Hannibal Hamlin was an American attorney and politician who served as the 15th vice president of the United States from 1861 to 1865,during President Abraham Lincoln's first term. He was the first Republican vice president.
Franklin County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census,the population was 155,932. Its county seat is Chambersburg.
Michael Leib was an American physician and politician from Philadelphia. He served as a surgeon in the Philadelphia Militia during the American Revolutionary War. He served as a Democratic-Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives three times;from 1795 to 1798,1806 to 1808 and 1817 to 1818. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district from 1799 to 1803 and for Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district from 1803 to 1806. He served as a member of the United States Senate for Pennsylvania from 1809 to 1814. He also served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 1st district from 1818 to 1821.
William Cameron Sproul was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1897 to 1919 and as the 27th governor of Pennsylvania from 1919 to 1923. He also served as chair of the National Governors Association from 1919 to 1922.
Martin D. Hardin was a politician and lawyer from Kentucky. Born in Pennsylvania,his family immigrated to Kentucky when he was still young. He studied law under George Nicholas and commenced practice at Richmond,Kentucky. His cousin,future U.S. Representative Benjamin Hardin,studied in his law office. He represented Madison County in the Kentucky House of Representatives for a single term.
Benjamin Franklin Harding was an American attorney and politician born in Pennsylvania. He held political offices in the Oregon Territory and later served as a United States senator from the state of Oregon.
Timothy Markham Sheldon is an American farmer,businessman,and politician who served as a member of the Washington State Senate,representing the 35th District between 1997 and 2023. The district includes all of Mason County and parts of Thurston and Kitsap counties. A member of the Democratic Party,Sheldon caucused with the Republican-dominated Majority Coalition Caucus and afterwards the Republican Caucus from 2012. He previously represented Mason County as a Mason County Commissioner for District 2 from 2005 to 2017 and served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives from 1991 to 1997.
Franklin Herbert Lichtenwalter was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Albert Clinton Vaughn Sr. was an American politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Chester Heilman Gross was an American politician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
George Washington Kipp was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
William Henry Miller was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
John Strohm was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1845 to 1849.
Pennsylvania State Senate District 18 includes parts of Lehigh County and Northampton County. It is currently represented by Democrat Lisa Boscola.
Alexander Kelly McClure was an American politician,newspaper editor,and writer from Pennsylvania. He served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1858 to 1859 and 1865 to 1866 as well as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 18th district in 1861 and the 4th district from 1873 to 1874. He was a prominent supporter,correspondent,and biographer of President Abraham Lincoln. He was the editor of the Franklin Repository newspaper in Chambersburg,Pennsylvania and of the Philadelphia Times. The borough of McClure,Pennsylvania,and the Alexander K. McClure School in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,are named in his honor.
Benjamin Franklin Burch was an American farmer,soldier,and politician in what became the state of Oregon. A native of Missouri,he moved to the Oregon Country in 1845 and served in the Cayuse and Yakima wars. A Democrat,he represented Polk County at the Oregon Constitutional Convention,in the Oregon House of Representatives,and in the Oregon State Senate including one session as President of the Senate.
The 1852–53 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states,coinciding with the 1852 presidential election. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913,senators were chosen by state legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1852 and 1853,and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock. In these elections,terms were up for the senators in Class 2.
The 2018 United States Senate election in Maine was held on November 6,2018,alongside a gubernatorial election,U.S. House elections,and other state and local elections. Incumbent Independent Senator Angus King won reelection to a second term.
Thomas Valentine Cooper,also known as Thomas V. Cooper,was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for Delaware County for the 1870 and 1872 terms. Cooper served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for district 5 from 1873 to 1874 and for district 9 from 1875 to 1889. He was reelected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1901 and served until his death in 1909.
