ELIHU See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

BENJAMIN See also:

• ELIHU BENJAMIN WASHBURNE (1816–1887)

WASHBURNE (1816–1887)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American statesman, See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LIVERMORE, MARY ASHTON [RICE] (1821-1905)

Livermore, See also:

• MAINE
• MAINE, ANNE LOUISE BENEDICTE DE BOURBON
• MAINE, SIR HENRY JAMES SUMNER (1822–1888)

Maine, on the 23rd of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1816 . He was one of seven See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers, of whom four sat in See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress from as many different states . He received a See also:

• COMMON

common school See also:

• EDUCATION

education, graduated at the Harvard See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

Law School in 1839, and was soon afterwards admitted to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar . In 184o he removed to See also:

• GALENA

Galena, See also:

• ILLINOIS

Illinois . He was elected to Congress in 1852, where, first as a Whig and afterwards as a Republican, he represented his See also:

• DISTRICT

district continuously until 1869, taking a prominent See also:

• PART

part in debate, and earning the name " See also:

• WATCH (in O. Eng. wcecce, a keeping guard or watching, from wacian, to guard, watch, wacan, to wake)

watch-See also:

• DOG

dog of the See also:

• TREASURY

Treasury " by his consistent and vigorous opposition to extravagant and unwise appropriations . He contributed much to aid See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

Grant during the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, and the latter on becoming See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

President made See also:

• WASHBURNE, ELIHU BENJAMIN (1816–1887)

Washburne secretary of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . On See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of See also:

• ILL

ill-See also:

• HEALTH

health, however, he served only twelve days, and was then appointed See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister to See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, where during the Franco-Prussian War and the See also:

• COMMUNE (Med. Lat. communia, Lat. communis, common)
• COMMUNE, MEDIEVAL

Commune he won much distinction as See also:

• PROTECTOR

protector of See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German and other See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign citizens in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris . He was the only foreign minister who remained at his See also:

• POST

post during the Commune . In 1817 he retired from public See also:

• LIFE

life, and died in See also:

• CHICAGO
• CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF

Chicago, See also:

• ILI

Ili., on the 22nd of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1887 . He published Recollections of a Minister to France (2 vols., 1887), and edited The See also:

• EDWARDS, AMELIA ANN BLANDFORD (1831-1892)
• EDWARDS, BELA BATES (18o2-1852)
• EDWARDS, BRYAN (1743–1800)
• EDWARDS, GEORGE (1693–1773)
• EDWARDS, HENRY THOMAS (1837–1884)
• EDWARDS, JONATHAN (1703—1758)
• EDWARDS, LEWIS (1806–1887 )
• EDWARDS, RICHARD (c. 1523–1566)
• EDWARDS, T
• EDWARDS, THOMAS CHARLES (1837–1900)

Edwards Papers (1884) .