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Elihu B. Washburne

American politician and diplomat (1816–1887)

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Elihu B. Washburne

American politician and diplomat (1816–1887)

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Elihu Benjamin Washburne was an American politician. A member of the Washburn family, which played a prominent role in the early formation of the United States Republican Party, he served as a congressman from Illinois before, during and after the American Civil War. He was a political ally of President Abraham Lincoln and General Ulysses S. Grant. During Grant's administration, Washburne was the 25th United States Secretary of State briefly in 1869, and was the United States Minister to France from 1869 to 1877.

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Occupation: politician, diplomat, lawyer, writer
Position held: United States representative, United States Secretary of State, United States representative, ambassador
Citizenship: United States
Born: September 23, 1816
Died: October 23, 1887, October 22, 1887

Family

Adele Marie-Antionette Gratiotspouse Hempstead Washburnechild Gratiot Washburnechild Susan Adele Washburnechild Israel Washburnfather Martha Washburnemother Israel Washburnsibling Algernon Sidney Washburnsibling Cadwallader C. Washburnsibling Charles Ames Washburnsibling Samuel Benjamin Washburnsibling William D. Washburnsibling

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Elihu Benjamin Washburne was an American politician. A member of the Washburn family, which played a prominent role in the early formation of the United States Republican Party, he served as a congressman from Illinois before, during and after the American Civil War. He was a political ally of President Abraham Lincoln and General Ulysses S. Grant. During Grant's administration, Washburne was the 25th United States Secretary of State briefly in 1869, and was the United States Minister to France from 1869 to 1877.

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Occupation: politician, diplomat, lawyer, writer
Position held: United States representative, United States Secretary of State, United States representative, ambassador
Citizenship: United States
Born: September 23, 1816
Died: October 23, 1887, October 22, 1887

Family

Adele Marie-Antionette Gratiotspouse Hempstead Washburnechild Gratiot Washburnechild Susan Adele Washburnechild Israel Washburnfather Martha Washburnemother Israel Washburnsibling Algernon Sidney Washburnsibling Cadwallader C. Washburnsibling Charles Ames Washburnsibling Samuel Benjamin Washburnsibling William D. Washburnsibling