Abbott, Joseph C. (Joseph Carter), 1825-1881

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Personal name heading	Abbott, Joseph C. (Joseph Carter), 1825-1881 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Birth date	1825-07-15
Death date	1881-10-08
Place of birth	Concord (N.H.)
Place of death	Wilmington (N.C.)
Affiliation	United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Profession or occupation	Editors Lawyers Legislators
Found in	Memorial of Joseph C. Abbott, claiming a seat in the Senate, 1871. WwW in Am. (Abbott, Joseph Carter, jurnalist, senator, govt. ofcl.; b. July 15, 1825; d. Oct. 8, 1882) OCLC, Aug. 5, 2008 (hdgs.: Abbott, Joseph Carter, 1825-1882; Abbott, Josph Carter, 1825-1881) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Cong. online, viewed Aug. 5, 2008 (Abbott, Joseph Carter, a Senator from N.C.; b. July 15, 1825; d. Oct. 8, 1881) Biographical directory of the United States Congress, viewed Nov. 21, 2017 (Abbott, Joseph Carter, a Senator from North Carolina; born in Concord, N.H., July 15, 1825; graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., in 1846; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1852; owner and editor of the Daily American, in Manchester, N.H. 1852-1857; adjutant general of New Hampshire 1855-1861; editor of the Boston Atlas in 1859; member of the commission to adjust the boundary between New Hampshire and Canada; served in the Union Army during the Civil War 1861-1865, breveted as brigadier general; moved to Wilmington, N.C. and was for a time commandant of the city; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1868; upon the readmission of the State of North Carolina was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from July 14, 1868 to March 3, 1871; collector of the port of Wilmington under President Ulysses Grant; inspector of posts along the eastern line of the southern coast under President Rutherford Hayes; established the town of Abbottsburg, in Bladen County, N.C.; engaged in the manufacture of lumber; employed as a special agent in the United States Treasury Department; editor of the Wilmington Post; died in Wilmington, New Hanover County, N.C. on October 8, 1881; originally interred in the U.S. National Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.; reinterred in Valley Cemetery, Manchester, N.H., in 1887)