Alexander Ramsey

Alexander Ramsey
Chairman Utah Commission
In office
March 1882 – 1885
Succeeded byAmbrose B. Carlton
34th United States Secretary of War
In office
December 10, 1879 – March 5, 1881
PresidentRutherford B. Hayes
Preceded byGeorge W. McCrary
Succeeded byRobert Lincoln
United States Senator
from Minnesota
In office
March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1875
Preceded byHenry Rice
Succeeded bySamuel J. R. McMillan
2nd Governor of Minnesota
In office
January 2, 1860 – July 10, 1863
Preceded byHenry Sibley
Succeeded byHenry Swift
5th Mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota
In office
1855–1856
Preceded byDavid Olmsted
Succeeded byGeorge Becker
1st Governor of Minnesota Territory
In office
June 1, 1849 – May 15, 1853
Appointed byZachary Taylor
Succeeded byWillis A. Gorman
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 14th district
In office
March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847
Preceded byJames Irvin
Succeeded byGeorge Eckert
Personal details
Born(1815-09-08)September 8, 1815
Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedApril 22, 1903(1903-04-22) (aged 87)
St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Political partyWhig (Before 1857)
Republican (1857—1903)
SpouseAnna Jenks
EducationLafayette College
Dickinson School of Law
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Alexander Ramsey (September 8, 1815 – April 22, 1903) was an American politician, who became the first Minnesota Territorial Governor and later became a U.S. Senator. He served as a Whig and Republican over a variety of offices between the 1840s and the 1880s.