William Barrett Washburn was an American politician from Massachusetts, serving in the United States House of Representatives and as Governor of Massachusetts. Born in 1820 in Winchendon, Massachusetts, he was the son of Asa and Phoebe (Whitney) Washburn and brother of Nelson Phinehas Washburn.
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- William Barrett Washburn was an American politician from Massachusetts, serving in the United States House of Representatives and as Governor of Massachusetts. Born in 1820 in Winchendon, Massachusetts, he was the son of Asa and Phoebe (Whitney) Washburn and brother of Nelson Phinehas Washburn. He graduated from Yale College in 1844, where he was a member of Skull and Bones; was employed as a store clerk 1844-1847; engaged in manufacturing pursuits in Erving, Massachusetts, 1847-1857; became a member of the Massachusetts Senate 1850; a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 1853-1855; moved to Greenfield in 1858 and engaged in banking; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 41863 to December 5, 1871, when then he resigned, having been elected Governor of Massachusetts. He was chairman, Committee on Claims (Forty-first Congress); Governor of Massachusetts 1872-1874, when he resigned, having been elected as a U. S Senator; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles Sumner and served from April 171874 to March 31875; he was not a candidate for reelection. He was president of the Greenfield National Bank; he was a trustee of Yale College, the Massachusetts Agricultural College, and Smith College, of which he was also a benefactor, and a member of the board of overseers of Amherst College from 1864-77. Harvard University conferred the degree of EL. D. upon him in 1872. He was also a member of the American board of the American Home Missionary Society, and the American Missionary Association Residuary legatees, leaving to each society about $50,000 in his will. He was also a benefactor of the Greenfield Public Library. He died in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass. , on October 51887 while attending a session of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM), which he was also a member; a director of the Connecticut River Railroad.
- William Barrett Washburn war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und von 1872 bis 1874 Gouverneur des Bundesstaates Massachusetts. Außerdem vertrat er seinen Staat in beiden Kammern des US-Kongresses.
- William Barrett Washburn, född 31 januari 1820 i Winchendon, Massachusetts, död 5 oktober 1887 i Springfield, Massachusetts, var en amerikansk republikansk politiker. Han utexaminerades 1844 från Yale College, där han var medlem i det hemliga sällskapet Skull and Bones. Han var ledamot av delstatens senat 1850 och ledamot av delstatens representanthus 1853-1855. Han flyttade 1858 till Greenfield, Massachusetts, där han arbetade som bankdirektör. Washburn var sedan ledamot av 1863-1871 och guvernör i Massachusetts 1872-1874. Senator Charles Sumner avled 1874 och Washburn utnämndes till där han tjänstgjorde fram till mars 1875. Washburns grav finns på Green River Cemetery i Greenfield.
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- William Barrett Washburn was an American politician from Massachusetts, serving in the United States House of Representatives and as Governor of Massachusetts. Born in 1820 in Winchendon, Massachusetts, he was the son of Asa and Phoebe (Whitney) Washburn and brother of Nelson Phinehas Washburn.
- William Barrett Washburn war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und von 1872 bis 1874 Gouverneur des Bundesstaates Massachusetts. Außerdem vertrat er seinen Staat in beiden Kammern des US-Kongresses.
- William Barrett Washburn, född 31 januari 1820 i Winchendon, Massachusetts, död 5 oktober 1887 i Springfield, Massachusetts, var en amerikansk republikansk politiker. Han utexaminerades 1844 från Yale College, där han var medlem i det hemliga sällskapet Skull and Bones. Han var ledamot av delstatens senat 1850 och ledamot av delstatens representanthus 1853-1855. Han flyttade 1858 till Greenfield, Massachusetts, där han arbetade som bankdirektör.
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