Hannibal Hamlin
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| Hannibal Hamlin | |
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| 15th Vice-President of the United States | |
| Term of office March 4, 1861 - March 4, 1865 | |
| Political party | Republican |
| President | Abraham Lincoln |
| Preceded by | John C. Breckinridge |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Johnson |
| Born | August 27, 1809 Paris, Maine, USA |
| Died | July 04, 1891 Bangor, Maine, USA |
| Spouse | Ellen Vesta Emery Hamlin |
Hannibal Hamlin was Abraham Lincoln's first vice president. He was formerly a Senator from (West) Virginia. Abraham Lincoln rejected him as a Vice President because he wanted a southerner as his running mate for the 1864 election. [1]
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| Vice Presidents of the United States |
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J.Adams • Jefferson • Burr • G.Clinton • Gerry • Tompkins • Calhoun • Van Buren • R. Johnson • Tyler • Dallas • Fillmore • King • Breckinridge • Hamlin • A. Johnson • Colfax • H.Wilson • Wheeler • Arthur • Hendricks • Morton • Stevenson • Hobart • T.Roosevelt • Fairbanks • Sherman • Marshall • Coolidge • Dawes • Curtis • Garner • Wallace • Truman • Barkley • Nixon • L. Johnson • Humphrey • Agnew • Ford • Rockefeller • Mondale • Bush • Quayle • Gore • Cheney |
