LC control no. | no2008017166 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Weller, John B., 1812-1875 |
Variant(s) | Weller, Mr. (John B.), 1812-1875 |
See also | California. Governor (1858-1860 : Weller) |
Associated country | United States |
Birth date | 1812-02-22 |
Death date | 1875-08-17 |
Place of birth | Hamilton County (Ohio) |
Place of death | New Orleans (La.) |
Affiliation | United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) |
Profession or occupation | Legislators Governors |
Found in | In Senate of the United States, 1853: p. 1 (Mr. Weller) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Cong. online, viewed Feb. 2, 2008 (Weller, John B., a Representative from Ohio; Senator from Calif.; b. in Hamilton Co., Ohio, Feb. 22, 1812; Gov. of Calif., 1858-1860; apptd. Min. to Mexico in 1860; d. in New Orleans, La., Aug. 17, 1875) Biographical directory of the United States Congress, viewed February 25, 2021 (Weller, John B., a Representative from Ohio and a Senator from California; born in Hamilton County, Ohio, February 22, 1812; attended the public schools and Miami University, Oxford, Ohio; studied law; admitted to the bar and practiced in Butler County, Ohio; prosecuting attorney of Butler County 1833-1836; elected as a Democrat from Ohio to the Twenty-sixth, Twenty-seventh, and Twenty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1845); was not a candidate for renomination in 1844; served in the Mexican War 1846-1847; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for governor of Ohio in 1848; member of the commission to establish the boundary line between California and Mexico in 1849 and 1850; moved to California and engaged in the practice of law; elected as a Democrat from California to the United States Senate for the term commencing March 4, 1851, and served from January 30, 1852, to March 3, 1857; unsuccessful candidate for reelection; chairman, Committee on Military Affairs (Thirty-fourth Congress); Governor of California 1858-1860; appointed Minister to Mexico in 1860 and was recalled in 1861; moved to New Orleans, La., in 1867 and continued the practice of law; died in New Orleans, La., August 17, 1875; interment in Girod Street Cemetery; cemetery destroyed in 1959 and unclaimed remains commingled with 15,000 others and deposited beneath Hope Mausoleum, St. John's Cemetery, New Orleans, La.) |
Associated language | eng |