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  Wilson, Henry
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AffiliationRepublican  
 
NameHenry Wilson
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Natick, Massachusetts , United States
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Born February 16, 1812
DiedNovember 22, 1875 (63 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
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Dec 15, 2014 02:01am
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InfoWILSON, Henry, a Senator from Massachusetts and a Vice President of the United States; born Jeremiah Jones Colbath in Farmington, N.H., February 16, 1812; worked on a farm; attended the common schools; had his name legally changed by the legislature to Henry Wilson in 1833; moved to Natick, Mass., in 1833 and learned the shoemaker�s trade; attended the Strafford, Wolfsboro, and Concord Academies for short periods; taught school in Natick, Mass., where he later engaged in the manufacture of shoes; member of the State legislature between 1841 and 1852; owner and editor of the Boston Republican 1848-1851; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1852 to the Thirty-third Congress; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1853; unsuccessful candidate for governor of Massachusetts in 1853; elected in 1855 to the United States Senate by a coalition of Free Soilers, Americans, and Democrats to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Edward Everett; reelected as a Republican in 1859, 1865, and 1871, and served from January 31, 1855, to March 3, 1873, when he resigned to become Vice President; chairman, Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia (Thirty-seventh through Fortieth Congresses), Committee on Military Affairs (Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses); in 1861 he raised and commanded the Twenty-second Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry; elected Vice President of the United States on the Republican ticket with President Ulysses Grant and served from March 4, 1873, until his death in the Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., November 22, 1875; lay in state in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, November 25-26, 1875; interment in Old Dell Park Cemetery, Natick, Mass.



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  11/05/1872 US Vice President Won 81.25% (+67.90%)
  06/06/1872 US Vice President - R Convention Won 50.76% (+9.90%)
  11/03/1870 MA US Senate Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  06/06/1868 US Vice President - R Convention Lost 10.31% (-36.57%)
  11/03/1864 MA US Senate Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/03/1858 MA US Senate Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  06/19/1856 US Vice President - R Convention Lost 0.12% (-64.60%)
  01/31/1855 MA US Senate - Special Election Won 62.81% (+41.87%)
  11/15/1854 MA Governor Lost 4.98% (-57.60%)
  11/14/1853 MA Governor Lost 22.51% (-23.43%)
  12/13/1852 MA District 8 - 2nd Trial Lost 44.96% (-0.96%)
  11/08/1852 MA District 8 - 1st Trial Lost 28.38% (-11.54%)
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