Henry Wilson was the 18th vice president of the United States, serving from 1873 until his death in 1875, and a senator from Massachusetts from 1855 to 1873. Before and during the American Civil War,
Wilson in 1873
Henry Wilson's shoeshop in Natick, Massachusetts
Henry Wilson's Natick home.
Abolitionist and Free Soil Party leaders Charles Sumner, Henry Ward Beecher, Wendell Phillips, William Lloyd Garrison, Gerrit Smith, Horace Greeley, and Henry Wilson.
George Sewall Boutwell was an American politician, lawyer, and statesman from Massachusetts. He served as Secretary of the Treasury under President Ulysses S. Grant, the 20th governor of Massachusetts
Boutwell, c. 1870–1880
Illustration of the special committee drafting articles of impeachment. From left to right: Thaddeus Stevens, James F. Wilson, Hamilton Ward (back of head), John A. Logan, Boutwell, George Washington Julian, John Bingham
Johnson impeachment managers Seated L-R: Benjamin Butler, Thaddeus Stevens, Thomas Williams, John Bingham; Standing L-R: James F. Wilson, Boutwell, John A. Logan
Bureau of Engraving and Printing portrait of Boutwell as Secretary of the Treasury.