politician, by John Bigelow
(Harper's Monthly, 1875A)
- Dix, Dorothea
- Dorothea Dix, by Mary S. Robinson
(Century Magazine, 1893A)
- Dorothea Lynde Dix was an American activist on behalf of the indigent insane who, through a vigorous program of lobbying state legislatures and the United States Congress, created the first generation of American mental asylums. During the Civil War, she served as a Superintendent of Army Nurses. - Wikipedia
- Fish, Hamilton
- [Senator] Hamilton Fish, by J.C. Bancroft Davis
(Atlantic Monthly, 1894)
- Demorest, William Jennings
- William Jennings Demorest
(Demorest, 1885)
- Demorest was running for Lieutenant-Governor of New York when this article was written. Besides being founder of Demorest magazine, he was an ardent campaigner for temperance.
- Fuller, Margaret
- Margaret Fuller Ossoli, by J.E. Runtz Rees
(Girl's Own Paper, 1880)
- An American journalist and women's rights activist who died at sea in 1850.
- Margaret Fuller, by Josephine Lazarus
(Century Magazine, 1893A)
- Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli (1810-1850), commonly known as Margaret Fuller, was an American journalist, critic, and women's rights advocate associated with the American transcendentalism movement. She was the first full-time American female book reviewer in journalism. Her book Woman in the Nineteenth Century is considered the first major feminist work in the United States. - Wikipedia
- Greeley, Horace
- Horace Greeley
(Harper's Monthly, 1873A)
- Editorial mourning the death of Horace Greeley.
- Greeley's Estimate of Lincoln, by Horace Greeley
(Century Magazine, 1891B)
- An unpublished address by Horace Greeley.
- Home Days with Father, by Gabrielle Greeley Clendennin (Ladies' Home Journal, 1892)
- Hale, John P.
- A Presidential Candidate of 1852, by George W. Julian
(Century Magazine, 1896B)
- A candidate on the "free-soil" ticket. The Free Soil Party was a short-lived political party in the United States active in the 1848 and 1852 presidential elections, and in some state elections. Its main purpose was to oppose the expansion of slavery into the western territories, arguing that free men on free soil comprised a morally and economically superior system to slavery.
- Hamlin, Hannibal
- Two Vice-Presidents, by Henry L. Dawes
(Century Magazine, 1895B)
- Hannibal Hamlin, vice-president to Lincoln, and John Breckinridge, vice president to Buchanan.
- Houston, Samuel
- General Sam Houston, by Alexander Hynds
(Century Magazine, 1884B)
- Ingalls, John James (Senator)
- Mrs. John James Ingalls, by V. Stuart Mosby (Ladies' Home Journal, 1892)
- Jacobi, Dr. Mary Putnam
- The American Woman in Politics, by Eleonora Kinnicutt
(Century Magazine, 1895A)
- An advocate of women's suffrage.
- Lamborn, Josiah
- A Remarkable Trial by Jury, by Samuel Lamborn
(Century Magazine, 1892A)
- An account of an event involving one of Abraham Lincoln's law partners.
- Lieber, Dr. Francis
- A Romantic Career, by D.C. Gilman
(Century Magazine, 1883B)
- Francis Lieber (1798-1872), known as Franz Lieber in Germany, was a German-American jurist, gymnast and political philosopher. He edited an Encyclopaedia Americana. He was the author of the Lieber Code during the American Civil War, also known as Code for the Government of Armies in the Field (1863). The Lieber Code is considered the first document to comprehensively outline rules regulating the conduct of war, and laid the foundation for the Geneva Conventions. - Wikipedia
- Marshall, John
- St. Mémin's Portrait of Chief Justice John Marshall, by Joseph P. Bradley
(Century Magazine, 1889B)
- Nye, Edgar
- An Autobiography of a Justice of the Peace, by Edgar Nye
(Century Magazine, 1892A)
- Autobiography of an Editor, by Edgar Nye
(Century Magazine, 1893A)
- Smith, Roswell
- Roswell Smith
(Century Magazine, 1892B)
- Madison Roswell Smith (1850-1919) was a United States Representative from Missouri. He served in the state Senate from 1884 to 1888. - Wikipedia
- Stanford, Leland (CA Governor)
- Mrs. Leland Stanford, by Ethel Ingalls (Ladies' Home Journal, 1892)
- Stephens, Alexander Hamilton
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens
(Harper's Monthly, 1876A)
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens (February 11, 1812 – March 4, 1883) was an American politician who served as the 50th Governor of Georgia from 1882 until his death in 1883. He was also Vice President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. A member of the Democratic Party, Stephens represented the state of Georgia in the United States House of Representatives prior to becoming governor. - Wikipedia
- Webster, Daniel
- Daniel Webster
(Century Magazine, 1882A)
- Personal Recollections of Daniel Webster
(Harper's Monthly, 1882A)
- Reminiscences of Daniel Webster, by Stephen M. Allen
(Century Magazine, 1885A)
- A Glance at Daniel Webster, by Mellen Chamberlain
(Century Magazine, 1893B)
- Daniel Webster Against Napoleon, by Daniel Webster
(Century Magazine, 1895B)
- Executive Officers of the US from 1789 to 1882
(Collier's Cyclopedia, 1882)
- Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Secretaries of State, Treasury, War and Navy.
- See also
- • American Presidents
- • Generals, Leaders, and Noteworthy Individuals of the Civil War
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