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as a state, he was elected as one of its first two United States senators. He served as a member of the Senate from 1867 to 1871, when he was unsuccessful in winning reelection.
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in February 1875 and he took the oath of office March 1, 1875. His service ended on May 29, 1878, and he returned to Nebraska to resume his law practice.
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The 1st Nebraska provided support and refuge for freedom seekers escaping from enslavers. Thayer's home in Lincoln, Nebraska is listed on the
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for over four hours before forcing Price to disengage. His delaying action enabled Steele to successfully extricate his army to safety.
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cavalry and a single artillery battery. However, with the omnibus promotions of leading generals at the close of the war, Thayer was
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After the Civil War, Thayer served as a member of the 1866 State Constitutional Convention. Upon the admission of Nebraska into the
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by popular vote. He served two full terms as Governor of Nebraska, from 1886 to 1888. He was the seventh governor of Nebraska.
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Thayer served as delegate to the 1860 State Constitution Convention which organized the Republican Party in the
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of the Territorial Militia. In June of the same year, at the direction of Acting Nebraska Territorial Governor
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in 1860. While in the legislature, Thayer introduced a bill to abolish slavery in Nebraska Territory.
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In February 1865, Thayer was relieved of command of Fort Smith and sent to the smaller post at
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In 1886, Thayer secured the Republican gubernatorial nomination and was elected
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of the 1st Nebraska Infantry Regiment, and spent the entire war fighting in the
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asking that he be allowed to raise a Nebraska regiment in response to President
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and actively participated in politics, as well as owning a large farm near
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Arriving in Nebraska in 1854, he quickly affiliated himself with the
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and other actions in the region, seeing considerable action at the
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With the outbreak of the Civil War, Thayer wrote a letter to
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company before deciding to move with his family to the
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John M. Thayer
John Thayer

6th Governor of Nebraska
Hibbard H. Shedd
George D. Meiklejohn
Thomas J. Majors
James W. Dawes
James E. Boyd
2nd Governor of Wyoming Territory
John Allen Campbell
John Wesley Hoyt
United States Senator
Nebraska
Phineas W. Hitchcock
Bellingham, Massachusetts
Lincoln, Nebraska
Wyuka Cemetery
Republican
Thayer family
Alma mater
Brown University

United States Army
Union Army
Brigadier General
Brevet
Major General
District of the Frontier
Indian Wars

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