Sayles Jenks Bowen (7 October 1813 – 16 December 1896) son of Josiah Bowen and Deborah Jenks, was the twentieth Mayor of Washington City, District of Columbia, from 1868 to 1870 and, as of 2022, the last Republican mayor in the District of Columbia or any of its sub-jurisdictions. Bowen was one of the most controversial mayors in the history of the American capital, because of his outspoken support of emancipation and racial integration.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayles_Jenks_Bowen
Bowen was on the board of trustees for the National Colored Home with Allen M. Gangewer - Lincoln's final appointee before his assassination.
https://gloverparkhistory.com/estates-and-farms/burleith/the-colored-home/
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Officers of the Colored Home for 1864
President, Mrs. T. D. Eliot, New Bedford
Vice President, Mrs. A. M. Gangewer, Washington
Treasurer, Mrs. W. R. Johnson, Washington
Secretary, Emily Howland, Washington
Board of Managers
Mrs. Henry Wilson, Massachusetts
Mrs. A. H. Gibbons, New York
Miss M. A. Donaldson, Washington
Mrs. Louisa Howells, Washington
Mrs. George E. Baker, Washington
Mrs. C. C. Leighton, Georgetown
Mrs. Frederick T. Brown, Georgetown
Mrs. Anna M. Hooper, Boston
Mrs. Samuel Wilkeson, Washington
Trustees
S. J. Bowen
A. M. Gangewer
George E. Baker
Administrative Committee
Mrs. L. Howells, Washington
Mrs. Samuel Wilkeson, Washington
Mrs. George E. Baker, Washington
Miss M. A. Donaldson, Washington
Investigating Committee
Miss Anna M. Hoope, Boston, Mass.
Mrs. C. C. Leighton, Georgetown
Miss Georgiana Willetts, Washington
Committee of Ways and Means
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Andover, Mass.
Miss Elizabeth Peabody, Boston, Mass.
Miss A. M. Hooper, Boston, Mass.
Mrs. Wm. Endicott, Boston, Mass.
Mrs. Henry Wilson, Massachusetts
Mrs. A. H. Gibbons, New York
Mrs. Eliza Randolph, Philadelphia
Miss Margaret Robinson, Philadelphia
Mrs. Passmore Williamson, New Jersey
Mrs. Benj. F. Wade, Ohio
Mrs. Dawes Elliott, New Bedford, Mass.
Mrs. J. M. S. Williams, Cambridge, Mass.
Mary W. Wells, Hartford, Conn.
Miss E. Bright, Madison, Wis.
Mrs. L. L. Rice, Oberlin, Ohio
Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth, Georgetown
Mrs. John Jolliffe, Washington
Mrs. H. Bridge, Washington
Mrs. Gulielma Breed, Washington
Mrs. H. D. Cooke, Washington
Mrs. Jane G. Swisshelm, Washington
Mrs. Joseph D. Badgly, Albany
Miss Mary McClintock Hunt, Waterloo, N. Y.
Mrs. Sarah M. C. Gardner, Fayetteville, N. Y.
Mrs. H. L. Howland, Sherwood, N. Y.
Rebecca C. Tatham, New York
Ednah D. Thomas, Union Springs, N. Y.
Mary H. Thomas, Union Springs, N. Y.
Mrs. Rev. Dr. R. S. Storrs, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mrs. C. B. Webster, Norwich, Conn.
Life Members
Miss Elizabeth P. Peabody, Boston
Mrs. Hemmenway, Boston
Mrs. R. C. Greenleaf, Boston
Miss A. Wigglesworth, Boston
Mrs. John Cushing, Boston
Mrs. Horace Mann, Concord
Miss Maria R. Mann, Concord
Miss Minot, Boston
Mrs. M. S. Williams, Cambridge, Mass.
Mrs. Wm. Gliddon, Cambridge, Mass.
Mrs. R. G. Shaw, Boston
(First Annual Report of the National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children, 1864)
Officers of the Colored Home for 1865
President, Miss Margaret Robinson, Philadelphia
Vice-President, Mrs. M.C. Hart, Washington
Treasurer, Mrs. Germond Crandell, Washington
Secretary, Mrs. W.L. Nicholson, Washington
Executive Committee
Mrs. Jas. M. Blanchard, Washington
Mrs. Harriet Underhill, Washington
Mrs. Geo. W. McLellan, Washington
Mrs. S.P. Bliss, Washington
Miss S.P. Searle, Washington
Miss Eliza Heacock, Washington
Mrs. Geo. B. Whiting, Washington
Mrs. Charles Faxon, Georgetown
Mrs. Stephen D. Charles, Georgetown
Trustees
Geo. E. Baker
A.M. Gangewer
John Joliffe
(Annual Report of the National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children, 1865)
Officers of the Colored Home for 1866
President, Mrs. Benjamin F. Wade, Ohio
Vice-President, Mrs. Geo. W. McLellan, Washington
Treasurer. Mrs. Germond Crandell, Washington
Secretary, Miss Eliza Heacock, Washington
Executive Committee
Mrs. S.C. Pomeroy, Kansas
Mrs. Lyman Trumbull, Illinois
Mrs. Susan Nelson, Washington
Mrs. Gen. O.O. Howard, Washington
Mrs. Harriet Underhill, Washington,
Mrs. D.N. Cooley, Washington
Miss Louise S. Swan, Strafford, Vermont
Miss D.P. Baker, New York
Mrs. Dr. Parker, Washington
Trustees
A.M. Gangewer
S.J. Bowen
Charles King
Life Members
Mrs. Daniel Breed, Washington, District of Columbia
Mrs. William H. Seward, “
Hon. Sayles J. Bowen, “
Miss Maria Mann, Georgetown, District of Columbia
Mrs. S. Hooper, Boston, Massachusetts
Mrs. T. Jackson, “
Mrs. J. M. Forbes, “
Mrs. S. Putnam, “
Miss E. Peabody, “
Mrs. A. Hemmenway, “
Mrs. R.G. Shaw, “
Mrs. Wolcott, “
Mrs. R.C. Greenleaf, “
Mrs. A. Wigglesworth, “
Mrs. John Cushing, “
Dr. L.H. Russell, “
Mrs. W.S. Glidden, “
Mrs. J.M.S. Williams, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Miss Emily Williams, “
Miss Mary F. Prentess, Bangor, Maine
Mrs. Horace Mann, Concord, Massachusetts
Mrs. S.C. Pomeroy, Kansas
Mrs. L.K. Lippincott, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mrs. Clarke, “
Mrs. Eliza P. Gurney, Burlington, New Jersey
Miss Minot [no state given]
Mr. Willis Gaylord, New York, New York
Mrs. Willis Gaylord, ”
(Annual Report of the National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children, 1865)
Officers of the Colored Home for 1869
President, Mrs S.C. [Martha Whiting] Pomeroy, Kansas
Vice President, Mrs. G.W. McLellan, Washington, D.C.
Treasurer, Mrs. Germond Crandell, Washington, D.C.
Secretary, Mrs. Hiram Pitts, Washington, D.C.
Managers
Mrs. O.O. Howard, Washington, D.C.
Mrs. Sella Martin, Washington, D.C.
Mrs. R.M. Bigelow, Washington, D.C.
Mrs. J.M. Blanchard, Washington, D.C.
Mrs, J. Sayles Brown, Washington, D.C.
Mrs. W.F. Bascom, Washington, D.C.
Mrs. W.F. Nilson, Washington, D.C.
Miss Louise S. Swan, Vermont
Miss Susan Walker, Washington, D.C.
Trustees
Hon. Sayles J. Bowen
Charles King
George F. McLellan
>Mrs. George E. Baker, Washington. Wife of George Ellis Baker, American merchant, town clerk and state legislator. While in Albany, he attached himself to former governor and then U.S. Senator William Henry Seward, serving as his private secretary in the 1860's. After President Abraham Lincoln appointed Seward U.S. Secretary of State, Seward had Baker appointed disbursing clerk and administrator of the Secret Service Fund. Together, they were the parents of: George Fisher Baker (1840–1931).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Ellis_Baker
George Fisher Baker (March 27, 1840 – May 2, 1931) was an American financier and philanthropist. Known as the "Dean of American Banking", he was also known for his taciturnity.[1] Baker made a fortune after the Civil War in railroads and banking, and at his death was estimated to be the third-richest man in the United States, after Henry Ford and John D. Rockefeller.[2] His daughter Elizabeth married John M. Schiff of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and their son, George F. Baker III married Frances Drexel Munn,[18] a daughter of Mary Astor Paul and member of the Drexel banking family. He was a member of the Jekyll Island Club (aka The Millionaires Club) on Jekyll Island, Georgia. He was also a member of the New York Yacht Club, having been elected in 1895.[19]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Fisher_Baker
George Ellis Baker (1816-1887) of New York was private secretary to William H. Seward. Seward's wife Mrs. William H. Seward was listed as a National Colored Home life member. Seward served as Lincoln's Secretary of State and was one of the targets of the 1865 assassination plot that killed Lincoln. Nevertheless, Seward remained on excellent personal terms with individual southerners such as Mississippi's Jefferson Davis.
In 1864 the association remembered two of its founders who did not live to see the realization of their dream. One was Frances Lewis Potter, the wife of Rep. John Fox Potter of Wisconsin, who “died in consequence of fever taken in the hospitals while nursing the soldiers during the civil war.” The other was Lucy Gaylord Pomeroy of Massachusetts, a fervent missionary and abolitionist who was the wife of Sen. Samuel C. Pomeroy of Kansas.
https://gloverparkhistory.com/estates-and-farms/burleith/the-colored-home/
In 1861, John Fox Potter was one of the participants in the Peace Conference of 1861, which failed to avert the American Civil War.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Potter
The Peace Conference of 1861 was a meeting of 131 leading American politicians in February 1861, at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C., on the eve of the American Civil War. The conference's purpose was to avoid, if possible, the secession of the eight slave states from the upper and border South that had not done so as of that date. The seven states that had already seceded did not attend. At the same time that Former President John Tyler, selected to head the convention, was making his opening remarks in Washington, his granddaughter was ceremonially hoisting the flag for the Confederate convention in Montgomery. Among the representatives to the conference were James A. Seddon and William Cabell Rives from Virginia, David Wilmot from Pennsylvania, Francis Granger from New York, Reverdy Johnson from Maryland, William P. Fessenden and Lot M. Morrill from Maine, James Guthrie and William O. Butler from Kentucky, David S. Reid from North Carolina, Stephen T. Logan from Illinois, Alvan Cullom from Tennessee, and Thomas Ewing and Salmon P. Chase from Ohio. Although Louisiana did not send delegates, Rep. John Edward Bouligny, the only member of the state's congressional delegation not to resign his seat, did participate in the conference.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_Conference_of_1861
Trump, Pence and Obama photographed with a portrait of President John Taylor. Posted by Scavino at 2:44am (to the 44th POTUS).
https://x.com/DanScavino/status/1425332301324554241
Elizabeth Keckly was part of the group to help found the National Home for Destitute Colored Women and Children. Keckly was the personal dressmaker and confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln. Other clients of hers were the wives of elite politicians, including Varina Davis, the wife of Jefferson Davis, and Mary Anna Custis Lee, the wife of Robert E. Lee.