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About Henry Wilson
Henry Wilson was the 18th vice president of the United States, serving from 1873 until his death in 1875, and a senator from Massachusetts from 1855 to 1873. Before and during the American Civil War, he was a leading Republican, and a strong opponent of slavery. Wilson devoted his energies to the destruction of "Slave Power", the faction of slave owners and their political allies which anti-slavery Americans saw as dominating the country.
Everything about Henry Wilson →- Occupation
- politician, historian, military officer, editor
- Position held
- member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Vice President of the United States, United States senator, United States senator
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- February 16, 1812
- Died
- November 22, 1875