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Henry Wilson, American colonel and politician, 18th Vice President of the United States (died 1875)

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Henry Wilson

Vice President of the United States from 1873 to 1875

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…
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Vice President of the United States

Second-highest constitutional office in the United States

The vice president of the United States is the second-highest ranking office in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The vice president is also an officer in the…
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