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unusual facts about Cadwallader C. Washburn


William de la Barre

Because of his extensive knowledge flour mills, in 1880 he was hired by Cadwallader C. Washburn (better known as C. C. Washburn), founder of the famous Washburn-Crosby Mills in Minneapolis, to be head engineer and superintendent of his mills.


Henry D. Washburn

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1868 to the Forty-first Congress.

He was reelected to the Fortieth Congress and served from February 23, 1866, to March 3, 1869.

John L. Washburn

During 1977-1978, John was a Congressional Fellow of the American Political Science Association, and served as a senior staff member for Senator William Proxmire of Wisconsin and for Congressman John Cavanaugh of Nebraska.

John L. Washburn is the Convener for the American Non-Governmental Organizations Coalition for the International Criminal Court (AMICC) and Co-Chair of the Washington Working Group on the International Criminal Court (WICC).

Kevin K. Washburn

After graduating from law school, Professor Washburn clerked for Judge William C. Canby, Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Washburn is married to Elizabeth Rodke Washburn, a Senate staffer for Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., and they have two children.

Little Bay de Noc

A bit further north, Gladstone was founded in 1887 by U.S. Senator from Minnesota, William D. Washburn, to serve as a rail-lake terminal for lumber products.

Peter T. Washburn

In 1844 he moved his practice to Woodstock and formed a partnership with Charles P. Marsh until his death in 1870.

In October 1861, he was elected Adjutant General of Vermont, with the rank of Brigadier General, succeeding Horace Henry Baxter.

He moved to Woodstock in 1844, where he lived for the remainder of his life.

Reunion Society of Vermont Officers

Almost all prominent Vermonters who had served in the Civil War were members of the Society, including U.S. Senator Redfield Proctor, Interstate Commerce Commission member Wheelock G. Veazey, and Governors Peter T. Washburn, Roswell Farnham, John L. Barstow, Samuel E. Pingree, Ebenezer J. Ormsbee, Urban A. Woodbury, Josiah Grout, and Charles J. Bell.

William B. Washburn

He died in Springfield, Massachusetts, on October 5, 1887 while attending a session of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM), of which he was also a member.

William Washburn

William B. Washburn (1820–1887), American politician representing Massachusetts

William D. Washburn (1831–1912), American politician representing Minnesota


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