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About Ellen Hamlin
Ellen Vesta Hamlin was the second wife of Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, and served as second lady of the United States from 1861 to 1865. 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. 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.
Everything about Ellen Hamlin →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Second Lady or Gentleman of the United States
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- September 14, 1835
- Died
- February 1, 1925