Civil War Union Major General, New York Governor, US Senator. Born in Washington, Massachusetts, he was in the wholesale grocery business when elected as the Republican Governor of New York, serving from 1859 to 1862. A staunch Unionist, during the Civil War, he was commissioned as a Major General of Volunteers on September 28, 1861, by President Abraham Lincoln to give him military authority to go along with the civil authority he held as Governor. Placed as commander of the Department of New York, he served in this duty from 1861 to 1863. He resigned his commission on March 4, 1863, having been elected as a Republican Senator from New York to the United States Senate, an office he served in from 1863 to 1869.
Civil War Union Major General, New York Governor, US Senator. Born in Washington, Massachusetts, he was in the wholesale grocery business when elected as the Republican Governor of New York, serving from 1859 to 1862. A staunch Unionist, during the Civil War, he was commissioned as a Major General of Volunteers on September 28, 1861, by President Abraham Lincoln to give him military authority to go along with the civil authority he held as Governor. Placed as commander of the Department of New York, he served in this duty from 1861 to 1863. He resigned his commission on March 4, 1863, having been elected as a Republican Senator from New York to the United States Senate, an office he served in from 1863 to 1869.
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