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Goorin brothers john milton hay biography
John Hay
| American politician Date of Birth: Country: USA |
Content:
- Early Life and Education
- Meeting Abraham Lincoln
- Secretary to Lincoln
- Involvement in Lincoln's Assassination
- Diplomatic Career
- Journalism and Return to Politics
- Secretary of State
- Foreign Policy Achievements
Early Life and Education
John Hay was born in Salem, Indiana, and raised in Warsaw, Illinois.
He attended the Pittsfield Academy in , where he met his future colleague, John G. Nicolay. Hay continued his education at Springfield College in and Brown University in At Brown, he developed a passion for poetry and became an influential figure in the local literary scene.
He left Brown in without completing his degree and returned to Warsaw to study law under his uncle, Milton Hay.
Meeting Abraham Lincoln
Milton Hay's office was adjacent to that of Abraham Lincoln, and it was through this connection that John Hay met the future president.
When Lincoln was elected, Nicolay, who had become