Hannibal Hamlin
1809 – 1891
American

Vice-president. Moved by anti-slavery sentiment, he left the Democrats to become Abraham Lincoln's first vice-president.

Contemporaries
1817–1862Henry David Thoreau
1809–1865Abraham Lincoln
1743–1826Thomas Jefferson
1842–1910William James
1859–1952John Dewey
1857–1938Clarence Darrow
1835–1919Andrew Carnegie
1837–1921John Burroughs
1821–1912Clara Barton
1820–1906Susan B. Anthony
1860–1935Jane Addams