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Born in Farmington on February 16, 1812, as Jeremiah Jones Colbath, this self-educated farm boy changed his name when he came of age to Henry Wilson. He became a teacher, a member of Congress, a United States Senator, and took office as Vice President under President Ulysses S. Grant on March 4, 1873. He suffered a stroke and died in the Vice President’s chambers in the Capitol on November 22, 1875.
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Farmington, New Hampshire · United States
