Jeremiah S. Black
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About
Lawyer and statesman who served as the twenty-third U.S. Secretary of State from 1860 to 1861. He actively opposed the senate's plan for Reconstruction after the Civil War and wrote President Johnson's message vetoing the Reconstruction Act.
Before Fame
He was self-educated and made the Pennsylvania Bar before he was even of age.
Trivia
He was also the twenty-fourth U.S. Attorney General.
Family Life
His father was U.S. Representative Henry Black.
Associated With
He was U.S. Secretary of State under President James Buchanan.
