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William
Almon Wheeler - 19th Vice President
Party: Republican
Term: March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1881
Age at Inauguration: 57
Life Span: June 30, 1819 - June 4, 1887 [67]
President:Rutherford Hayes |
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- William Wheeler voted against a pay
raise for senators, retroactive for five years previous
- Despite his effort the bill passed
anyway, so he return his raise to the government
- He nominated as vie president at the
republican convention in 1876, Rutherford Hayes politely asked,
"Who is Wheeler"
- He did little as vice president, refusing
to involve himself in Washington social life or politics
- He regularly spent Sunday's at the
White House with the president and first lady
- Mrs. Hayes had banned alcohol, music,
dancing, profanity and any other activity she deemed as a vice
in the Mansion, and Wheeler loved it
- They spent their Sunday evenings drinking
lemonade and singing hymns around the piano
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