Alexander Ramsey
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
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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