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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
Twenty-sixth Congress adjourns......March 3, 1841 Fourteenth administration—Whig, March 4, 1841, to March 3, 1845. William Henry Harrison, Ohio, President. John Tyler, Virginia, Vice-President. Corner-stone of the Mormon temple at Nauvoo, Ill., laid......April 6, 1841 Twenty-seventh Congress, first session (extra), assembles......May 31, 1841 Samuel L. Southard, New Jersey, president pro tem. of the Senate and acting Vice-President of the United States until his death, May 22, 1842. W. P. Mangum, North Carolina, president pro tem. of the Senate and acting Vice-President of the United States from May 31, 1842, to the end of President Tyler's term. Act to appropriate the proceeds of the public lands and pre-emptive rights granted, passed......July 6, 1841 United States sloop-of-war Peacock, of the Wilkes United States exploring expedition, is lost at the mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon......July 18, 1841 Sub-treasury or independent treasury act repea
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Michigan, (search)
ed with 450 stands of arms stolen from the Detroit jail, and sails away with 132 men and provisions for the patriots. Meeting of the public to preserve neutrality is held......Jan. 8, 1838 William Woodbridge elected governor......November, 1839 Governor Woodbridge, elected United States Senator, is succeeded by James W. Gordon as acting governor......May 31, 1841 Gen. Lewis Cass nominated for President of the United States by the National Democratic Convention at Baltimore......May 22, 1842 University of Michigan, planned by the governor and people in 1817, established by law, March 18, 1837, and located at Ann Arbor, is opened for reception of students......Sept. 20, 1842 State land office established at Marshall by law, to take charge of and dispose of 500,000 acres granted by Congress......April, 1843 James G. Birney, of Michigan, nominated as Liberty candidate for President of the United States......1844 Copper-mining in the upper peninsula of Michigan begun.