What is Alexander Ramsey?
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox US Cabinet official |name=Alexander Ramsey |image=Alexander Ramsey - Brady-Handy.jpg |order=34th |title=[[United States Secretary of War]] |president=[[Rutherford B. Hayes]] |term_start=December 10, 1879 |term_end=March 4, 1881 |predecessor=[[George W. McCrary]] |successor=[[Robert Todd Lincoln]] |order2=2nd |title2=[[Governor of Minnesota]] |term_start2=January 2, 1860 |term_end2=July 10, 1863 |lieutenant2=[[Ignatius L. Donnelly]] |predecessor2=[[Henry Hastings Sibley]] |successor2=[[Henry Adoniram Swift]] |order3=1st |title3= Territorial Governor of Minnesota |term_start3= June 1, 1849 |term_end3= May 15, 1853 |successor3= [[Willis A. Gorman]] |birth_date={{birth date|1815|9|8|mf=y}} |birth_place=[[Hummelstown, Pennsylvania]] |death_date={{death date and age|1903|4|22|1815|9|8}} |death_place=[[St. Paul, Minnesota]] |party=[[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]], [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |spouse=Anna Jenks |profession=[[Politician]], [[Lawyer]] |religion= }} '''Alexander Ramsey''' (September 8, 1815– April 22, 1903) was an [[Americans|American]] [[politician]]. He was born near [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]]. Ramsey was elected from [[Pennsylvania]] as a [[United States Whig Party|Whig]] to the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] and served in the [[28th United States Congress|28th]] and [[29th United States Congress|29th]] congresses from March 4, 1843 to March 3, 1847. He served as the first Territorial [[Governor of Minnesota]] June 1, 1849 to May 15, 1853 as a member of the Whig Party. [[File:Ramsey home.jpg|thumb|left|[[Alexander Ramsey House|Ramsey's house]] in [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]], 1960.]] In 1855, he became the [[mayor]] of [[St. Paul, Minnesota]]. Ramsey was elected the second Governor of Minnesota after statehood and served from January 2, 1860 to July 10, 1863. Ramsey is credited with being the first Union governor to commit troops during the [[American Civil War]] (he happened to be in [[Washin