As Secretary of State
Convened and presided over the First Pan American Conference
Foreign Travels
Foreign Relations of the United States:
1881, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892
Profile
Born: January 31, 1830
Died: January 27, 1893
Married: Harriet Stanwood
Education: Washington College; studied law in Philadelphia
Occupation: Lawyer
Government Positions
Member of the Maine House of Representatives 1859-1862
Speaker of the House 1861-1862
Chairman of the Republican State Committee 1859-1881
Representative from Maine 1863-1876
Speaker of the House 1869-1875
Senator from Maine 1876-1881
Notable Events
Taught school in Kentucky
Purchased an interest in the August Kennebec Journal and served on the editorial staff of the Portland Advertiser
One of the founders of the Republican Party
Unsuccessful candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 1876 and again in 1880
Was the Republican candidate for the Presidency in 1884
