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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hobart, Garret Augustus 1844- (search)
Hobart, Garret Augustus 1844- Lawyer; born in Long Branch, N. J., June 3, 1844; was graduated at Rutgers College in 1863; admitted to the bar in 1866; and began practice in Paterson, N. J. In 1872 he was elected to the State Assembly; in 1873 was re-elected and chosen speaker; and in 1874 declined a renomination to the Assembly and was elected to the Senate, to which he was re-elected in 1879. In 1881 and 1882 he was president of the Senate. In 1896 he was elected Vice-President of the United States on the ticket with Mr. McKinley, and served till his death, in Paterson, N. J., Nov. 2, 1899. He was connected with a large Garret Augustus Hobart. number of financial concerns; was a man of exceptional personal magnetism, and ably supported President McKinley in the trying days of 1898.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McKinley, William 1843- (search)
cur liability to maintain their cause in the future, and he replied, under date of June 6, 1898: Have acted according to spirit of department's instructions from the beginning, and I have entered into no alliance with the insurgents or with any faction. This squadron can reduce the defences of Manila at any moment, but it is considered useless until the arrival of sufficient United States forces to retain possession. In the report of the first Philippine commission, submitted on Nov. 2, 1899, Admiral Dewey, one of its members, said: No alliance of any kind was entered into with Aguinaldo, nor was any promise of independence made to him at any time. General Merritt arrived in the Philippines on July 25, 1898, and a despatch from Admiral Dewey to the government at Washington said: Merritt arrived yesterday. Situation is most critical at Manila. The Spanish may surrender at any moment. Merritt's most difficult problem will be how to deal with the insurgents und
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Presidential administrations. (search)
ate Republican, House, 1889-91, Republican; Reed, speaker; 1891-93, Democratic; Crisp, speaker. 1893-97: Cleveland; Stevenson, Vice-President, Democrat; Gresham, then Olney, State; Carlisle, Treasury; Lamont, War; Olney, then Harmon, Attorney-General; Bissell, then Wilson, Postmaster-General; Herbert, Navy; Smith, Interior; Morton, Agriculture. Congress, Democratic; Crisp, speaker; 1895. House Republican; Reed, speaker. 1897-1901: McKinley; Hobart, Vice-President, Republican (died Nov. 2, 1899); Sherman, Day, and Hay, State; Gage, Treasury; Alger and Root, War; McKenna, Griggs, and Knox, Attorney-General; Gary and Smith, Postmaster-General; Long, Navy; Bliss and Hitchcock, Interior; Wilson, Agriculture. Congress, Republican; Reed and Henderson, speakers. 1901-1905: McKinley; Roosevelt, Vice-President (succeeded as President Sept. 14, 1901), Republican; Hay, State; Gage, Treasury; Root, War; Knox, Attorney-General; Smith, Postmaster-General; Long, Navy; Hitchcock, Interior;
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kansas, (search)
mmission in connection with the State library (14,700 volumes circulated by September, 1901)......March 4, 1899 Twenty-third Kansas sails from New York, Aug. 25; arrives at Santiago, Cuba, for guard duty at San Luis, Aug. 31, 1898; returns to Fort Leavenworth, and is mustered out......April 10, 1899 Twentieth Kansas does valiant service in the Philippines, 1898-99; returns in the Tartar, by way of Hong-Kong, to San Francisco, where it is mustered out, and is received at Topeka......Nov. 2, 1899 Two men hanged by a mob at Fort Scott......Jan. 20, 1900 Indian famine relief committee organized at Topeka; 41,483 bushels of corn and $8,700 in cash was contributed through the committee, which also reported over $25,000 raised previously, mostly through the churches......April 5, 1900 Conflict between sheriff's posse and two train robbers, both outlaws killed, at Goadland......Aug. 10, 1900 Death of ex-Senator John J. Ingalls, at Las Vegas, N. M......Aug. 16, 1900 Adopti