Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1816, Sept. 23 | Born, Livermore, Me. |
1836 | Studied law, Maine Wesleyan Seminary, Kent’s Hill, Maine |
1839 | Entered Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass. |
1840 | Admitted to Massachusettts bar Moved to Galena, Ill. |
1841 | Began practicing law, Galena, Ill. |
1845 | Married Adèle Gratiot |
1848 | Ran unsuccessfully as a Whig for election to Congress |
1853-1869 | United States representative from Illinois |
1869 | Appointed secretary of state but resigned within a few days to become minister to France |
1869-1877 | Minister to France |
1880 | Retired from active political life |
1884-1887 | President, Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, Ill. |
1887, Oct. 23 | Died, Chicago, Ill. |