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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hill , David Bennett 1844 - (search)
Hill, David Bennett 1844-
Lawyer; born in Havana, N. Y., Aug. 29, 1844; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1864; was a member of the New York Assembly in 1869-71.
He presided over the Democratic State conventions of 1877 and 1881; was mayor of Elmira, N. Y., in 1882; lieutenant-governor of New York in 1882-85, and governor in 1885-91.
In the
David Bennett Hill. latter year he was elected United States Senator and served till 1897.
He was a candidate for the Presidential nomination in the National Democratic Convention of 1892, and prior to the convention of 1896, spent several weeks making a political speaking tour of the principal cities of the South on the invitation of the Democratic leaders in that section.
In the convention of 1900 he was offered the nomination for Vice-President, but firmly declined it.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sound-money Democrats. (search)
Sound-money Democrats.
One of the branches into which the regular Democratic party split in 1896.
In the National Democratic Convention in Chicago, July 7-11, the delegates from the New England and Middle States were almost solidly opposed to the free-silver movement, and became known as gold Democrats or soundmoney Democrats.
Under the leadership of ex-Governor David B. Hill, of New York, the sound-money delegates undertook to have the following declaration incorporated in the party platform, but the resolution to that end was rejected by a vote of 626 against 303:
We declare our belief that the experiment on the part of the United States alone of free-silver coinage, and a change in the existing standard of value independently of the action of other great nations, would not only imperil our finances, but would retard or entirely prevent the establishment of international bimetallism, to which the efforts of the government should be steadily directed.
It would place th
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Tariff. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 20. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.25 (search)
The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence.
Oration by Hon. D. B. Hill, at the one hundred and Seventeenth anniversary, celebrated at Charlotte, North Carolina, evard called the assemblage in the auditorium to order, and it was 3.30 when Senator Hill finished speaking.
His remarks were received with the greatest enthusiasm. e, offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That we tender to the Hon. David Bennett Hill, of New York, our thanks for the able, eloquent and patriotic addres en for Ransom, but none of them responded, and after giving three cheers for Senator Hill the meeting broke up. Senator Hill held an informal reception on the platforSenator Hill held an informal reception on the platform, and then returned to his hotel.
Dinner was served at 4 o'clock. At 6.30 o'clock Senator Hill, Senator Gray, General Lathrop and the United Press correspondent lefSenator Hill, Senator Gray, General Lathrop and the United Press correspondent left Charlotte on the special car Neva for the North.
The day observed in Raleigh.
All the State departments and the banks of the city were closed to-day, being St
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 20. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)