Howells, William Dean

Life Span
to
    Full name
    William Dean Howells
    Place of Birth
    Birth Date Certainty
    Exact
    Death Date Certainty
    Exact
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    North
    Origins
    Free State
    No. of Spouses
    1
    No. of Children
    3
    Family
    William Cooper Howells (father), Mary Dean Howells (mother), Elinor Mead Howells (wife, 1862)
    Occupation
    Diplomat
    Journalist
    Writer or Artist
    Relation to Slavery
    White non-slaveholder
    Political Parties
    Republican
    Government
    Lincoln Administration (1861-65)
    Diplomat
    Chicago Style Entry Link
    Howells, William Dean, and John L. Hayes. Lives and Speeches of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin. Columbus, OH: Follett, Foster & Co., 1860. view record
    How to Cite This Page: "Howells, William Dean," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/34463.