In 1854 in San Francisco, Washburn and Benjamin Franklin Washington fought a duel with rifles at forty paces. Washburn was severely wounded by the second shot fired at him. Neither died.
A member of the Republican Party, Washburn was later Presidential Elector for California, 1860; U.S. Diplomatic Commissioner to Paraguay, 1861–63; U.S. Minister to Paraguay, 1863–68; novelist; and inventor of an early typewriter.
charles, ames, washburn, march, 1822, january, 1889, also, known, washburn, minister, paraguay, united, states, minister, paraguayin, office, 1863, september, 1868presidentabraham, lincolnandrew, johnsonpreceded, byoffice, establishedsucceeded, bymartin, mcmah. Charles Ames Washburn March 16 1822 January 26 1889 1 also known as C A Washburn was the U S Minister to Paraguay Charles Ames WashburnUnited States Minister to ParaguayIn office May 13 1863 September 10 1868PresidentAbraham LincolnAndrew JohnsonPreceded byOffice EstablishedSucceeded byMartin T McMahonHe was born in Livermore Maine He was the son of Israel Washburn Sr nephew of Reuel Washburn brother of Israel Washburn Jr Elihu B Washburne Cadwallader C Washburn and William D Washburn He went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush In 1854 in San Francisco Washburn and Benjamin Franklin Washington fought a duel with rifles at forty paces Washburn was severely wounded by the second shot fired at him Neither died A member of the Republican Party Washburn was later Presidential Elector for California 1860 U S Diplomatic Commissioner to Paraguay 1861 63 U S Minister to Paraguay 1863 68 novelist and inventor of an early typewriter See also editUnited States Ambassador to Paraguay Paraguayan WarReferences edit New Ulm Weekly Review January 30 1889 Charles Ames Washburn at the United States Department of State https legacy sfgenealogy org sf history hbabs2 htm http timelines ws cities SF A 1892 HTML nbsp This article about a California politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This American diplomat related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Charles Ames Washburn amp oldid 1174422720, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
