Charles Ames Washburn
Politician, Author
1822 – 1889
Who was Charles Ames Washburn?
Charles Ames Washburn, also known as C. A. Washburn, was the U.S. Minister to Paraguay
He 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.
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.
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- Born
- 1822
Livermore - Parents
- Siblings
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Bowdoin College
- Lived in
- California
- Died
- 1889
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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