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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Homestead laws. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Howard , John eager 1752 -1827 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Huntington , Samuel 1731 -1796 (search)
Huntington, Samuel 1731-1796
Signer of the Declaration of Independence; born in Windham, Conn., July 3, 1731; was brought up on his father's farm and learned the cooper's trade.
In 1753 he began to study law; in 1758 settled in the town of Norwich, which he represented in the General Assembly in 1764; in 1765 was made king's attorney; and in 1775 was a member of the upper house in the Connecticut Assembly; was a member of the Continental Congress in 1776-83; president of it in 1779-81; judsettled in the town of Norwich, which he represented in the General Assembly in 1764; in 1765 was made king's attorney; and in 1775 was a member of the upper house in the Connecticut Assembly; was a member of the Continental Congress in 1776-83; president of it in 1779-81; judge of the Supreme Court of Connecticut in 1774-84, and in the latter year was chiefjustice of that court.
He was lieutenantgovernor of Connecticut in 1785, and governor in 1786-96.
He died in Norwich, Conn., Jan. 5, 1796.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Irwin , Jared 1750 -1818 (search)
Irwin, Jared 1750-1818
Legislator; born in
Sunnyside, home of Washington Irving. Mecklenburg county, N. C., in 1750; removed to Georgia, and served throughout the Revolutionary War; was a member of the State constitutional conventions of 1789, 1795, and 1798; and was elected governor of the State in 1796 and 1806.
He died in Union, Ga., March 1, 1818.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jackson , Andrew 1767 -1845 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jackson , William 1759 -1828 (search)
Jackson, William 1759-1828
Military officer; born in Cumberland, England, March 9, 1759; was taken to Charleston, S. C., an orphan, at an early age; at the breaking out of the Revolutionary War he entered the military service.
He finally became aide to General Lincoln, and was made a prisoner at Charleston in 1780.
He was secretary to Col. John Laurens, special minister to France, and was in Washington's military family as aide, with the rank of major.
Jackson was assistant Secretary of War under Washington, and was secretary to the convention that framed the national Constitution in 1787.
From 1789 to 1792 he was aide and private secretary to President Washington; from 1796 to 1801 was surveyor of the port of Philadelphia, and was secretary to the General Society of the Cincinnati.
He died in Philadelphia, Dec. 17, 1828.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), James , Benjamin 1768 -1825 (search)
James, Benjamin 1768-1825
Lawyer; born in Stafford county, Va., April 22, 1768; became a lawyer and practised in Charleston, S. C., till 1796.
Removed to his native place and followed his profession till 1808, when he settled permanently in Laurens district, S. C. He published Digest of the statute and common law of Carolina.
He died in Laurens district, S. C., Nov. 15, 1825.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Johnson , Reverdy 1796 -1876 (search)
Johnson, Reverdy 1796-1876
Statesman; born in Annapolis, Md., May 21, 1796; was admitted to the bar in 1815.
After serving two terms in his State Senate, he was United States Senator from 1845 to 1849, when he became United States Attorney-General under President Taylor. Mr. Johnson was a delegate to the Peace Convention; United States Senator from 1863 to 1868; and minister to Great Britain in 1868-69, negotiating a treaty for the settlement of the Alabama claims (q. v.)
Reverdy Johnson. question, which was rejected by the United States Senate.
He was recalled by
Richard Mentor Johnson. President Grant in 1869; supported Horace Greeley in the Presidential campaign of 1872.
He died in Annapolis, Md., Feb. 10, 1876.
Kent, James 1763-1847
Jurist; born in Phillipstown, N. Y., July 31, 1763; studied law
James Kent. with Egbert Benson; and began its practice in 1787, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He was a member of the New York legislature from 1790 to 1793, and became Professor of Law in Columbia College in 1793.
Deeply versed in the doctrine of civil law, he was made a master in chancery in 1796; city recorder in 1797; judge of the Supreme Court in 1798; chiefjustice in 1804; and was chancellor from 1814 to 1823.
After taking a leading part in the State constitutional convention in 1821, he again became law professor in Columbia College, and the lectures he there delivered form the basis of his able Commentaries on the United States Constitution, published in 4 volumes.
He was one of the clearest legal writers of his day. In 1828 he was elected president of the New York Historical Society.
He passed his later years in revising and enlarging his Commentaries, and in giving opinions on legal subj