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John Palmer Usher (January 9, 1816 – April 13, 1889) was an American administrator who served in the Cabinet of President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.
Secretary of the Interior, John Palmer Usher succeeded an ill and weakened Caleb Smith when Smith resigned to become a federal district judge at the end of 1862. Usher had been Smith’s assistant secretary and effectively had been the acting secretary of the department which Smith had neglected.
John Palmer Usher. Civil War Presidential Cabinet Secretary. Born in Brookfield, New York, and the son of an established New England family, he attended local schools; later he became a legal apprentice to Henry Bennett in New Berlin, New York.
John Palmer Usher was born in 1816 in Brookfield, New York. He studied law, was admitted to the state bar in 1839, and then moved in 1840 to Indiana, where he established a law practice and befriended Abraham Lincoln.
John Palmer Usher. BORN: January 9, 1816. Brookfield, New York. DIED: April 13, 1889 (age 73) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. POLITICAL PARTY: Republican.
John Palmer Usher. This cabinet card represents John Palmer Usher,1816-1889, a lawyer from Indiana, who servers as U. S. Secretary of the Interior during President Abraham Lincoln's administration. Usher serves only two years, 1863-1865, before returning to private life.
14 apr 2023 · John Palmer Usher : Lincoln's Secretary of the Interior : Richardson, Elmo : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. by. Richardson, Elmo. Publication date. 1960. Topics. Usher, John Palmer, 1816-1889, Pacific railroads, Politics and government, United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865, United States. Publisher.
