Everything about John Bigelow totally explained
John Bigelow (
November 25,
1817 -
December 19,
1911) was an American lawyer and statesman.
Life
Born in
Malden-on-Hudson, New York, he graduated from
Union College in 1835, and was admitted to the bar in 1838. From 1849 to 1861, he was one of the editors and co-owners of the
New York Evening Post. On
June 11,
1850, Bigelow married Jane Tunis Poultney: their son
Poultney Bigelow was a lawyer and a noted journalist and editor.
Political career
Abraham Lincoln appointed him Consul at
Paris in
1861, progressing to
Chargé d'Affaires,
Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of
Napoleon III. In 1865, he became Minister to France and helped block the
Confederacy's efforts to acquire ships in Europe. He published
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, and helped expose the graft of the
Tweed administration in
New York City. After three years living in
Germany, he returned to New York, where he was elected
Secretary of State. He was instrumental in the development of the
New York Public Library, and a staunch proponent of the development of the
Panama Canal. He was a friend of
Philippe Bunau Varilla, who brought Panama's declaration of Independence to Bigelow's home:
Panama's first proposed flag was made there by Mrs. Bunau Varilla, but was rejected by the Panamanians, who made their own.
Legacy
On
August 8,
2001, New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani signed a bill adding the name "John Bigelow Plaza" to the intersection of 41st Street and Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, directly in front of the famous main branch of the New York Public Library.
Sources
- Mr. Lincoln and Friends: John Bigelow
- Mellander, Gustavo A.(1971) The United States in Panamanian Politics: The Intriguing Formative Years. Daville,Ill.:Interstate Publishers. OCLC 138568.
- Mellander, Gustavo A.; Nelly Maldonado Mellander (1999). Charles Edward Magoon: The Panama Years. Río Piedras, Puerto Rico: Editorial Plaza Mayor. ISBN 1563281554. OCLC 42970390.
- (External Link) Bigelow Genealogy
- (External Link) Bigelow and Union College, in NYT on May 18, 1913
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