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| − | '''James Gillespie Blaine''' was | + | '''James Gillespie Blaine''' (1830-1893) was a leading Republican politician and statesman of the [[Gilded Age]], and a power in the [[Third party System]]. He served in the House and Senate from [[Maine]]. He was defeated for president by [[Grover Cleveland]] in a close race in 1884, and closed his career as Secretary of State in the early 1890s. A powerful party leader, he was surrounded by suspicions of corruption. |
| + | ==Life== | ||
| + | He was born in West Brownsville, Washington County, [[Pennsylvania]] on January 31, 1830. He graduated from Washington College, Washington, Pa., in 1847; taught in Kentucky; returned to [[Pennsylvania]] to study law, and moved in 1854 to Maine, where he edited newspapers. He was elected as a Republican to the Maine house of representatives 1859-1862, serving the last two years as speaker; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1863, to July 10, 1876, when he resigned; Speaker of the House of Representatives (Forty-first through Forty-third Congresses); chairman, Committee on Rules (Forty-third through Forty-fifth Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for nomination for President on the [[Republican]] ticket in 1876 and 1880; appointed and subsequently elected as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Lot M. Morrill; reelected and served from July 10, 1876, to March 5, 1881, when he resigned to become [[Secretary of State]]; chairman, Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment (Forty-fifth Congress), [[Committee on Rules]] (Forty-fifth Congress); Secretary of State in the Cabinets of Presidents [[James Garfield]] and [[Chester Arthur]], from March 5 to December 12, 1881; unsuccessful Republican candidate for President of the United States in 1884; Secretary of State in the Cabinet of President [[Benjamin Harrison]] 1889-1892, when he resigned; aided in organizing and was the first president of the [[Pan American Congress]]; died in [[Washington, D.C.]], January 27, 1893; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery; reinterment at the request of the State of Maine in the Blaine Memorial Park, Augusta, Maine, in June 1920. | ||
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*http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp | *http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp | ||
Revision as of 15:59, October 4, 2008
James Gillespie Blaine (1830-1893) was a leading Republican politician and statesman of the Gilded Age, and a power in the Third party System. He served in the House and Senate from Maine. He was defeated for president by Grover Cleveland in a close race in 1884, and closed his career as Secretary of State in the early 1890s. A powerful party leader, he was surrounded by suspicions of corruption.
Life
He was born in West Brownsville, Washington County, Pennsylvania on January 31, 1830. He graduated from Washington College, Washington, Pa., in 1847; taught in Kentucky; returned to Pennsylvania to study law, and moved in 1854 to Maine, where he edited newspapers. He was elected as a Republican to the Maine house of representatives 1859-1862, serving the last two years as speaker; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1863, to July 10, 1876, when he resigned; Speaker of the House of Representatives (Forty-first through Forty-third Congresses); chairman, Committee on Rules (Forty-third through Forty-fifth Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for nomination for President on the Republican ticket in 1876 and 1880; appointed and subsequently elected as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Lot M. Morrill; reelected and served from July 10, 1876, to March 5, 1881, when he resigned to become Secretary of State; chairman, Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment (Forty-fifth Congress), Committee on Rules (Forty-fifth Congress); Secretary of State in the Cabinets of Presidents James Garfield and Chester Arthur, from March 5 to December 12, 1881; unsuccessful Republican candidate for President of the United States in 1884; Secretary of State in the Cabinet of President Benjamin Harrison 1889-1892, when he resigned; aided in organizing and was the first president of the Pan American Congress; died in Washington, D.C., January 27, 1893; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery; reinterment at the request of the State of Maine in the Blaine Memorial Park, Augusta, Maine, in June 1920.