Peter H. Watson was the second United States Assistant Secretary of War from January 24-January 28, 1862, a United States Patent attorney and a personal friend to Abraham Lincoln.
Biography[]
Watson was a United States patent attorney and for four days from January 24-January 28, 1862 was the 2nd United States Assistant Secretary of War. He replaced Thomas Alexander Scott.[1][2] On January 29, 1862 John Tucker replaced Watson and assumed the positon as Assistant Secretary of War.
References[]
- ↑ Perley Poore, Benjamin (1878). The political register and congressional directory: a statistical record of the Federal Officials...1776-1878. Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company. p. 232. http://books.google.com/books?id=Nn0FAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA232.
- ↑ "The New Assistant Secretaries of War.". The New York Times. January 27, 1862. http://www.nytimes.com/1862/01/27/news/the-new-assistant-secretaries-of-war.html. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
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