HENRY WILSON CDV Photo Vice President of the US
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Rare 1860s Carte de Visite Photo of VP Henry Wilson in 1872 elected Vice President with President Ulysses S. Grant
c. 1860 Civil War Period, Carte de Visite Photograph, of future "Radical Republican" Vice President of the United States Henry Wilson under President U.S. Grant (1873"1875), Fine.
Original Civil War Era CDV Photo of Henry Wilson CDV, no maker back stamp. This handsome Bust Image shows a serious looking Wilson in chest-up pose. Minor soiling, original owner's notation written in pencil upon the blank reverse side.
Henry Wilson (1812 " 1875) was the 18th Vice President of the United States (1873"1875) and a Senator from Massachusetts (1855"1873). Before and during the American Civil War, he was a leading Republican, and a strong opponent of slavery. He devoted his energies to the destruction of the "Slave Power" - the faction of slave owners and their political allies which anti-slavery Americans saw as dominating the country.
He was considered a "Radical Republican". After the Civil War, he supported the Radical program for Reconstruction. in 1872, he was elected Vice President as running mate with President Ulysses S. Grant, and served from 4 March 1873 until his death on 22 November 1875.
Rare 1860s Carte de Visite Photo of VP Henry Wilson in 1872 elected Vice President with President Ulysses S. Grant
c. 1860 Civil War Period, Carte de Visite Photograph, of future "Radical Republican" Vice President of the United States Henry Wilson under President U.S. Grant (1873"1875), Fine.
Original Civil War Era CDV Photo of Henry Wilson CDV, no maker back stamp. This handsome Bust Image shows a serious looking Wilson in chest-up pose. Minor soiling, original owner's notation written in pencil upon the blank reverse side.
Henry Wilson (1812 " 1875) was the 18th Vice President of the United States (1873"1875) and a Senator from Massachusetts (1855"1873). Before and during the American Civil War, he was a leading Republican, and a strong opponent of slavery. He devoted his energies to the destruction of the "Slave Power" - the faction of slave owners and their political allies which anti-slavery Americans saw as dominating the country.
He was considered a "Radical Republican". After the Civil War, he supported the Radical program for Reconstruction. in 1872, he was elected Vice President as running mate with President Ulysses S. Grant, and served from 4 March 1873 until his death on 22 November 1875.
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HENRY WILSON CDV Photo Vice President of the US
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