HENRY WILSON

[Library of Congress]

1812-1875

18th Vice President (1873-1875)

Biographical Data
Religious Views
Quotations
References, Links, & Further Reading

Education: little formal education

Occupation: shoemaker, teacher

Political Affiliation: Whig, Know-Nothing, Republican

Religious Affiliation: Congregationalist

Summary of Religious Views:

Views on Religion & Politics:

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References, Links, & Further Reading: Books, Articles, Links

Books

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Works by Henry Wilson

History of the Antislavery Measures of the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth United States Congresses, 1861-64, Walker, Wise, 1864
History of the Reconstruction Measures of the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses, 1865-68, Hartford Publishing Company, 1868
with Samuel Hunt (Vol. III), History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America, 3 Vol., J. R. Osgood and Company, 1877; Vol. I Vol. II Vol. III

Biographies

Richard Abbott, Cobbler in Congress: The Life of Henry Wilson, 1812-1875, Univ. Press of Kentucky, 1972
John L. Myers, Senator Henry Wilson and the Civil War, Univ. Press of America, 2008
John L. Myers, Henry Wilson and the Era of Reconstruction, Univ. Press of America, 2009

Articles

Works by Henry Wilson

"Jeremiah S. Black and Edwin M. Stanton," The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 26, Iss. 156, October 1870, pp. 463-476
"New Departure of the Republican Party," The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 27, Iss. 159, January 1871, pp. 104-120

Links

Works by Henry Wilson

The History of the Rise and Fall of Slavepower in America, by Henry Wilson -- excerpt

Biographical Sites

WILSON, Henry, 1812-1875 (Biographical Directory of the US Congress)
Henry Wilson (HarpWeek)