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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 2 2 Browse Search
John G. Nicolay, A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln, condensed from Nicolay and Hayes' Abraham Lincoln: A History 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
Lieutenant Geding commanding......Aug. 29, 1839 Daguerreotypes first taken in the United States by Prof. J. W. Draper......1839 Liberty party, in convention at Warsaw, N. Y., nominates James G. Birney for President and Thomas Earle, of Pennsylvania, for Vice-President......Nov. 13, 1839 [This was the first appearance of a national anti-slavery party, and although Mr. Birney declined the nomination, it polled over 7,000 votes.] Twenty-sixth Congress, first session, assembles......Dec. 2-16, 1839 Robert M. T. Hunter, of Virginia, Whig, elected speaker of the House on the eleventh ballot, receiving 119 votes out of 232. Whig National Convention at Harrisburg, Pa.......Dec. 4, 1839 [First ballot, Clay, 103; Harrison, 94; and Scott, 57. Fifth ballot, Clay, 90; Harrison, 148; and Scott, 16. The nomination of Harrison was made unanimous, and John Tyler nominated for Vice-President.] Steamer Lexington burned on Long Island Sound, between New York and Stonington, 140 l
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New Jersey, (search)
a committee declaring them elected by a vote of 111 to 81......July 16, 1839 Clerk of the House of Representatives, H. A. Garland, of Virginia, refuses to call the names of the Whig delegates from New Jersey, on the ground that the seats were disputed at the opening of Congress (as there were five contested seats, and as the House stood, without New Jersey, 118 Whigs to 119 Democrats, success to either party in this controversy meant a control of the House; hence the controversy)......Dec. 2, 1839 [This governmental flurry is known as the Broad seal War. ] New Jersey Historical Society founded at Trenton......Feb. 27. 1840 Constitutional convention assembles at Trenton, May 14, completes its labors, June 29, and the constitution is ratified by the people......Aug. 13, 1844 Town superintendent of schools first authorized......April 7, 1846 State union convention at Trenton resolves in favor of a compromise between the Northern and Southern States......Dec. 11, 1860