Blaine, James G., Mrs., 1828-1903
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1830, Jan. 31:
Born, West Brownsville, Pa. -
1847:
Graduated from Washington College, Washington, Pa. -
1850:
Married Harriet Stanwood -
1852 -1854 :Teacher, Pennsylvania Institute for the Blind, Philadelphia, Pa. -
1854:
Moved to Maine; became editor of the Kennebec Journal and the Portland Advertiser -
1856:
Delegate to the first Republican Party national convention -
1859 -1862 :Member, Maine state legislature -
1859 -1881 :Chairman, Maine Republican Party State Committee -
1863 -1876 :United States representative from Maine -
1877 -1881 :United States senator from Maine -
1881:
Secretary of state -
1884:
Unsuccessful Republican Party presidential candidate -
1884 -1886 :Published Twenty Years of Congress (Norwich, Conn.: H. Bill Publishing Co. 2 vols.) -
1889 -1892 :Secretary of state -
1893, Jan. 27:
Died, Washington, D.C.
From the guide to the James Gillespie Blaine Papers, 1777-1945, (bulk 1870-1892), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)
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| creatorOf | Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893. Papers, 1777-1945, (bulk: 1870-1892) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| referencedIn | Beecher-Stowe family papers, 1798-1956 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Benjamin Penhollow Shillaber Collection, 1857-1890 | University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. | |
| referencedIn | Thomas Bailey Aldrich papers, 1837-1926. | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | James Freeman Clarke Collection, 1865-1882 | University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. | |
| referencedIn | Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt, 1861-1933. Papers, 1847-1933 | Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| referencedIn | Carl Schurz Collection, 1869-1893 | University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. | |
| referencedIn | Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893. Papers, 1777-1945, (bulk: 1870-1892) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| creatorOf | Blaine, James G. Autograph letter signed : to Cyrus W. Field, 1881 May 23. | Pierpont Morgan Library. | |
| referencedIn | Clapp, William Warland, Jr., 1826-1891. Correspondence, 1790-1891 (bulk 1840-1891) | Houghton Library | |
| creatorOf | Hay, John, 1838-1905. Correspondence, 1854-1914, "Bickford" to "Brassey". | Brown University Archives, John Hay Library | |
| referencedIn | Learned Hand papers | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 |
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Birth 1828
Death 1903
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