Record #:

18527

Author(s):

Lawrence, R.C.

Abstract:

After Abraham Lincoln was elected President, he considered two Southerners for positions in his Cabinet--John A. Gilmer and Alexander H. Stephens. Both declined, although Gilmer would correspond with Lincoln and Seward, now Secretary of State. Gilmer went on to become a Confederate States Congressman, after serving as a state senator and U. S. Congressman. He died in Greensboro and is buried there.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 9 Issue 46, Apr 1942, p9, 22

Subject(s):

Gilmer, John Adams, 1805-1868