Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1830, Jan. 31 | Born, West Brownsville, Pa. |
| 1847 | Graduated from Washington College, Washington, Pa. |
| 1850 | Married Harriet Stanwood |
| 1852-1854 | Teacher, Pennsylvania Institute for the Blind, Philadelphia, Pa. |
| 1854 | Moved to Maine; became editor of the Kennebec Journal and the Portland Advertiser |
| 1856 | Delegate to the first Republican Party national convention |
| 1859-1862 | Member, Maine state legislature |
| 1859-1881 | Chairman, Maine Republican Party State Committee |
| 1863-1876 | United States representative from Maine |
| 1877-1881 | United States senator from Maine |
| 1881 | Secretary of state |
| 1884 | Unsuccessful Republican Party presidential candidate |
| 1884-1886 | Published Twenty Years of Congress (Norwich, Conn.: H. Bill Publishing Co. 2 vols.) |
| 1889-1892 | Secretary of state |
| 1893, Jan. 27 | Died, Washington, D.C. |