Elihu Benjamin Washburne was an American politician and diplomat. A member of the Washburn family of Maine, which played a prominent role in the early formation of the United States Republican ...

His great-grandfather, Hempstead Washburne, was mayor of Chicago in the 1890s when the city secured the World’s Fair. His great-great-grandfather, Elihu Benjamin Washburne, was a congressman ...

2012-12-02T20:00:37-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/f1b/309298-m.jpgMichael Hill talked about his book Elihu Washburne: The Diary and Letters of America’s ...

A bronze tablet, given in memory of Elihu Benjamin Washburne by members of his family, has been placed in the north wing of the Law School library in Langdell Hall. Washburne graduated from the ...