Henry Wilson
(1812-1875)
| Original Name |
Jeremiah Jones Colbath |
| Occupation |
18th Vice President of the U.S. (March 4, 1873 – November 22, 1875) U.S. Senator form Massachusetts (January, 31 1855 - March 3, 1873) Chairman of the Senate Military Affairs Committee (March 4, 1861 - March 3, 1873) President of Massachusetts Senate (1851 - 1852)
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| Date of Birth |
February 16, 1812 |
| Date of Death |
November 22, 1875 |
| Place of Birth |
Farmington, NH |
| Place of Death |
Washington, D.C. |
| Education |
Briefly attended elementary school |
| Nicknames |
"Natick Cobbler" "Natick Shoemaker" |
| Parents |
Abigail Witham Winthrop Colbath |
| Spouse |
Harriet Howe |
| Political Party |
Whig (Before 1848) Free Soil (1848 - 1854) Know Nothing (1854 - 1855) Republican (1855 - 1875) |
| Military Service |
Allegiance Massachusetts United States Union |
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Service/Branch (Years) Massachusetts Militia (1843 - 1852) ​United States Army (Union Army) (1861) |
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Rank Brigadier General (Massachusetts Militia) Colonel (Union Army)
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Battles/War American Civil War |
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| Number of Children |
Two |
Vice President Wilson...
Henry Wilson (born Jeremiah Jones Colbath; February 16, 1812 – November 22, 1875) was the 18th vice president of the United States (1873–75) and a senator from Massachusetts (1855–73). 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 the "Slave Power" – the faction of slave owners and their political allies which anti-slavery Americans saw as dominating the country. Henry Wilson was born in Farmington, New Hampshire, on February 16, 1812, one of several children born to Winthrop and Abigail (Witham) Colbath. His father named him Jeremiah Jones Colbath after a wealthy neighbor who was a childless bachelor, vainly hoping that this gesture might result in an inheritance. Winthrop Colbath was a militia veteran of the War of 1812 who worked as a day laborer and hired himself out to local farms and businesses, in addition to occasionally running a sawmill.
“I believe that every human being has the right to his life and to his liberty, and to act in this world so as to secure his own happiness.”
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