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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Crittenden , John Jordon 1787 - (search)
Crittenden, John Jordon 1787-
Statesman; born in Woodford county, Ky., Sept. 10, 1787; was aide-de-camp to Governor Shelby at the battle of the Thames; became a lawyer; entered the Kentucky legislature in 1816, and was speaker several years, and was first a member of the United States Senate in 1817-19.
From 1835 to 1841 he was again in the Senate, when President Harrison called him to his cabinet as Attorney-General.
He was again in the Senate from 1842 to 1848, when he was elected governor of his State, which post he held when President Fillmore appointed him Attorney-General in 1850. Mr. Crittenden was one of the most useful and trustworthy of the members of the national legislature, and was regarded as the patriarch of the Senate.
In the session of 1860-61 he introduced the Crittenden compromise, which substantially proposed: 1.
To re-establish the line fixed in the Missouri compromise (q. v.) as the boundary-line between free and slave territory; that Congress should by
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Crooks , George Richard 1822 -1897 (search)
Crooks, George Richard 1822-1897
Clergyman; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 3, 1822; graduated at Dickinson College in 1840; ordained a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1841; professor in Dickinson College in 1842-48, when he returned to the pastorate until his election in 1860 as editor of The Methodist, the organ of the supporters of lay representation.
The paper was discontinued when their efforts were successful in 1872, and Dr. Crooks again returned to the pastorate.
He died in Madison, N. J., Feb. 20, 1897.
Curry, Daniel -1887
Clergyman; born near Peekskill, N. Y., Nov. 26, 1809; graduated at Wesleyan College in 1837; accepted a professorship at the female college of Macon, Ga., in 1839; was ordained in the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1841, and held several charges in Georgia.
When the denomination was divided into the Northern and Southern branches he settled in New York State, where he filled a number of important appointments.
He was editor of the Christian advocate in 1864-76; the National repository in 1876-80; and the Methodist review in 1884-87.
His publications include New York: a Historical sketch; Platform papers; Lifestory of Bishop D. W. Clark, etc. He died in New York City, Aug. 17, 1887.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cuyler , Theodore Ledyard 1822 - (search)
Cuyler, Theodore Ledyard 1822-
Clergyman; born in Aurora, N. Y., Jan. 10, 1822; graduated at Princeton in 1841; ordained into the Presbyterian ministry in 1848; was pastor of Presbyterian churches in Burlington and Trenton, N. J., and of the Market Street Reformed Dutch Church in New York City: called to the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, in June, 1860; became pastor emeritus in 1890.
He is the author of many religious books and has been a prolific contributor to the religious papers during the past fifty years.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dale , Samuel ,1772 -1841 (search)
Dale, Samuel, 1772-1841
Pioneer; born in Rockbridge county, Va., in 1772.
His parents emigrated to Georgia in 1783.
In 1793, after the death of his parents, he enlisted in the United States army as a scout, and subsequently became well known as Big Sam.
In 1831 he supervised the removal of the Choctaw Indians to the Indian Territory.
He died in Lauderdale county, Miss., May 24, 1841.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Daniel , Peter Vivian ,1784 -1860 (search)
Daniel, Peter Vivian, 1784-1860
Statesman; born in Stafford county, Va., April 24, 1784; graduated at Princeton in 1805; appointed judge of the United States Circuit Court in 1836; and to the United States Supreme Court in 1841.
He died in Richmond, Va., June 30, 1860.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), David , Jean Baptist ,1761 -1841 (search)
David, Jean Baptist, 1761-1841
Clergyman; born in France, in 1761; educated at the Diocesan Seminary of Nantes; became a priest in 1785; came to the United States in 1792; and was superintendent of missions in lower Maryland.
He was the first priest in America to establish spiritual retreats for the laity.
In 1806 he accepted a professorship in the College of St. Mary's; in 1810 went West and founded the St. Thomas Theological Seminary in Bardstown, Ky.; and in 1823 secured a charter fro in 1785; came to the United States in 1792; and was superintendent of missions in lower Maryland.
He was the first priest in America to establish spiritual retreats for the laity.
In 1806 he accepted a professorship in the College of St. Mary's; in 1810 went West and founded the St. Thomas Theological Seminary in Bardstown, Ky.; and in 1823 secured a charter from the Kentucky legislature raising the institution he had founded to the grade of a university.
He died in Bardstown, Ky., in 1841.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Davis , John ,1761 -1847 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Davis , John Lee ,1825 -1889 (search)
Davis, John Lee, 1825-1889
Naval officer; born in Carlisle, Ind., Sept. 3, 1825; joined the navy in 1841; served with the Gulf blockading squadron in 1861 as executive officer of the Water Witch; and on Oct. 12 of that year took part in the action with the Confederate ram Manassas, and in that with the fleet near Pilot Town.
During the remainder of the war he was active in other engagements.
He was promoted rear-admiral, and retired in November, 1886.
He died in Washington, March 12, 1889.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Davis , John W. ,1799 -1859 (search)
Davis, John W., 1799-1859
Statesman; born in Cumberland county, Pa., July 17, 1799; graduated at the Baltimore Medical College in 1821; settled in Carlisle, Ind., in 1823; member of Congress in 1835-37, 1839-41, and 1843-47; speaker of the House of Representatives during his last term; United States commissioner to China in 1848-50; and governor of Oregon in 1853-54.
He was president of the convention in 1852 which nominated Franklin Pierce for President.
He died in Carlisle, Ind., Aug. 22, 1859.