Henry washburn biography

Henry Dana Washburn (1832-1871) was a.
Henry Dana Washburn (March 28, 1832 – January 26, 1871) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana and a colonel and was breveted twice as brigadier general and.
Henry Dana Washburn was a U.S. Representative from Indiana and a colonel and was breveted twice as brigadier general and major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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Washburn, Albert Henry, 1866-1930

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Biography

Albert Henry Washburn was born in 1866, in Middleboro, MA. He graduated from Cornell University in 1889, and joined the Consular Service as a secretary to the U.S. Legation in Magdeburg, Germany, in 1890. From 1893-1897, Washburn acted as the private secretary of Henry Cabot Lodge. He received his LL.B from Georgetown University in 1895. In 1897, he was appointed as U.S. District Attorney in Massachusetts. After a period in private practice with Albert Comstock, he received his A. M. from Dartmouth College in 1919, and a year later began teaching political science and international law at the College. In 1922, he was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in charge of the U.S. Legation in Austria, a position he held until 1929. During that time he arbitrated in the Austrian-Yugoslavian Commercial Dispute and represented the United States at the Hague Conference examining the rules of warfare. Considered for the position of ambassador to Ja

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Henry Stevenson Washburn

Washburn, Henry S., was born at Providence, Rhode Island, June 10, 1813; spent his boyhood at Kingston, Massachusetts, and was educated at Worcester and Brown University. Subsequently he was a manufacturer at Worcester and Boston. Since 1875 he has been the President of the Union Mutual Life Insurance Co. Mr. Washburn has held some prominent posts, and has been active in public matters. He has written various hymns and songs, the best known of which is:—
Let every heart rejoice and sing . National Hymn. This "was written for a celebration in Faneuil Hall, Boston, July 4, 1842, and sung by the Sunday School Children of the city." It was set to music by Garcia, and often subsequently used at home and abroad. The author altered it for The Psalmist, 1843, No. 1005; and in that form it has been generally known. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.]

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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Henry D. Washburn

19th-century American military officer and politician

For other people named Henry Washburn, see Henry Washburn (disambiguation).

Henry Dana Washburn (March 28, 1832 – January 26, 1871) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana and a colonel and was breveted twice as brigadier general and major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Biography

Born in Woodstock, Vermont, Washburn attended the common schools. He became a tanner and a currier, and taught school for several years. He moved to Vermillion County, Indiana, in 1850. He graduated from the New York State and National Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1853. He commenced the practice of law in Newport, Indiana. Entering politics, he served as the county auditor from 1854–1861.

Civil War

With the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted in the Union Army on August 16, 1861, serving as lieutenant colonel of the Eighteenth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He distinguished himself at the Battle of Pea Ridge by leading the 18th Indiana in a counterattack to