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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Brush , Charles Francis , 1849 - (search)
Brush, Charles Francis, 1849-
Inventor; born in Euclid, O., March 17, 1849; was graduated at the University of Michigan in 1869.
He was one of the earliest workers in the field of electric lighting, and invented the are electric light.
He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a life-member of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.
In 1881 the French government decorated him for his achievements in electrical science, and in March. 1900, he received the Rumford medal from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bryan , William Jennings , 1860 - (search)
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-
Politician; born in Salem, Ill., March 19, 1860; was graduated at Illinois College in 1881, and at Union College of Law, Chicago, in 1883.
He practised in Jacksonville, Ill., from 1883 till 1887, then removed to Lincoln, Neb., and was elected to Congress as a Democrat, serving in 1891-95.
In 1894-96 he was editor of the Omaha World-Herald, and in the latter year a delegate to the National Democratic Convention at Chicago.
He there made a notable speech advocating the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1.
The free-silver element in the convention was far stronger than the leaders of the party imagined, and there was as munch surprise in the convention as out of it when its prize, the Presidential nomination, was awarded to him. The Sound-money Democrats repudiated the nomination, organized the National Democratic party, and put forth a separate platform and national ticket.
The Populists, however, adopted the Democratic no
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Buffington , Adelbert Rinaldo , 1837 - (search)
Buffington, Adelbert Rinaldo, 1837-
Military officer; born in Wheeling, Va., Nov. 22, 1837; was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1861.
and commissioned brevet second lieutenant in the ordnance department: and was appointed chief of ordnance with the rank of brigadier-general in 1889.
From 1881 till 1892 he was in charge of the national armory at Springfield, Mass. General Buffington is the inventor of a magazine fire-arm, carriages for light and heavy ordnance, and the nitre and manganese method for bluing iron and the steel surface of small-arms.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Burnside , Ambrose Everett , 1824 -1881 (search)
Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881
Military officer; born in Liberty, Ind., May 23, 1824; was graduated at West Point in 1847, and, as a member of a corps of artillery, accompanied General Patterson to Mexico the same year.
Afterwards he was in charge of a squadron of cavalry in New Mexico; was quartermaster of the Mexican Boundary Commission in 1850-51; resigned in 1853; established a manufactory of breech-loading rifles (his own invention) in Rhode Island; and was an officer of the Illinois Central Railroad
Ambrose Everett Burnside. Company when the Civil War began.
He went into that conflict as colonel of the 1st Rhode Island Volunteers.
For good service at the battle of Bull Run he was made (Aug. 6, 1861) major-general of volunteers.
He commanded the expedition that captured Roanoke Island (q. v.) in February, 1862; also Newbern and Beaufort.
He was called to Virginia after the close of the campaign on the Peninsula, and was active and skilful as a corps commander in
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Carpenter , Matthew Hale 1824 -1881 (search)
Carpenter, Matthew Hale 1824-1881
Lawyer; born in Moretown, Vt., Dec. 22, 1824; was admitted to the Vermont bar in 1847; settled in Wisconsin in the following year, and later in Milwaukee, Mich.
During the Civil War he was a stanch Union man. In March, 1868, with Lyman Trumbull, he represented the government in the famous McCardle trial, which involved the validity of the reconstruction act of Congress of March 7, 1867.
Up to that time this was the most important cause ever argued before ted Secretary Stanton put his arms around his neck, exclaiming, Carpenter, you have saved us!
Later Judge Black spoke of him as the finest constitutional lawyer in the United States.
He was a member of the United States Senate in 1869-75 and 1879-81.
He was counsel for Samuel J. Tilden before the Electoral Commission in 1877.
His greatest speeches in the Senate include his defence of President Grant against the attack of Charles Summer; and on the Ku-Klux act, President Johnson's amnesty pro
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Chinese exclusion acts. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Clark , Charles Edgar 1843 - (search)
Clark, Charles Edgar 1843-
Naval officer; born in Bradford, Vt., Aug. 10, 1843; was
Charles Edgar Clark. trained in the naval academy in 1860-63, becoming ensign in the latter year.
In 1863-65 he served on the sloop Ossipee, and participated in the battle of Mobile Bay, Aug. 5, 1864, and the bombardment of Fort Morgan, Aug. 23.
He was promoted lieutenant in 1867; lieutenantcommander in 1868; commander in 1881; and captain, June 21, 1896; and was given command of the Monterey.
He held this post till March, 1898, when he was given command of the battle-ship Oregon, then at San Francisco, under orders to hurry her around Cape Horn to the vicinity of Cuba.
He made the now famous run of 14,000 miles to Key West in sixty-five days, arriving at his destination on May 26.
This was the longest and quickest trip of any battle-ship afloat.
Despite her long voyage, the Oregon immediately joined Admiral Sampson's squadron.
Captain Clark's excellent discipline was evident in the effec
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cleveland , Grover 1837 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Clifford , Nathan 1803 -1881 (search)
Clifford, Nathan 1803-1881
Jurist; born in Rumney, N. H., Aug. 18, 1803; graduated at the Hampton Literary Institution; settled in York county, Me., after being admitted to the bar; member of Congress in 1839-43; appointed attorneygeneral of the United States in 1846; and in 1848 went to Mexico as United States commissioner to arrange terms for the cession of California to the United States.
In 1849 he resumed practice in Maine; in 1858 was appointed an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, and in 1877 was president of the electoral commission (q. v.). He published United States circuit Court reports.
He died in Cornish, Me., July 25, 1881.