Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1823, Mar. 23 | Born, New York, N.Y. |
1836 | Moved with family to Indiana |
1844 | Married Evelyn Clark (died 1863) Purchased an interest in the South Bend, Ind., Free Press, changed its name to the St. Joseph Valley Register, and made it the Whig organ of northern Indiana |
1855-1869 | Member, House of Representatives |
1868 | Married Ellen W. Wade |
1869-1873 | Vice president of the United States |
1873 | Implicated in the Credit Mobilier of American scandal |
1873-1885 | Public lecturer |
1855, Jan. 13 | Died, Mankato, Minn. |