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Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893

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Personal name headingBlaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893
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Variant(s)Blaine, Jas. G. (James Gillespie), 1830-1893
LocatedWashington (D.C.)
Birth date1830-01-31
Death date1893-01-27
Place of birthWest Brownsville (Pa.)
Place of deathWashington (D.C.)
AffiliationWashington and Jefferson College (Washington, Washington County, Pa.) Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) United States. Congress. House United States. Department of State
Profession or occupationSecretaries of State (State governments) Newspaper editors Educators Public officers
Found inThe State House and the Blaine House, 1981 (subj.) p. 21 (James Gillespie Blaine, 1830-1893; statesman)
Pauncefote, J. Behring Sea correspondence, Apr. 20-June 27, 1891, 1891?: p. 8 (James G. Blaine, U.S. Dept. of State)
Wagner, H. Blaine's grand march, c1884: caption (Jas. G. Blaine's grand march)
Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895: From the Colonial Period to the Age of Frederick Douglass, accessed June 10, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Blaine, James G.; James Gillespie Blaine; "the Plumed Knight of Maine"; educator, newspaper editor / publisher, secretary of state, presidential candidate; born 31 January, 1830 in West Brownsville, Pennsylvania, United States; graduated from Washington College (later called Washington and Jefferson College) (1847); taught and studied law in Philadelphia; was newspaper owner and editor in Maine (1854); entered state politics on his way to Congress (1862); speaker of the House (1869-1875); leader of the Half-Breed fraction, Republican Party; Secretary of State (1880); received the Republican nomination for president (1884); was appointed Secretary of State (1888-1892); was one of the most polarizing political figures in American history, considered by some a demagogue who sold out African Americans cause; died 27 January, 1893 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States)