Browsing named entities in Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing). You can also browse the collection for Nelson Dingley or search for Nelson Dingley in all documents.

Your search returned 9 results in 6 document sections:

Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Anglo-American commission, (search)
e purpose of preparing a plan by which. the controversial questions pending between the United States and Canada might be definitely settled. As originally constituted the American members were: United States Senators Fairbanks and Gray. Congressman Dingley ex-Seeretary of State Foster, and Reciprocity Commissioner Kasson: and the British members: Lord Herschell, Sir Wilfred Laurier, Sir Richard Cartwright, Sir Louis H. Davies. and Mr. J. Charlton, a member of the Dominion Parliament. Of these commissioners. Congressman Dingley died Jan. 13. 1899, and Lord Herschell, March 1, 1899. The questions assigned to the commission for consideration were as follows: Seal-fisheries of Bering Sea; fisheries off Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Alaska-Canadian boundary: transportation of merchandise by land and water between the countries; transit of merchandise from one country to be delivered in the other beyond the frontier; alien labor laws; mining rights of citizens or subjects of each
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dingley, Nelson, 1832-1899 (search)
Dingley, Nelson, 1832-1899 Legislator; born in Durham, Me., Feb. 15, 1832; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1855; studied law in Auburn and was admitted to the bar there in 1856; and in the last mentioned year became editor and proprietor of the Lewiston Journal, a connection he retained till his death. From 1861 till 1873 he was a member of the State legislature, and in 1873 and 1875 was elected governor of Maine. In 1881 he was elected to Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the election of William P. Frye to the United States Senate, and by re-elections held the seat till his death. Nelson Dingley. From the opening of his congressional career he was conspicuous as an advocate of high tariff. In 1890 he aided in the formulation of the McKinley tariff bill; in 1894 was a strong opponent of the Wilson bill; and in 1897, as chairman of the committee on ways and means, he brought forward the tariff bill which was adopted under his name. President McKinley tendered him the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Maine, (search)
John Fairfield1841 to 1843 Edward Kavanagh1843 to 1844 Hugh J. Anderson1844 to 1847 John W. Dana1847 to 1850 John Hubbard1850 to 1853 William G. Crosby1853 to 1855 Anson P. Morrill1855 to 1856 Samuel Wells1856 to 1857 Hannibal Hamlin1857 Joseph H. Williams1857 to 1858 Governors-continued. Name.Term. Lot M. Morrill1858 to 1861 Israel Washburn, Jr1861 to 1862 Abner Coburn1862 to 1864 Samuel Corey1864 to 1867 Joshua L. Chamberlain1867 to 1870 Sidney Perham1871 to 1873 Nelson Dingley, Jr1874 to 1875 Selden Connor1876 to 1879 Alonzo Garcelon1879 to 1880 Daniel F. Davis1880 to 1881 Harris M. Plaisted1881 to 1882 Frederick Robie1883 to 1887 Joseph R. Bodwell1887 Sebastian S. Marble1887 to 1888 Edwin C. Burleigh1889 to 1892 Henry B. Cleaves1893 to 1897 Llewellyn Powers1897 to 1901 John F. Hill1901 to — United States Senators. Name.No. of Congress.Term. John Chandler16th to 20th1820 to 1829 John Holmes16th to 19th1820 to 1827 Albion K. Parris20th1828 Joh
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Tariff. (search)
sses tariff bill, 39 yeas (thirty-seven Democrats, two Populists), 34 nays (thirty-one Republicans, two Populists, one Democrat, D. B. Hill)......July 3, 1894 Tariff bill received in the House with 633 Senate amendments; rates increased......July 5, 1894 House disagreeing, a conference committee is appointed; the Senate compels the House to adopt its amendments......Aug. 13, 1894 Bill sent to the President Aug. 17, 1894 Becomes a law without his signature......Aug. 27, 1894 Chairman Dingley, of the committee on ways and means, introduces new tariff bill......Dec. 7, 1896 Measure reported from committee on ways and means......March 19, 1897 Bill passes the House, 205 ayes to 122 nays, twenty-seven not voting......March 31, 1897 Bill passes the Senate with about 870 amendments, 38 ayes, 28 nays, twenty-three not voting......July 7, 1897 House non-concurred in Senate amendments; conference committee reported favorably on majority of Senate amendments; report agree
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Tariff legislation. (search)
ngress in 1896, a strong effort was at once made to pass another tariff measure, entitled the Dingley bill. This bill somewhat resembles the McKinley bill, although the duties proposed were not as excessive. The duty on wool was restored. The Dingley bill met with much opposition, but was passed at the close of July, 1897. This was chiefly due to Western Senators, who refused to aid the Republican tariff plans unless that party would support free-silver legislation. The Wilson tariff washis is the only important change made in the internal-revenue laws. On March 18, 1897, a bill to provide revenue for the government and to encourage the industries of the United States was introduced into the House of Representatives by Nelson Dingley, Jr., of Maine. The treasury had suffered since 1893 from yearly deficits, and the finances had been further deranged by the growing conviction that the currency system was not as perfect as it should be. Many believed the aggravating cause to
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Maine. (search)
ts and heating railroad cars by common stoves......1889 State convention of Union Labor party meets at Waterville, and nominates Isaac R. Clark, of Bangor, for governor......May 20, 1890 Legislature enacts an Australian ballot law......March 24, 1891 First Monday in September (Labor Day) made a legal holiday by legislature at session ending......April 3, 1891 Ex-Vice-President Hannibal Hamlin, born 1809, dies at Bangor......July 4, 1891 James G. Blaine, Secretary of State, resigns......June 4, 1892 James G. Blaine dies at Washington, D. C:, aged sixty-three years......Jan. 27, 1893 Neal Dow, the father of prohibition, dies at Portland......Oct. 2, 1897 Steamer Portland lost in a gale, 118 lives lost......Nov. 29, 1898 Nelson Dingley dies at Washington, D. C......Jan. 13, 1899 Twenty persons drowned by an accident at Bar Harbor......Aug. 6, 1899 Arthur Sewall, Democratic candidate for Vice-President in 1896, dies at Bath......Sept. 5, 1900 Maryland