Elihu Benjamin Washburne

Historical Sketch Of Charles S. Hempstead

To Which Is Appended A Memoir Of Edward Hempstead (1875)

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Produktbeschreibung

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 32
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 216mm x 3mm
• Gewicht: 150g
• ISBN-13: 9781104177621
• ISBN-10: 1104177625
• Artikelnr.: 26207458

Autorenporträt

Elihu Benjamin Washburne (September 23, 1816 - October 22, 1887) was an American politician and diplomat. A member of the Washburn family, which played a prominent role in the early formation of the United States Republican Party, he served as a congressman from Illinois before and during the American Civil War. He was a political ally of President Abraham Lincoln and General (later President) Ulysses S. Grant. During Grant's administration, Washburne was the 25th United States Secretary of State briefly in 1869, and was the United States Minister to France from 1869 to 1877.