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Washburn, Israel (1813–1883)| US politician. He studied law with an uncle, and practised law (1834–50), before going to the US House of Representatives as a Whig serving Maine (1851–61). He left the Whig Party to form the antislave Republican Party in 1854; he is credited with coining the party's name. As governor of Maine (1861–63), he provided extra volunteers and money to support the Union war effort. An unsuccessful senatorial candidate, he was a port collector (1863–78) and railroad president (1878–83) in Portland, Maine. The eldest of 11 children, Washburn was born in Livermore, Maine. |
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