William McKendree Gwin

William McKendree Gwin (October 9, 1805 – September 3, 1885) was an American medical doctor and politician. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 484 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2422 × 3000 pixel, file size: 873 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Permission PD File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): William M. Gwin ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 484 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2422 × 3000 pixel, file size: 873 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Permission PD File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): William M. Gwin ... October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1805 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

Born near Gallatin, Tennessee, his father, the Reverend James Gwin, was a pioneer Methodist minister, and also served as a soldier on the frontier under General Andrew Jackson. Gallatin is a city in Sumner County, Tennessee, United States. ... For other uses, see Andrew Jackson (disambiguation). ...

He pursued classical studies and graduated from the medical department of Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky in 1828. He practiced medicine in Clinton, Mississippi until 1833 when he became the United States marshal for Mississippi, serving for one year. Transylvania University is a private liberal arts college related by covenant to the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) located in Lexington, Kentucky, with approximately 1,100 students. ... Nickname: Athens of the West Horse Capital of the World Location in the Commonwealth of Kentucky Coordinates: Country United States State Kentucky Counties Fayette  - Mayor Jim Newberry (D) Area    - City 739. ... Clinton is a city in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States. ... The United States Marshals Service, part of the United States Department of Justice, is the United States oldest federal law enforcement agency. ...

He was elected as a Democrat from Mississippi during the 27th Congress of 1841 to 1843. Declining a renomination for Congress on account of financial embarrassment, he was appointed, on the accession of James K. Polk to the Presidency, to superintend the building of the new custom-house at New Orleans. The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ... (Redirected from 27th Congress) Twenty-seventh United States Congress Links and spelling have to be verified. ... James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795–June 15, 1849) was the eleventh President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1845 to March 4, 1849. ... The presidential seal was first used in 1880 by President Rutherford B. Hayes and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. ... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ...

He moved to California in 1849 and participated in the California state constitutional convention the same year. He also purchased some property in Paloma, California where a gold mine was established. The Gwin Mine would eventually yield millions of dollars, providing him with a fortune to live off of. He also organised the Chivalry wing of the Democratic Party, which was opposed by the Whig wing. Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... A constitutional convention is a gathering of delegates for the purpose of writing a new constitution or revising an existing constitution. ... Paloma is an unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California. ... GOLD refers to one of the following: GOLD (IEEE) is an IEEE program designed to garner more student members at the university level (Graduates of the Last Decade). ... The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. ...

Upon the admission of California as U.S. state, Gwin was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate. He first served from September 9, 1850, to March 3, 1855. He was a strong advocate of pacific expansion and in 1852 advocated a survey of the Bering Strait Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties Libertarian Party State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal      A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of... Seal of the U.S. Senate Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal      Senate composition following 2006 elections The United States Senate is... September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... For the game, see: 1850 (board game) Year 1850 (MDCCCL) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (63rd in leap years). ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... For other meanings of Pacific, see Pacific (disambiguation). ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Satellite photo of the Bering Strait http://209. ...

California Governor John Bigler turned to Gwin's rival David Broderick when Gwin failed to help him obtain the Ambassadorship to Chile. Broderick was appointed Chairman of the California Democratic Party which was split as a reult. Gwin had a duel with Congressman Joseph McCorkle with rifles at thirty yards following an argument over his alleged mismanagement of federal patronage: Shots were fired by both men but only a donkey some distance off was shot dead. This introduced a period of turmoil in California's political scene with bribery, physical intimidation, and non-stop political maneuvering being prevalent. John Bigler 3rd Governor of California John Bigler (January 8, 1805–November 29, 1871) was Governor of California from January 8, 1852 until January 9, 1856. ... David C. Broderick David Colbreth Broderick (February 4, 1820 – September 16, 1859) was a United States Senator and an anti-slavery advocate. ... The California Democratic Party is the local branch of the Democratic Party in the state of California. ...

Although weaker than Gwin's faction, the roderick faction was able to block Gwin from being re-elected senator in 1855. When the Know Nothings exploited this weakness, Broderick accepted Gwin's canditure and he was reelected to the United States Senate, and served from January 13, 1857, to March 3, 1861. He took Joseph Heco with him to Washington to meet his friend President James Buchanan. 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Know-Nothing movement was a nativist American political movement of the 1850s. ... January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (63rd in leap years). ... 1861 (MDCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar) // January 1 - Benito Juárez captures Mexico City January 2 - Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies and is succeeded by... Joseph Heco (born Hikozo Hamada, 浜田彦蔵 Hamada Hikozo) (1837-1897), the first Japanese American to be naturalized as a United States citizen and the first to publish a Japanese language newspaper. ... James Buchanan (April 23, 1791 – June 1, 1868) was the 15th president of the United States (1857–1861). ...

During the 32nd and 33rd Congresses he was chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Naval Affairs. During his second term he was also a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance. Thirty-second States Congress Links and spelling have to be verified. ... // Dates of Sessions 1853-1855 The first session of this Congress took place in Washington, DC from December 5, 1853 to August 7, 1854. ... The U.S. Senate Committee on Finance (or, less formally, Senate Finance Committee) is a standing committee of the United States Senate. ...

While in the Senate, he secured the establishment of a mint in California, the survey of the Pacific coast, a navy yard and station, with large appropriations, and carried through the senate a bill providing for a line of steamers between San Francisco, China, and Japan, by way of the Sandwich Islands. By 1860 he was advocating the purchase of Alaska from the Russian Tsar. This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... The Sandwich Islands was the name given to Hawaii by Captain James Cook on his discovery of the islands on January 18, 1778. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... Official language(s) English Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Area  Ranked 1st  - Total 663,267 sq mi (1,717,855 km²)  - Width 808 miles (1,300 km)  - Length 1,479 miles (2,380 km)  - % water 13. ... Tsar (Bulgarian, Serbian and Macedonian цар, Russian  , Croatian car, in scientific transliteration respectively car and car ), occasionally spelled Czar or Tzar and sometimes Csar or Zar in English, is a Slavonic term designating certain monarchs. ...

Despite the newly formed Republican Party winning several important urban contests in California, Gwin's wing of the Democratic Party did very well in the California elections of 1859. After the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, Gwin helped organise abortive secret discussions between Lincoln's new Secretary of State, William H. Seward, and some of Southern leaders to find a compromise which would avoid the permanent dissolution of the Union. 1859 (MDCCCLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... William Henry Seward, Sr. ...

Before hostilities broke out between the states, Gwin toured the South and then returned to California. Here the Chivalry spoke on the South's behalf. Gwin even considered that it might be possible for a Republic of the Pacific centered on California to secede from the Union but when his party suffered badly in the elections of 1861 he saw there was little that he could do in California. Gwin returned east to New York on the same ship as Charles Sumner, (commander in chief of the Union Army in California) and Mikhail Bakunin - an acquanance of Joseph Heco. Sumner organised Gwin's arrest along with two other secessionist sympathisers but President Abraham Lincoln intervened for his release. He sent his wife and one of his daughters to Europe returning himself to his plantation in Mississippi. The plantation was destroyed in the war and Gwin, a daughter, and son fled to Paris. In 1864 he attempted to interest Napoleon III in a project to settle American slave-owners in Sonora, Mexico. Despite a positive response from Napoleon III, the idea was rejected by Maximilian, his protegé, who feared that Gwin and his southerners would take Sonora for themselves. After the war he returned to the USA and gave himself up to General Phillip Sheridan in New Orleans. Sheridan granted his original request for release to rejoin his family (who had also returned), but this was countermanded by President Andrew Johnson 1861 (MDCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar) // January 1 - Benito Juárez captures Mexico City January 2 - Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies and is succeeded by... Charles Sumner (January 6, 1811 – March 11, 1874) was an American politician and statesman from Massachusetts. ... The 21st Michigan Infantry, a company of Shermans veterans. ... Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin (Russian — Михаил Александрович Бакунин, Michel Bakunin — on the grave in Bern), (May 18 (30 N.S.), 1814–June 19 (July 1 N.S.), 1876) was a well-known Russian revolutionary, and often considered one of the “fathers of modern anarchism. // In the spring of 1814, Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin was born... Joseph Heco (born Hikozo Hamada, 浜田彦蔵 Hamada Hikozo) (1837-1897), the first Japanese American to be naturalized as a United States citizen and the first to publish a Japanese language newspaper. ... For other uses, see Abraham Lincoln (disambiguation). ... This article is 150 kilobytes or more in size. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte (April 20, 1808 - January 9, 1873) was the son of King Louis Bonaparte and Queen Hortense de Beauharnais; both monarchs of the French puppet state, the Kingdom of Holland. ... Sonora is a state in northwestern Mexico, bordering the states of Chihuahua to the east, Sinaloa to the south, and Baja California to the northwest. ... Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte (April 20, 1808 - January 9, 1873) was the son of King Louis Bonaparte and Queen Hortense de Beauharnais; both monarchs of the French puppet state, the Kingdom of Holland. ... Philip Sheridan Philip Henry Sheridan (March 6, 1831 – August 5, 1888), a military man and one of the great generals in the American Civil War. ... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... // Link titleInsert non-formatted text here#REDIRECT Insert text#REDIRECT Insert text#REDIRECT Insert text#REDIRECT Insert text#REDIRECT Insert texttdgthe For other persons of the same name, see Andrew Johnson (disambiguation). ...

He retired to California and engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death in New York City in 1885. New York, NY redirects here. ...

He is buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California. The Mountain View Cemetery is a large cemetery in Oakland, California. ... Oakland, founded in 1852, is the eighth-largest city in California[1] and the county seat of Alameda County. ...

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• This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• This article incorporates text from the public domain Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography.

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External links

• Senator William Gwin and the Politics of Prejudice by Howard A. DeWitt