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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alabama. (search)
hJuly, 1868 to Nov. 1870 Robt. B. LindsayNov. 1870 to Nov. 1872 David B. LewisNov. 1872 to Nov. 1874 Geo. S. HoustonNov. 1874 to Nov. 1876 Geo. S. HoustonNov. 1876 to Nov. 1878 Rufus W. CobbNov. 1878 to Nov. 1880 Rufus W. CobbNov. 1880 to Nov. 1882 Edward N. O'NealNov. 1882 to Nov. 1884 Edward N. O'NealNov. 1884 to Nov. 1886 Thomas SeayNov. 1886 to Nov. 1888 Thomas SeayNov. 1888 to Nov. 1890 Thomas G. JonesNov. 1890 to Nov. 1892 Thomas G. JonesNov. 1892 to Nov. 1894 William C. OateNov. 1882 to Nov. 1884 Edward N. O'NealNov. 1884 to Nov. 1886 Thomas SeayNov. 1886 to Nov. 1888 Thomas SeayNov. 1888 to Nov. 1890 Thomas G. JonesNov. 1890 to Nov. 1892 Thomas G. JonesNov. 1892 to Nov. 1894 William C. OatesNov. 1894 to Nov. 1896 Joseph F. JohnstonNov. 1896 to Nov. 1898 Joseph F. JohnstonNov. 1898 to Nov. 1900 W. J. SamfordNov. 1900 to Nov. 1902 United States senators from the State of Alabama. Names.No. of Congress.Date. William R. King16th to 28th1819 to 1844 John W. Walker16th to 17th1819 to 1822 William Kelley17th to 19th1823 to 1825 Henry Chambers19th1825 to 1826 Israel Pickens19th to 20th1826 John McKinley19th to 22d1826 to 1831 Gabriel Moore22d to 25th1831 to 1837 Clemen
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Eagle, Henry, 1801-1882 (search)
Eagle, Henry, 1801-1882 Naval officer; born in New York City, April 7, 1801; entered the navy in 1818; and had command of the bomb-vessel aetna and also a part of the Gulf fleet during the Mexican War. At the beginning of the Civil War he carried important messages from Brooklyn to Washington. While in command of the Monticello he was engaged in the first naval engagement of the war, silencing the guns of Sewell's Point battery, Va., May 19, 1861. He was promoted commodore in 1862; retired in January, 1863. He died in November, 1882.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kansas, (search)
left to the Supreme Court......November, 1880 Immigration of colored people continues through the year; at its close there were 40,000 colored immigrants in Kansas......1880 Supreme Court decides the prohibitory amendment valid; legislature attempts to strengthen it by additional legislation......February, 1881 Meeting of Farmers' Alliance at Topeka......Sept. 14, 1881 George W. Glick, Democrat, elected governor; remaining State officers and Congressmen being Republican......November, 1882 Governor Glick in his message pronounces the prohibition amendment premature, and indeed unfortunate, and suggests its repeal......1883 Law creating a railroad commission and regulating passenger and freight charges......1883 Prohibition party organized in State convention at Lawrence......Sept. 2, 1884 Population 1,268,562......March 1, 1885 Kansas national guard fully organized under militia law of 1885......1886 Legislature grants women in Kansas municipalities votes
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Michigan, (search)
and limitation of time had long expired......1881 Michigan reform school for girls at Adrian, opened......August, 1881 Forest fires break out in Huron and Sanilac counties, and burn over some 1,800 square miles of territory, rendering 2,900 families homeless, and destroying 138 lives......September, 1881 Site purchased for State insane asylum near Traverse City......1882 Josiah W. Begole, union or fusion candidate of the Democratic and Greenback parties, elected governor......November, 1882 National Prison Association meets at Detroit......Oct. 17, 1885 State soldiers' home near Grand Rapids dedicated......Dec. 30, 1886 Local option law passed by legislature......1887 Acts passed to incorporate the Women's Christian Temperance Unions throughout the State......1887 Ten counties hold local-option elections, and in each case they resulted in prohibition......December, 1887 Secret ballot law, on the Australian ballot system, passed......1889 Edwin B. Wimans
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Nebraska, (search)
e election E. P. Ingersoll, president of the State Farmers' Alliance and candidate of the Greenback and Anti-monopoly parties, receives 16,991 votes, as against 28,562 for J. S, Morton, Democrat, and 43,495 for James W. Dawes, Republican......November, 1882 Amendment to the constitution extending suffrage to women rejected; 25,756 for and 50,693 against......November, 1882 Nebraska Central College, at Central City, chartered and opened......1885 Soldiers' and sailors home at Grand IslanNovember, 1882 Nebraska Central College, at Central City, chartered and opened......1885 Soldiers' and sailors home at Grand Island opened......July, 1888 First Monday in September made a legal holiday (Labor Day)......1889 Industrial home for women and girls at Milford opened......May 1, 1889 Asylum for incurable insane at Hastings opened......Aug. 1, 1889 Convention of 250 delegates representing Kansas, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Nebraska, meets at Omaha to unite in a central prohibition organization......Dec. 18, 1889 At State election the vote for governor stands as follows: James E. Boyd, Dem
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, (search)
Vanderbilt. This obelisk is supposed to have been made 1591-1565 B. C. at Heliopolis; removed to Alexandria 22 B. C.] Alfred B. Street, poet, born at Poughkeepsie, 1811, dies at Albany......1881 United States Senators Conkling and Platt resign......May 16, 1881 Warner Miller and Elbridge G. Lapham elected......July 17, 1881 Thurlow Weed, politician and journalist, dies at New York City, aged eighty-five......Nov. 22, 1882 Grover Cleveland, Democrat, elected governor......November, 1882 Edwin D. Morgan, born 1811; dies at New York City......Feb. 14, 1883 Commission of statistics of labor established by law......May 4, 1883 East River suspension bridge, connecting New York and Brooklyn, opened......May 24, 1883 Civil service commission created by law......May 29, 1883 Centennial of the disbanding of the army of the Revolution celebrated at Newburg......Oct. 18, 1883 New railroad (cantilever) bridge across the Niagara below the falls opened......Dec. 20,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Virginia, (search)
notes, national bank notes, and currency (excluding coupons on State bonds)......Jan. 26, 1882 Riddleberger act passed, offering terms of settlement with State bond-holders......Feb. 14, 1882 All acts for punishment by stripes repealed, and other punishment substituted......1882 Legislature meets in extra session......March 7–April 22, 1882 Amendment to State constitution abrogating capitation tax as a condition of voting ratified by vote, 107,303 to 66,131, at election......November, 1882 Extra session of the legislature......August–December, 1884 United States Supreme Court decides that coupons are a good tender in payment of taxes in Virginia......April 20, 1885 Act to establish an agricultural experiment station at the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College at Blacksburg; one appointing a commission to fix the boundary-line with North Carolina, and a local option act passed by legislature, which adjourns......March 5, 1886 Legislature convenes in extr