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Henry Wilson
Henry Wilson was the 18th vice president of the United States, serving from 1873 until his death in 1875, and a senator from Massachusetts from 1855 to 1873. Before and during the American Civil War, he was a leading Republican, and a strong opponent of slavery. Wilson devoted his energies to the destruction of "Slave Power", the faction of slave owners and their political allies which anti-slaver…
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Born 16 February 1812 · Died 22 November 1875 · Q313302
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2026· 8 entries
“all persons of color who had been or might be mustered into the military service should receive the same uniform, clothing, rations, medical and hospital attendance, and pay”
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“burning shame to this country ... Let us hasten the enactment ... that, on the forehead of the soldier”
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“s honor, and Gwin replied by saying that he had not meant to question Wilson”
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“blot out slavery forever from the nation”
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“wherever we are morally and legally responsible for its existence”
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“I have sought no controversy, and I seek none, but I shall go where duty requires, uninfluenced by threats of any kind.”
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The Guardian: Are Manchester United returning to relevance under Michael Carrick? | Jonathan Wilson
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2022· 1 entry
Titled "Henry Wilson & The Civil War"
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1989· 1 entry
And then reopened as the Morgan Annex Lofts condominiums
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1956· 1 entry
Due to its small size, and shortly thereafter converted to the Morgan Annex, a satellite location of the adjacent Thomas P
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1891· 1 entry
The Henry Wilson school, a facility for black students, opened on what was then Central Street in the Washington County portion of the District of Columbia (now 17th Street in the Adams Morgan neighborhood)
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1889· 1 entry
Coolidge acted as a trustee for Eva, and by 1889, when she was more than 21 years old, she claimed she was entitled to the remainder of Wilson's estate.
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1875· 3 entries
Died 1875-11-22.
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Suffered what was believed to be a minor stroke, and was taken to the Vice President's Room to recuperate
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And a senator from Massachusetts from 1855 to 1873
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1874· 2 entries
Wilson traveled there to view the body and take part in funeral services
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The child continued to live with Wilson, and by 1874 he had asked Nancy Colbath to again be responsible for her.
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1873· 2 entries
Suffered a stroke that caused paralysis in his face, general weakness, and impaired speech
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Career landmark: Vice President of the United States (1873–1875).
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1872· 4 entries
Election lost: 1872 vice presidential election.
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Wilson was elected vice president as the running mate of Ulysses S
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Wilson had a strong reputation among Republicans as a principled but practical reformer who supported African American civil rights, voting rights for women, federal education aid, regulation of businesses, and prohibiti
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Campaign: 1872 vice presidential election.
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1871· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1871–1873).
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1870· 2 entries
So Senators had to rely on Wilson's word and that of Ames, who corroborated Wilson
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Incumbent Vice President Schuyler Colfax, said he would not run for another term, creating the possibility of a contested nomination
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1869· 5 entries
Was more supportive of Congressional Reconstruction, and the remaining former Confederate states that had not rejoined the Union were readmitted during his first term
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Career landmark: United States senator (1869–1871).
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In a complicated series of events, in 1869 a woman named Caroline Vreeland met Nancy Colbath, wife of Wilson's brother Samuel.
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A woman named Caroline Vreeland met Nancy Colbath, wife of Wilson's brother Samuel
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Henry and Harriet Wilson also became the de facto adoptive parents of a girl, Evangelina (or Evangeline), who was born between 1864 and 1866, and took the name Eva Wilson
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1868· 3 entries
Election won: 1868 vice presidential election.
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Wilson spoke before the Senate to forcefully advocate the readmission of Arkansas
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Campaign: 1868 vice presidential election.
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1867· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1867–1869).
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1866· 1 entry
So that her sister could use the baby to extort a man with whom she had had an affair
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1865· 4 entries
Two days after the announcement that the states had ratified the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery, Wilson introduced a bill to protect the civil rights of African Americans
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And an estimated 75,000 African American women and children were freed in Kentucky alone
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Became an early member of the Pennsylvania Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS)
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Career landmark: United States senator (1865–1867).
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1864· 2 entries
Wilson succeeded in adding a provision to an appropriations bill which addressed the pay disparity between whites and blacks in the military by authorizing equal salaries and benefits for African American soldiers
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Freeing more than 20,000 slaves in Kentucky alone
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1863· 6 entries
Wilson asked the Senate "to take up a bill…to incorporate the National Academy of Sciences
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Wilson introduced a bill that would federally fund elementary education for African American youth in Washington, D
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A Permanent Commission, which comprised Admiral Charles Henry Davis and the scientists Joseph Henry and Alexander Dallas Bache, was appointed within the Navy Department and given the task of evaluating and reporting on t
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Congress built on Wilson's 1862 law by passing a bill authored by Pennsylvania Congressman Thaddeus Stevens, which authorized the enlistment of 150,000 African Americans into the Union Army for service as uniformed soldi
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Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves held in bondage in the Southern states or territories then in rebellion against the federal government
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Career landmark: United States senator (1863–1865).
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1862· 2 entries
Wilson drafted a measure that authorized the President to enlist African Americans who had been held in slavery and were deemed competent for military service, and employ them to construct fortifications and carry out ot
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Simon Cameron, the recently resigned Secretary of War, echoed Scott's sentiments when he said that "no man, in my opinion, in the whole country, has done more to aid the war department in preparing the mighty [Union] arm
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1861· 2 entries
Wilson introduced a bill to abolish slavery in Washington, D
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Career landmark: United States senator (1861–1863).
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1859· 2 entries
1865 and 1871, and served from January 31, 1855, to March 3, 1873, when he resigned in order to begin his vice presidential term on March 4
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Career landmark: United States senator (1859–1861).
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1857· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1857–1859).
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1856· 1 entry
Preston Brooks brutally assaulted Senator Charles Sumner on the Senate floor, leaving Sumner bloody and unconscious
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1855· 4 entries
Career landmark: United States senator (1855–1855).
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Wilson continued to align himself with the abolitionists, who wanted to immediately end slavery in the United States and its territories
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Wilson was elected to the United States Senate by a coalition of Free-Soilers, Know Nothings, and anti-slavery Democrats, filling the vacancy caused by the resignation of Edward Everett
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Career landmark: United States senator (1855–1857).
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1853· 2 entries
And 1854, but declined to be a candidate again in 1855 because he had his sights set on the U
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Which proposed a series of political and governmental reforms that were defeated by voters in a post-convention popular referendum
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1852· 1 entry
Wilson was chairman of the Free Soil Party's national convention in Pittsburgh, which nominated John P
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1846· 2 entries
Wilson was promoted to brigadier general as commander of the Massachusetts Militia's 3rd Brigade, a position he held until 1852
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They were the parents of a son, Henry Hamilton Wilson (1846–1866), who attended the Highland Military Academy in Worcester, Massachusetts.
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1843· 1 entry
Wilson joined the militia himself, becoming a major in the 1st Artillery Regiment, which he later commanded with the rank of colonel
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1840· 2 entries
Wilson married Harriet Malvina Howe (1824–1870)
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Was also elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and served from 1841 to 1843
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1833· 1 entry
Wilson walked more than one hundred miles to Natick, Massachusetts, seeking employment or a trade
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1812· 2 entries
One of several children born to Winthrop and Abigail (Witham) Colbath
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Born 1812-02-16.
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