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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 1 | 6 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Presidential elections. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Tiebout , Cornelius 1777 -1830 (search)
Tiebout, Cornelius 1777-1830
Engraver; born in New York in 1777; was apprenticed to a silversmith; studied art in London in 1795-97; settled in Philadelphia, Pa., where he engraved portraits of Washington, Gen. Horatio Gates, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, and Bishop White.
Later he removed to Kentucky, where he died in 1830.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Tohopeka, or Horseshoe Bend, battle at (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Uniforms of the American army. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), White , Hugh Lawson 1773 -1840 (search)
White, Hugh Lawson 1773-1840
Jurist; born in Iredell county, N. C., Oct. 30, 1773; enlisted as a private under General Sevier in 1800, and was with him when the power of the Cherokee Indians was crushed at the battle of Etowah.
White is said toWhite is said to have decided that battle, for in the crisis of the action he shot and mortally wounded King Fisher, the leading chief, whereupon the Indians fled in all directions.
White then studied law in Philadelphia, Pa., and began practice in Knoxville, TenWhite then studied law in Philadelphia, Pa., and began practice in Knoxville, Tenn.; was a judge of the Tennessee Supreme Court in 1811-17; and was elected United States Senator in 1825 and in 1831.
In the convention at Baltimore, Md., May 20, 1836, when Martin Van Buren was unanimously nominated for President, Tennessee was not represented, that State having nominated Judge White for President in October of the previous year.
Tie carried his State by nearly 10,000 majority and also received the electoral vote of Georgia.
In 1840 he was placed upon the Whig ticket under
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 1, Chapter 14 : the Boston mob (first stage).—1835 . (search)