- Date:
- 1865
- Original Format:
- Carte de Visite
- Item#:
- MES26574
Anson Burlingame (1820-1870)
American diplomatic minister to China appointed by Lincoln who helped assure that country's territorial integrity; he later represented China itself in international negotiations. Burlingame entered public life as a Massachusetts state senator and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. At first a member of the Know-nothing Party, he helped found the Republican Party in the mid-1850s.