- Gender
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Browning, Orville Hickman
Biography
10 Feb. 1806–10 Aug. 1881. Lawyer, politician. Born at Cynthiana, Harrison Co., Kentucky. Son of Micajah Browning and Sarah Brown. Attended Augusta College, in Augusta, Bracken Co., Kentucky. Moved to Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois, ca. 1831, and practiced law. Served in Black Hawk War, 1832. Elected Illinois state senator, 1836–1840. Married Eliza H. Caldwell, 25 Feb. 1836, in Madison Co., Kentucky. Served as Illinois state representative, 1840–1844. Principal legal counsel for JS when he was arrested to be extradited to Missouri, June 1841. With law partner Nehemiah Bushnell, represented New York firm seeking repayment for prior debts owed by JS, 1841. Delegate to first Republican National Convention, 1856. Appointed U.S. senator to fill vacancy created after death of Stephen A. Douglas, 1861. Appointed secretary of the interior by President Andrew Johnson, 1866. Died at Quincy.
Links
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Appendix 3: Willard Richards, Journal Excerpt, 23–27 June 1844
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Letter from Orville Browning and Nehemiah Bushnell, 23 November 1841
- Letter to Orville Browning and Nehemiah Bushnell, 7 December 1841
- Letter to Orville Browning, 27 June 1844
- Letterbook 2
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845