This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ...ntry in Congress as representatives from different states; one was a senator; two became governors, and one served for seven years in the diplomatic service. These five Washburne brothers were in public service an aggregate of eighty-eight years. Ehhu Washburnes education was to a large extent in the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ...ntry in Congress as representatives from different states; one was a senator; two became governors, and one served for seven years in the diplomatic service. These five Washburne brothers were in public service an aggregate of eighty-eight years. Ehhu Washburnes education was to a large extent in the school of experience. His first job was on a newspaper. After that he attended law school at Cambridge and in 1840 came west and settled in Galena, Illinois, where he soon gained recognition in politics. He served in Congress from 1852-1869, and during the presidency of Abraham Lincoln was regarded as his spokesman. He early became a friend and admirer of General Grant and did all in his power to further his interests. It was not surprising that in 1869 he was appointed Secretary of State, a position he almost immediately resigned to become minister to France. During the Franco-Prussian war he rendered service which gained the respect of both the French and the Germans, although on his first appearance he was not regarded as eminently fitted for a diplomatic career. At the close of his service in France in 1877, he settled in Chicago. There was talk of his candidacy for the presidency in 1880, and he actually was placed in nomination for the vice-presidency. He died on October 27, 1887. Gustave Koerner, who knew Mr. Washburne very well, says in his Memoirs that he had been a most efficient member of Congress for five or six years, and had rendered most valuable service in guarding the Treasury against rings, jobs and corrupt lobbies, by which vigilance he had acquired the soubriquet of the Watch-Dog of the Treasury. He was thoroughly honest, and an exalted Union man. There follows the Sketch of Edward Coles by Washburne, the group of...
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