Henry Wilson

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Other Names: None

Assumed Gender: Male

Birth Date: 1812

Birth Place: New Hampshire

Death Date: 1875

Death Place: Washington

Affiliations: Massachusetts Commonwealth , United States Government

Notes: Leading Republican before and after the Civil War and a strong opponent of slavery. Originally a Whig; founded the Free Soil Party in 1848; joined Republican Party when Free Soil party dissolved. Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1841-1842); Member of the Massachusetts Senate (1844-1846, 1850-1852); President of the Massachusetts Senate (1851-1852); US Senator from Massachusetts (1855-1873); Chairman of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs (1861-1873); Vice President of the United States (1873-1875).

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