Tag Archives: Thurlow Weed

Ensconsed at the Astor House

As the Civil War Daily Gazette has reported Vice President Elect Hannibal Hamlin and his wife finally made it to New York City where Hamlin pinch-hit for Lincoln by giving a quick speech from a window at the Astor House … Continue reading

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Weed: Obey Constitution; Pay for Fugitives

Thurlow Weed was a political boss in the Whig party. He became a Republican and supported fellow New Yorker William Seward for the party’s presidential nomination in 1860. It is believed that one of the reasons that Seward lost the … Continue reading

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