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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Brough , John , 1811 -1865 (search)
Brough, John, 1811-1865
Journalist born in Marietta, O., in 1811; learned the printer's trade in the office of the Marietta Gazette; and was editor of Democratic newspapers in Lancaster and Cincinnati.
He held several State offices in Ohio: was a member of the joint commission to adjust the boundary line between that State and Virginia; became a popular Democratic orator; was an active war Democrat in the early part of the Civil War; and was elected governor of Ohio as the Republic-Union candidate in 1863.
He died in Cleveland, O., Aug. 29, 1865.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ewing , Hugh Boyle , 1826 - (search)
Ewing, Hugh Boyle, 1826-
Military officer; born in Lancaster, O., Oct. 31, 1826; son of Thomas Ewing; studied in the United States Military Academy; went to California in 1849; returned to Lancaster in 1852; and began the practice of law. In 1861 he entered the National army as brigadier-inspector of Ohio volunteers; promoted brigadier-general Nov. 29, 1862; brevetted major-general in 1865.
His publications include The Grand Ladron: a tale of early California, etc.
Ewing, Hugh Boyle, 1826-
Military officer; born in Lancaster, O., Oct. 31, 1826; son of Thomas Ewing; studied in the United States Military Academy; went to California in 1849; returned to Lancaster in 1852; and began the practice of law. In 1861 he entered the National army as brigadier-inspector of Ohio volunteers; promoted brigadier-general Nov. 29, 1862; brevetted major-general in 1865.
His publications include The Grand Ladron: a tale of early California, etc.
Ewing, Thomas,
Statesman; born near West Liberty, Va., Dec. 28, 1789.
While still a child his father removed to Ohio, where he settled on the Muskingum River.
Thomas was educated at the Ohio University; admitted to the bar in 1816; and elected United States Senator from Ohio as a Whig and a follower of Henry Clay in 1831.
In 1841 he was appointed Secretary of the Treasury; in 1849 Secretary of the Interior; and in 1850 was again elected to the United States Senate, succeeding Thomas Corwin.
During this term he opposed the Fugitive Slave Law bill and also advocated the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia.
In 1851 he resumed law practice in Lancaster, O., where he died Oct. 26, 1871.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Noble , John Willock 1831 - (search)
Noble, John Willock 1831-
Lawyer; born in Lancaster, O., Oct. 26, 1831; graduated at Yale College in 1851; entered the Union army in the 3d Iowa Cavalry, of which he became colonel, and was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers at the close of the war. In 1867-70 he was United States attorney for Missouri at St. Louis.
President Grant offered him the post of United States solicitor-general, which he declined.
In 1889 President Harrison appointed him Secretary of the Department of the Interior, and in 1893 he resumed practice in St. Louis.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sherman , John 1823 -1896 (search)
Sherman, John 1823-1896
Statesman; born in Lancaster, O., May 10, 1823; brother of Gen. William T. Sherman; was admitted to the bar in 1844; elected to Congress in 1854, and served there until 1861, when he became United States Senator.
He was a leading member of the finance committee of the Senate during the Civil War. He and Thaddeus Stevens were the framers of the bill passed in 1866-67 for the reorganization of the so-called seceded States.
He was also the author of a bill providing for the resumption of specie payments on Jan. 1, 1879; and on March 4, 1877, President Hayes called him to his cabinet as Secretary of the Treasury.
In 1881 he was re-elected to the United States Senate; became chairman of the committee on foreign relations; resigned
John Sherman. in 1897 to become Secretary of State; and retired from that office in April, 1898.
He died in Washington, D. C., Oct. 22, 1900. Mr. Sherman published Recollections (2 volumes, 1896).
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Washington , Mary 1706 -1659 (search)