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Nathaniel P. Banks.
American politician of Massachusetts and general of the Union Army (1816-1894)
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About Nathaniel P. Banks
Nathaniel Prentice Banks was an American politician from Massachusetts and a Union general during the Civil War. A millworker, Banks became prominent in local debating societies and entered politics as a young adult. Initially a member of the Democratic Party, Banks's abolitionist views drew him to the nascent Republican Party, through which he won election to the United States House of Representatives and as Governor of Massachusetts in the 1850s. At the start of the 34th Congress, he was elected Speaker of the House in an election that spanned a record 133 ballots taken over the course of two months.
Everything about Nathaniel P. Banks →- Occupation
- politician, military officer, lawyer, editor
- Position held
- United States representative, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Governor of Massachusetts, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- January 30, 1816
- Died
- September 1, 1894