from Semi-centennial History, by Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company:
Alexander Graham, the first person to be elected Vice-President, was born in Utica, New York, April 6, 1816, of Scotch and German ancestry; received an academic education in New York; in 1841 married Abigail M. Keep, sister of Judge John M. Keep. one of the incorporators of the company; held many positions of trust in New York State; lived at Whitewater in 1858, and shortly thereafter moved to Janesville; being declared ineligible for war duty on account of age, he furnished a substitute at his own expense who served through the war; was several times in the legislature from Janesville, and in 1872, introduced the so-called Graham bill, to "provide against the evils of intoxicating drinks." He died May 1, 1895
Alexander Graham, the first person to be elected Vice-President, was born in Utica, New York, April 6, 1816, of Scotch and German ancestry; received an academic education in New York; in 1841 married Abigail M. Keep, sister of Judge John M. Keep. one of the incorporators of the company; held many positions of trust in New York State; lived at Whitewater in 1858, and shortly thereafter moved to Janesville; being declared ineligible for war duty on account of age, he furnished a substitute at his own expense who served through the war; was several times in the legislature from Janesville, and in 1872, introduced the so-called Graham bill, to "provide against the evils of intoxicating drinks." He died May 1, 1895
from Semi-centennial History, by Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company:
Alexander Graham, the first person to be elected Vice-President, was born in Utica, New York, April 6, 1816, of Scotch and German ancestry; received an academic education in New York; in 1841 married Abigail M. Keep, sister of Judge John M. Keep. one of the incorporators of the company; held many positions of trust in New York State; lived at Whitewater in 1858, and shortly thereafter moved to Janesville; being declared ineligible for war duty on account of age, he furnished a substitute at his own expense who served through the war; was several times in the legislature from Janesville, and in 1872, introduced the so-called Graham bill, to "provide against the evils of intoxicating drinks." He died May 1, 1895
Alexander Graham, the first person to be elected Vice-President, was born in Utica, New York, April 6, 1816, of Scotch and German ancestry; received an academic education in New York; in 1841 married Abigail M. Keep, sister of Judge John M. Keep. one of the incorporators of the company; held many positions of trust in New York State; lived at Whitewater in 1858, and shortly thereafter moved to Janesville; being declared ineligible for war duty on account of age, he furnished a substitute at his own expense who served through the war; was several times in the legislature from Janesville, and in 1872, introduced the so-called Graham bill, to "provide against the evils of intoxicating drinks." He died May 1, 1895
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