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{{Short description|Second Lady of the United States}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Ellen Hamlin
|image = Ellen Hamlin.jpg
|image = Ellen Hamlin.jpg
|office = [[Second Lady of the United States]]
|office = [[Second ladies and gentlemen of the United States|Second Lady of the United States]]
|president = [[Abraham Lincoln]]
|vicepresident= [[Hannibal Hamlin]]
|term_start = March 4, 1861
|term_start = March 4, 1861
|term_end = March 4, 1865
|term_end = March 4, 1865
|term_label = In role
|term_label = In role
|predecessor = [[Mary Cyrene Burch Breckinridge|Mary Breckinridge]]
|predecessor = [[Mary Cyrene Burch Breckinridge|Mary Breckinridge]]
|successor = [[Eliza McCardle Johnson|Eliza Johnson]]
|successor = [[Eliza McCardle Johnson|Eliza Johnson]]
|birth_name = Ellen Vesta Emery
|birth_date = {{birth date|1835|9|14}}
|birth_date = {{birth date|1835|9|14}}
|birth_place = [[Minot, Maine|Minot]], [[Maine]], [[United States|U.S.]]
|birth_place = [[Minot, Maine]], U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|1925|2|1|1835|9|14}}
|death_date = {{death date and age|1925|2|1|1835|9|14}}
|death_place = [[Bangor, Maine|Bangor]], [[Maine]], [[United States|U.S.]]
|death_place = [[Bangor, Maine]], U.S.
|spouse = [[Hannibal Hamlin]] {{small|(1855–1891)}}
|spouse = {{marriage|[[Hannibal Hamlin]]|1856|1891|end=his death}}
| parents = {{plainlist|
* Stephen Albert Emery
* Jennette Loring
}}
}}
|children = 2
'''Ellen Vesta Emery Hamlin''' (September 14, 1835 &ndash; February 1, 1925) was the second wife of Vice President [[Hannibal Hamlin]] who served in the first term of the administration of President Abraham Lincoln.<ref>[https://books.google.ca/books?id=b5oaAQAAIAAJ&q=Ellen+Hamlin+died+february+1+1925&dq=Ellen+Hamlin+died+february+1+1925&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XFwIVYj8OMmWgwSsvISoAQ&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAA]</ref> They were married a year after the death of his first wife Sarah Jane Emery in 1855 who was also her half-sister. She had two children with Hannibal Hamlin: Hannibal Emery, who later became the attorney general of [[Maine]], and Frank.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://library.umaine.edu/speccoll/FindingAids/Hamlinfamilyinventory.htm |title=Fogler Library: Special Collections - Hamlin Family Papers |publisher=Library.umaine.edu |date= |accessdate=2010-07-09}} [[Raymond H. Fogler Library]]</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=rKbplI6XnqoC&pg=PA559&lpg=PA559&dq=Ellen+Vesta+Emery&source=bl&ots=9ZEHnIi-qx&sig=pJUk9esLW4vv3wWpYxs8ljstJtg&hl=en&ei=IkkFTKCMNMSBlAe2saXXBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=18&ved=0CFgQ6AEwEQ#v=onepage&q=Ellen%20Vesta%20Emery&f=false |title=Biographical directory of the United ... - Google Books |publisher=Books.google.com |date= |accessdate=2010-07-09}}</ref> Hamlin also had four children from his first marriage: George Hamlin, [[Charles Hamlin (general)|Charles Hamlin]], [[Cyrus Hamlin (general)|Cyrus Hamlin]], and Sarah Hamlin Batchelder.
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'''Ellen Vesta Hamlin''' ({{nee}} '''Emery'''; September 14, 1835 &ndash; February 1, 1925) was the second wife of Vice President [[Hannibal Hamlin]], and thus [[second lady of the United States]] from 1861 to 1865.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b5oaAQAAIAAJ&q=Ellen+Hamlin+died+february+1+1925|title=Know Your Vice-presidents and Their Wives: Compact Biographies and Portraits of the Men who Have Held the Second-highest Office in the United States Government, and Their Wives, from John and Abigail Adams to Nelson A. and Margarette Rockefeller|first1=George Edward|last1=Ross|first2=Barbara|last2=Novack|date=1 January 1975|publisher=Hawkes Publishing Incorporated|isbn=9780890360521|via=Google Books}}</ref> They were married a year after the death of his first wife Sarah Jane Emery in 1855 who was also her half-sister. She had two children with Hannibal Hamlin: [[Hannibal E. Hamlin|Hannibal Emery]], who later became the attorney general of [[Maine]], and Frank.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://library.umaine.edu/speccoll/FindingAids/Hamlinfamilyinventory.htm |title=Fogler Library: Special Collections - Hamlin Family Papers |publisher=Library.umaine.edu |date= |access-date=2010-07-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205201658/http://www.library.umaine.edu/SpecColl/FindingAids/Hamlinfamilyinventory.htm |archive-date=2012-02-05 }} [[Raymond H. Fogler Library]]</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rKbplI6XnqoC&pg=PA559 |title=Biographical directory of the United ... |isbn=9780313265938 |last1=Sobel |first1=Robert |year=1990 |publisher=Greenwood Press }}{{full citation needed|date=July 2017}}</ref> Hamlin also had four children from his first marriage: George Hamlin, [[Charles Hamlin (general)|Charles Hamlin]], [[Cyrus Hamlin (general)|Cyrus Hamlin]], and Sarah Hamlin Batchelder. She died in 1925 as one of the longest-living second ladies in history.


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Latest revision as of 03:57, 30 July 2024

Ellen Hamlin
Second Lady of the United States
In role
March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1865
Vice PresidentHannibal Hamlin
Preceded byMary Breckinridge
Succeeded byEliza Johnson
Personal details
Born
Ellen Vesta Emery

(1835-09-14)September 14, 1835
Minot, Maine, U.S.
DiedFebruary 1, 1925(1925-02-01) (aged 89)
Bangor, Maine, U.S.
Spouse
(m. 1856; died 1891)
Children2
Parents
  • Stephen Albert Emery
  • Jennette Loring

Ellen Vesta Hamlin (née Emery; September 14, 1835 – February 1, 1925) was the second wife of Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, and thus second lady of the United States from 1861 to 1865.[1] They were married a year after the death of his first wife Sarah Jane Emery in 1855 who was also her half-sister. She had two children with Hannibal Hamlin: Hannibal Emery, who later became the attorney general of Maine, and Frank.[2][3] Hamlin also had four children from his first marriage: George Hamlin, Charles Hamlin, Cyrus Hamlin, and Sarah Hamlin Batchelder. She died in 1925 as one of the longest-living second ladies in history.

References

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  1. ^ Ross, George Edward; Novack, Barbara (January 1, 1975). Know Your Vice-presidents and Their Wives: Compact Biographies and Portraits of the Men who Have Held the Second-highest Office in the United States Government, and Their Wives, from John and Abigail Adams to Nelson A. and Margarette Rockefeller. Hawkes Publishing Incorporated. ISBN 9780890360521 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Fogler Library: Special Collections - Hamlin Family Papers". Library.umaine.edu. Archived from the original on February 5, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2010. Raymond H. Fogler Library
  3. ^ Sobel, Robert (1990). Biographical directory of the United ... Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313265938.[full citation needed]
Honorary titles
Preceded by Second Lady of the United States
1861–1865
Succeeded by