- Hannibal Hamlin, U.S. Vice President under Abraham Lincoln, U.S. Senator from Maine, U.S. Minister to Spain – Grant As A Soldier and Statesman: Being A Succinct History of His Military and Civil Career: by Howland, Edward Hartford: J. B. Burr and Company, 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. [3], xii, pages 11-631, [2] 2 pages of advertisements. Green cloth hardcover with gilt signature on the front cover and gilt title and illustration on the spine. Ex-library copy. A small purple stamp on the title page bears the name Library of Hannibal Hamlin. His name is not written inside this book. From the library of U.S. Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, notable as a book written about his colleague and future President Ulysses S. Grant. From Wikipedia: Hamlin began his political career as a Democrat in the Maine House of Representatives before being elected twice to the United States House of Representatives, and then to the United States Senate. With his strong abolitionist views, he left the Democratic Party for the newly formed Republican Party in 1856. In the 1860 general election, Hamlin balanced the successful Republican ticket as a New Englander partnered with the Northwesterner Lincoln. Although not a close friend of the president, he lent loyal support to his key projects such as the Emancipation Proclamation. In the 1864 election, Hamlin was replaced as vice-presidential nominee by Andrew Johnson, a Southern Democrat chosen for his appeal to Southern Unionists. After being appointed Collector of the Port of Boston, Hamlin was elected to two more terms in the Senate, and finally served as U.S. Minister to Spain before retiring in 1882.