Hamlin, Hannibal
statesman, was born Aug. 27, 1809, in Paris, Maine . He was a member of the Maine legislature from 1836 to 1840; to 1840; and speaker of the house in 1837, 1839, and 1840. He was elected a representative to the twentyeighth congress, and re-elected to the twenty-ninth congress. He was again member of the house of representatives in the state legislature in 1847; a and was elected to the United States senate, May 26, 1848, for four years, to fill a vacancy; and was re-elected for six years in 1851. He was elected governor of Maine in 1857. He was re-elected United States senator for six years, and resigned the office of governor. In 1860 . In 1860 he was nominated by the republican party as their candidate for the office of viceof vicepresident, and was elected. In 1865 he was appointed collector of customs for the port of Boston; and in 1869 took his seat in the senate for the fourth term; and was re-elected for the term ending in In June of that year he was appointed minister plenipotentiary to Spain , but resigned in 1882 and returned home. He died July 4, 1891, in Bangor , Maine.
HAMLIN, TEUNIS SLINGERLAND, clergyman, author, was born in 1847 in New York. He is a presbyterian clergypresbyterian clergyman of Washington; and the author of Christian Denominationalism versus Christian Union. a