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Hamilton Fish 1808–1893 Am. statesman


Fish, Hamilton (1808–1893)

From Encyclopedia of Cuban-United States Relations
Fish was a congressman and senator from the state of New York prior to serving as secretary of state from 1869 to 1877. In October 1868, five months before the Grant administration took office, war erupted in Cuba, pitting some of the planter class against Spanish rule. Known as the Ten Years' War, the rebels never evolved into a fully organized force nor controlled meaningful parts of the island, in part because the insurgents failed to gain significant Creole support with their call for social equality and an end to slavery. The war degenerated into a barbarous conflict, killing soldiers and innocents alike and the destructing of property. In the end, the Treaty of Zanjón (1878) provided some political benefits to the Creoles, and promised an end to slavery. Although President Ulyesses S. Grant often was inclined to intervene, he deferred to his secretary of state, Hamilton Fish, who guided U.S. policy throughout the war. Fish's disinclination to intervene was based upon his belief…
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From Encyclopedia of Chinese-American Relations
Hamilton Fish was born on August 3, 1808 in New York City. The son of Nicholas Fish and Elizabeth Stuyvesant Fish, Hamilton was named after the nation's first treasury secretary, Alexander Hamilton, who was a personal friend of his father. Fish attended both the Doctor Bancel's French School and, in…
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From Encyclopedia of Cuban-United States Relations
Fish was a congressman and senator from the state of New York prior to serving as secretary of state from 1869 to 1877. In October 1868, five months before the Grant administration took office, war erupted in Cuba, pitting some of the planter class against Spanish rule. Known as the Ten Years' War, …
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Hamilton Fish. Credit:Library of Congress,...
(born Aug. 3, 1808, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died Sept. 6, 1893, New York City) U.S. secretary of state (1869–77). He served New York state as lieutenant governor (1847–48), governor (1849–50), and U.S. senator (1851–57). As secretary of state in the administration of Pres. Ulysses S. Grant , he helped…
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Ulysses S. Grant
Essay on the Cabinet General Ulysses S. Grant was the first man to serve two full terms as President since Andrew Jackson served from 1829-37. Although history has settled on the verdict that his was an administration that was both inept and corrupt, nevertheless he did name a series of important, …
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George Washington
Essay on the Cabinet When General George Washington became the first President of the United States, unlike all Presidents who would serve after him, there was no US government to speak of. When the first session of the First Federal Congress convened in New York City in 1789, some of their first…
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Benjamin H. Bristow
Hamilton Fish (1808 - 1893) Secretary of State 4 March 1873 - 3 March 1877 See biography in earlier entry. William Adams Richardson (1821 - 1896) Secretary of the Treasury 17 March 1873 - 2 June 1874 He is, without doubt, one of the most obscure cabinet secretaries to ever serve. His tenure as…
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From The New Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women
The names of subjects have been reduced to the minimum necessary for identification, using the names by which subjects are best known. Names in italics are co-subjects (see the explanation in the Readers’ Guide on page xxvii). Aid (see also Development) Farquharson, Marjorie (1953–2016) Norgrove, …
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Abbott, Diane Julie 1953- Abelard, Peter 1079-1142 Abercrombie, Lascelles 1881-1938 Abrams, M(eyer) H(oward) 1912- Abse, Dannie 1923-2014 Abu’l-’Alá, Al-Ma’arri 973-1058 Abzug, Bella originally Bella Savitzky 1920-98…
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