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Cass, Lewis 1782-1866
Statesman; born in Exeter, N. H., Oct. 9, 1782; entered upon the practice of law about 1802, in Zanesville, O., and at the age of twenty-five was a member of the legislature.
He was colonel of an Ohio regiment, under General Hull, in 1812, and was with the troops surrendered at Detroit (q. v.). In March, 1813, he was made a brigadier-general, and was volunteer aide to General Harrison at the battle of the Thames (q. v.), when he was appointed governor of Michigan Territory.
As superintendent of Indian affairs in that region, he negotiated nineteen treaties with the Indians.
In 1829 he organized a scientific expedition to explore the upper Mississippi.
In 1831 he resigned the governorship and became Secretary of War, under President Jackson.
From 1836 to 1842 he was United States minister to France, and from 1845 to 1848 United States Senator.
He received the Democratic nomination
Lewis Cass.
for President in 1848, but was defeated, and was again in
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cox , Samuel Sullivan 1824 -1889 (search)
Cox, Samuel Sullivan 1824-1889
Statesman; born in Zanesville, O., Sept. 30, 1824: graduated at Brown University in 1846: became editor of the Statesman of Columbus, O., in 1853; was a Democratic Representative in Congress from Ohio in 1857-65; and from New York in 1868-82.
During his service in Congress he secured an increase of salary for the letter-carriers throughout the country, and also an annual vacation without loss of pay. In 1885-86 he was United States minister to Turkey, and on his return was again elected to Congress.
He was a pleasing speaker, writer, and lecturer.
Chief among his many publications are Puritanism in politics; Eight years in Congress; Free land and free trade; Three decades of federal legislation; and The diplomat in Turkey.
He died in New York City, Sept. 10, 1889.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Granger , Moses Moorhead 1831 - (search)
Granger, Moses Moorhead 1831-
Lawyer; born in Zanesville, O., Oct. 22, 1831; graduated at Kenyon College in 1850; practised law at Zanesville from 1853 to 1861; served throughout the Civil War in the National army with much distinction, and received the brevet of colonel.
He is the author of Washington versus Jefferson, and The case tried by battle in 186-65.
Granger, Moses Moorhead 1831-
Lawyer; born in Zanesville, O., Oct. 22, 1831; graduated at Kenyon College in 1850; practised law at Zanesville from 1853 to 1861; served throughout the Civil War in the National army with much distinction, and received the brevet of colonel.
He is the author of Washington versus Jefferson, and The case tried by battle in 186-65.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hendricks , Thomas Andrews -1885 (search)
Hendricks, Thomas Andrews -1885
Statesman; born near Zanesville, O., Sept. 7, 1819.
In 1822 his father settled in Indiana, where the son was educated at
Thomas Andrews Hendricks. South Hanover College, and became a lawyer.
He was an active member of the State constitutional convention of 1850, and a member of Congress from the Indianapolis District from 1851 to 1855.
He was Democratic United States Senator from 1863 to 1869, was chosen governor of Indiana for four years in 1872, and Vice-President of the United States on the ticket with Mr. Cleveland in 1884.
He had second place with Samuel J. Tilden in 1876.
He died in Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 25, 1885.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Safford , James Merrill 1822 - (search)
Safford, James Merrill 1822-
Geologist; born in Putnam (now Zanesville), O., Aug. 13, 1822; graduated at the Ohio State University in 1844; Professor of Natural Science in Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., in 1848-72; during which time (1854-60 and since 1871) he was State Geologist of Tennessee; Professor of Chemistry in the medical department of the University of Nashville and Vanderbilt University in 1874-94; and for more than thirty years was a member of the State board of health.
He is author of Geology reconnoissance of Tennessee; Geology of Tennessee; and many papers on geological subjects.
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Wise, John 1808-
Balloonist; born in Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 24, 1808; made his first ascension at Philadelphia, Pa., May 2, 1835, and ascended to an altitude of 13,000 feet, Aug. 11, 1838.
On Aug. 15, 1851, he made an ascent from Zanesville, O., to experiment on the action of falling bodies, and discovered that they always fall spirally, turning on an axis as they descend.
In 1859 he made a celebrated trip from St. Louis to Jefferson county, N. Y. On Sept. 28, 1879, with a number of companions, he ascended from St. Louis, Mo., in a balloon named the Pathfinder, which drifted in a northeasterly direction.
The last that was ever seen of it was as it passed over Carlinville, Ill. Later the body of one of his companions was washed ashore on Lake Michigan.
In all, Mr. Wise made over 230 ascensions.
He was the author of System of aeronautics.