A Biography of Elihu Benjamin Washburne Congressman, Secretary of State, Envoy Extraordinary

A Biography of Elihu Benjamin Washburne Congressman, Secretary of State, Envoy Extraordinary
Author: Mark Washburne
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 349
Release: 2016-11-18
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1524550329

This seventh and final volume explores the life of the Civil War congressman, secretary of state, and the American minister to France, Elihu Washburnefrom his retirement from public office to his death in 1887. During this final chapter in his life, Elihu Washburne was a presidential candidate for the Republican nomination in 1880, receiving over forty delegate votes in a losing cause to General James Garfield, who later became president. At that same Republican convention, Washburne came in second place in the balloting for vice president. In the contest for the number-two spot, Elihu Washburne lost to Chester Arthur, who replaced Garfield as the president after that chief executive was assassinated in 1881.

Quarterly Bulletin

Quarterly Bulletin
Author: Berkshire Athenaeum and Museum
Publisher:
Total Pages: 402
Release: 1913
Genre: Public libraries
ISBN:

Catalogue

Catalogue
Author: Cadmus Book Shop
Publisher:
Total Pages: 892
Release: 1919
Genre: Catalogs, Booksellers
ISBN: