Welles,Gideon

Welles,Gideon
Welles, Gideon. 1802-1878.
American editor and politician. A founder of the Republican Party (1854), he established a partisan newspaper, the Hartford Evening Press (1856), and was U.S. secretary of the navy (1861-1869) during the Civil War.

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  • Welles, Gideon — born July 1, 1802, Glastonbury, Conn., U.S. died Feb. 11, 1878, Hartford, Conn. U.S. politician. Cofounder and editor the Hartford Times (1826–36), he founded one of the first Republican Party newspapers in New England, the Hartford Evening Press …   Universalium

  • Welles, Gideon — (1 jul. 1802, Glastonbury, Conn., EE.UU.–11 feb. 1878, Hartford, Conn.). Político estadounidense. Cofundador y director del Hartford Times (1826–36); fundó uno de los primeros periódicos del Partido Republicano en Nueva Inglaterra, el vespertino… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Gideon Welles — Infobox US Cabinet official name=Gideon Welles image width=220px order=24th title=United States Secretary of the Navy term start=March 7, 1861 term end=March 4, 1869 predecessor=Isaac Toucey successor=Adolph E. Borie birth date=birth… …   Wikipedia

  • Gideon Hawley — (1727 1807) was a missionary to the Iroquois Indians in Massachusetts and on the Susquehanna River in New York. BiographyHe was born in the Stratfield section of Stratford, now Bridgeport, Connecticut, in New England on November 5, 1727. The son… …   Wikipedia

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  • Gideon Welles — Portrait de Gideon Welles par Mathew Brady vers 1860. Gideon Welles (1er juillet 1802 – 11 février 1878)[1 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Welles (name) — Family name name =Welles imagesize= caption= meaning = spring region =English origin =English related names =Well, Wells footnotes = Welles is an English language locational surname originating from Well, a village and mill in Lincolnshire. Its… …   Wikipedia

  • Welles — noun United States actor and filmmaker (1915 1985) • Syn: ↑Orson Welles, ↑George Orson Welles • Instance Hypernyms: ↑actor, ↑histrion, ↑player, ↑thespian, ↑role player, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Welles — I. biographical name (George) Orson 1915 1985 American film & theater director, writer, producer, & actor II. biographical name Gideon 1802 1878 American politician & writer III. biographical name Sumner 1892 1961 American diplomat …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Welles — /welz/, n. 1. (George) Orson, 1915 85, U.S. actor, director, and producer. 2. Gideon, 1802 78, U.S. journalist, legislator, and government official: Secretary of the Navy 1861 69. 3. Sumner, 1892 1961, U.S. diplomat and government official. * * * …   Universalium

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