Caleb B. Smith Papers 1841-1862 (bulk 1849)

Walpole, Thomas D.

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Sample, Thomas Jefferson.

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Carnan, Robert N.

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Barnett, Theodore J.

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Smith, John Lee

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Hannah, Samuel D.

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Watton, William.

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Yaryan, John.

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Halloway, David P.

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Cushing, Courtland.

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Thayer, James Steel

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Vallette, Henry.

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Smith, Caleb B. (Caleb Blood), 1808-1864

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Caleb Blood Smith, lawyer, congressman, and Secretary of the Interior. Smith was elected to the Indiana House of Representatives, and was reelected in 1834, 1835, and 1836. He represented Indiana in the Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, and Thirtieth Congress serving on the Committee of Foreign Affairs, and chairing the Committee on Territories. Known for his staunch opposition to the Mexican War, he refused another nomination and left Congress in 1849. He practiced law in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was p...

Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885

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Schuyler Colfax Jr. (March 23, 1823 – January 13, 1885) was an American journalist, businessman, and politician who served as the 17th Vice President of the United States from 1869 to 1873, and prior to that as the 25th Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1863 to 1869. Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for Indiana's 9th congressional district as a member of the anti-slavery Indiana People's Party in 1854, Colfax joined the Republican Party during his first term. He served as ...

Hannah, Samuel.

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Barnett, Theodore J.

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Butterfield, Justin, 1790-1855

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Butterfield, an Illinois Whig politician, had been appointed Commissioner of the General Land Office in Washington, D.C. From the description of Letter, July 31,1851. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 694182282 ...

Defrees, John D. (John Dougherty), 1810 or 1811-1882

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Smith, John L.

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Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850

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Zachary Taylor (1784-1850), the twelfth president of the United States. In 1841, he was appointed to the command of the Sourthern Division of the United States. In the spring of 1845, Taylor appointed to command the Army of Occupation stationed in Corpus Christi. In May 1846, Taylor led his army into north Mexico. Following the battle of Monterey, Taylor was ordered to join General Winfield Scott at the siege of Veracruz. Taylor's victory at at the Battle of Buena Vista made him a national hero....

Bruen, Luther B. (Luther Barnett), 1822-1864

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Whig Party (U.S.)

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Stevenson, Thomas B., active 1848

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Yaryan, John.

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Walpole, Thomas D.

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Corwin, Thomas, 1794-1865

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U.S. congressman 1830-1840 and senator 1845-1850; Ohio governor 1840-1842; U.S. sec. of the Treasury, 1850-1853. From the description of Letter, 1847 Jan. 26. (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 41240210 American politician. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington City, to John M. Clayton, Secretary of State, 1849 Mar. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270530944 Corwin's career included terms as Governor of Ohio (1840-184...

Washburne, E. B. (Elihu Benjamin), 1816-1887

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A native of Maine, Washburne became a Galena, Illinois lawyer and served in the U. S. House of Representatives from Illinois (1853-1869). A supporter of both Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant, he was American minister to France (1869-1877). From the description of Letter, 1854, 1857, and 1877. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 443060766 From the description of Letters, 1849-1872, nd. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 226...

King, Rufus, 1814-1876

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King commanded Wisconsin's "Iron Brigade" during the Civil War. In 1863 he accepted appointment as the U.S. Minister to Rome. While there, he helped apprehend John Harrison Surratt, one of the alleged conspirators in the Lincoln assassination. From the description of Papers, 1861-1867. (Auburn University). WorldCat record id: 43641813 Soldier, editor and U.S. minister to the Vatican. From the description of Letter, 15 August 1862, near Culpepper C.H., Virginia [t...

Carnan, Robert N.

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McLean, John, 1785-1861

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U.S. Supreme Court justice. From the description of Signature, [not after 1861 April 4]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22601579 McLean practiced law in Lebanon, Ohio (from 1807), and served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1813-1816), U.S. Postmaster General (1823-1829), and an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1829-1861). From the description of Letters, 1826, 1828. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234339336 ...

Parker, Samuel Wilson, 1805-1859.

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Dowling, Thomas, 1806-1876

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Thomas Dowling was a politician, newspaperman, and businessman in Terre Haute. He was a newspaper publisher (1832-1845); Whig member, Indiana House of Representatives, serving six terms between 1836 and 1849; trustee, Wabash and Erie Canal (1850's); member, Terre Haute City Council (1867-1871); officer, Terre Haute Savings Bank (1869-1876); and Vigo County Commissioner (1873). From the description of [Collection], 1850-1874. (Lincoln Library). WorldCat record id: 247139381 ...

Davis, John S., 1787-1854

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Cushing, Courtland.

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Bundy, Martin L., 1817 or 1818-1910

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Vallette, Henry.

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McGaughey, Edward W.

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Thayer, James S.

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Watton, William.

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Sample, Thomas Jefferson.

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Corwin, Robert G., 1794-1865.

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Halloway, David P.

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