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Alexander Ramsey
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Born: September 8, 1815

Birthplace: Hummelstown, Pennsylvania

Father: Thomas Ramsey 1784 – 1826

Mother: Elizabeth Kilker 1791 – 1858

Wife:
Anna Earl Jenks 1826 – 1884
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Minnesota)​

Children:

Alexander Jenks Ramsey 1846 – 1850​
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Minnesota)​
William Henry Ramsey 1850 – 1851​
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Minnesota)​
Marion Ramsey Furness 1853 – 1935​
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Minnesota)​

Political Party: Whig Party and Republican Party

Education:


Attended Lafayette College​

Occupation before War:

1839 – 1843: Attorney in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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1840: Secretary of Pennsylvania Electoral College​
1841: Clerk of Pennsylvania State House of Representatives​
1843 – 1847: United States Congressman from Pennsylvania​
1843 – 1845: Member of House Claims Committee​
1843 – 1845: Member of House Public Buildings Expenditures Committee​
1845 – 1847: Member of House Military Affairs Committee​
1846: Choose not to be a candidate for renomination to U.S. Congress.​
1847 – 1849: Attorney in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania​
1849 – 1863: President of Minnesota State Historical Society​
1849 – 1853: Governor of Minnesota Territory​
1855 – 1856: Mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota​
1860 – 1863: Governor of Minnesota​

Civil War Career:

Known as the first Union Governor to commit troops for Union Army.​
1861: Offered Minnesota’s services at the White House to President Lincoln​
1863 – 1875: United States Senator from Minnesota​
1863 – 1865: Ranking Member Senate Audit and Control of Expense Committee​
1865 – 1875: Member of Senate Post Office and Post Roads Committee​
1865: Voted in favor of the 13th​ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.​
1865 – 1867: Member of Senate Revolutionary Claims Committee​

Occupation after War:

1867 – 1869: Member of Senate Territories Committee​
1868: Voted in favor of the impeachment of Andrew Johnson.​
1879 – 1881: United States Secretary of War Department​
1882 – 1886: Chairman of Edmunds Commission​
1887: Delegate to Centennial celebration of Federal Constitution.​
1891 – 1903: President of Minnesota State Historical Society​

Died: April 22, 1903

Place of Death: Saint Paul, Minnesota

Age at time of Death: 87 years old

Burial Place: Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Minnesota
 
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One of the reasons that he was the first governor to offer troops was that he happened to be in Washington when the firing on Fort Sumter happened. When he heard of the incident he went straight to the White House and made the offer to Lincoln personally.
 
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