Hannibal Hamlin

Hannibal Hamlin
15th Vice President of the United States
In office March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1865
President	Abraham Lincoln
Preceded by	John C. Breckinridge
Succeeded by	Andrew Johnson
United States Senator from Maine
In office June 8, 1848 – January 7, 1857
Preceded by	Wyman B. S. Moor
Succeeded by	Amos Nourse
In office March 4, 1857 – January 17, 1861
Preceded by	Amos Nourse
Succeeded by	Lot M. Morrill
In office March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1881
Preceded by	Lot M. Morrill
Succeeded by	Eugene Hale
26th Governor of Maine
In office January 8, 1857 – February 25, 1857
Preceded by	Samuel Wells
Succeeded by	Joseph H. Williams
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 6th district
In office March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847
Preceded by	Alfred Marshall
Succeeded by	James S. Wiley
United States Minister to Spain
In office June 30, 1881 – October 17, 1882
Appointed by	James Garfield
Preceded by	Lucius Fairchild
Succeeded by	John W. Foster
Personal details
Born	August 27, 1809 Paris, Maine
Died	July 4, 1891 (aged 81) Bangor, Maine
Political party	Democratic Republican
Spouse(s)	Ellen Vesta Emery Hamlin

Hannibal Hamlin (August 27, 1809 – July 4, 1891) was a politician from Maine. Hamlin served as a lawmaker in Maine, governor of Maine, in the U.S. House of Representatives, and in the U.S. Senate. He began his career as a Democrat but later became a Republican. He was the first Republican to serve as Vice President of the United States, elected as Abraham Lincoln's vice president in the 1860 presidential election.