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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Davis , John W. , 1799 -1859 (search)
Davis, John W., 1799-1859
Statesman; born in Cumberland county, Pa., July 17, 1799; graduated at the Baltimore Medical College in 1821; settled in Carlisle, Ind., in 1823; member of Congress in 1835-37, 1839-41, and 1843-47; speaker of the House of Representatives during his last term; United States commissioner to China in 1848-50; and governor of Oregon in 1853-54.
He was president of the convention in 1852 which nominated Franklin Pierce for President.
He died in Carlisle, Ind., Aug. 22, 1859.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dobbin , James Cochrane , 1814 -1857 (search)
Dobbin, James Cochrane, 1814-1857
Statesman; born in Fayetteville, N. C., in 1814; graduated at the University of North Carolina in 1832; elected to Congress in 1845; and in 1848 to the State legislature, of which he became speaker in 1850.
In 1853 President Pierce appointed him Secretary of the Navy.
He died in Fayetteville, Aug. 4, 1857.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Phillips , Wendell 1811 -1884 (search)
Piegan Indians.
See Blackfeet.
Pierce, Franklin
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pierce , Franklin 1804 -1869 (search)
Pierce, Franklin 1804-1869
Fourteenth President of the United States, from 1853 to 1857; Democrat; born in Hillsboro, N. H., Nov. 23, 1804; graduated at Bowdoin College in 1824; became a lawyer; was admitted to the bar in 1827, and made his perm vention nominated him for President of the United States, and he was elected in November (see cabinet, President's). President Pierce favored the pro-slavery party in Kansas, and in January, 1856, in a message to Congress, he denounced the formation of a free-State government in Kansas as an act of rebellion.
During the Civil War ex-President Pierce was in full sympathy with the Confederate leaders.
He died in Concord, N. H., Oct. 8, 1869.
Special message on Kansas.
On Jan. 24, 1856, PrPresident Pierce sent the following message to the Congress on the affairs in Kansas:
Washington, Jan. 24, 1856.
To the Senate and House of Representatives,—Circumstances have occurred to disturb the course of governmental organization in the T
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Presidential elections. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Reeder , Andrew Horatio 1807 -1864 (search)
Reeder, Andrew Horatio 1807-1864
Lawyer; born in Easton, Pa., Aug. 6, 1807; was a practitioner in Easton, where he spent the most of his life.
In 1854 he accepted the office of (first) governor of Kansas from President Pierce, where he endeavored in vain to prevent the election frauds in that territory in 1855.
He would not countenance the illegal proceedings of Missourians there, and (July, 1855) the President removed him from office.
The antislavery people immediately elected him a delegate to Congress for Kansas; and afterwards, under the legal constitution, he was chosen United States Senator.
Congress did not ratify that constitution, and he never took his seat.
His patriotic course won for him the respect of all law-abiding citizens.
He was one of the first to be appointed a brigadier-general of volunteers at the outbreak of the Civil War, but declined the honor.
Three of his sons served in the army.
He died in Easton, Pa., July 5, 1864.
See Kansas.