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(1830-1886), 21st President of
the United States, born in Fairfield, Vt., was the son of Scottish
parents, his father being pastor of Baptist churches in Vermont and New
York. He chose law as a profession and practiced in New York. As a
politician he became a leader in the Republican Party. During the Civil
War he was energetic as quartermaster general of New York in getting
troops raised and equipped. He was afterward collector of customs for the
port of New York. In 1880 he was elected Vice President on the death of
James A. Garfield in 1881. He died in New York City, Nov. 18, 1886. |
