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Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 1, Chapter 33: from plantation to Cabinet life. (search)
passed pleasantly away until my retirement was interrupted by an invitation to take a place in the Cabinet of Mr. Pierce, who had been elected to the Presidency of the United States in November, 1852. Although warmly attached to Mr. Pierce personally, and entertaining the highest estimate of his character and political principles, private and personal reasons led me to decline the offer. This was followed by an invitation to attend the ceremony of inauguration, which took place March 4, 1853. While in Washington, on this visit, I was induced by public considerations to reconsider my determination, and accept the office of Secretary of War. The public record of that period will best show how the duties of that office were performed. I proceeded on a round of visits to our family, to show the baby to our kinsfolks, hoping soon to be at home again and dwell in happy obscurity. My husband was, however, over-persuaded by his friends, and again our home was left, but this t
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I., chapter 17 (search)
Xvii. The Nebraska-Kansas struggle. 1854-61 Pierce Atchison A. C. Dodge Douglas Archibald Dixon Salmon P. Chase Badger of N. C. English of Ind. A. H. Stephens Gov. Reeder William Philips John W. Whitfield civil War in Kansas Wm. Dow sheriff Jones nomination of Fremont President Fillmore at Albany election of Buchanan Lecompton Wyandot admission of Kansas as a Free State. Franklin Pierce was inaugurated President on the 4th of March, 1853. Never were the visible omens more auspicious of coming years of political calm and National prosperity. Though a considerable Public Debt had been incurred for the prosecution and close of the Mexican War, yet the Finances were healthy and the Public Credit unimpaired. Industry and Trade were signally prosperous. The Tariff had ceased to be a theme of partisan or sectional strife. The immense yield of gold by California during the four preceding years had stimulated Enterprise and quickened the energies of Labo
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 4: (search)
the time passed pleasantly away until my retirement was interrupted by an invitation to take a place in the cabinet of Pierce, who had been elected to the presidency of the United States in November, 1852. Although warmly attached to Pierce personally, and entertaining the highest estimate of his character and political principles, private and personal reasons led me to decline the offer. This was followed by an invitation to attend the ceremony of his inauguration, which took place on March 4, 1853. While in Washington on this visit, I was induced by public considerations to reconsider my determination and accept the office of Secretary of War. The public records of that period will best show how the duties of that office were performed. While in the Senate, I had advocated the construction of a railway to connect the valley of the Mississippi with the Pacific coast; when an appropriation was made to determine the most eligible route for that purpose, the Secretary of War was
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Fillmore, Millard 1800- (search)
finally set at rest, it was hoped, by the passage of various acts which were parts of compromises proposed in the omnibus bill (q. v.) of Mr. Clay in the summer of 1850. It was during his administration that difficulties with Cuba occurred, diplomatic communications with Japan were opened, measures were adopted looking towards the construction of a railway from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean, and other measures of great public interest occurred. Mr. Fillmore retired from office March 4, 1853, leaving the country in a state of peace within and without, and every department of industry flourishing. In 1852 he was a candidate of the Whig convention for President of the United States, but did not get the nomination. During the spring and summer of 1854 he made an extensive tour through the Southern and Western States; and, in the spring of 1855, after an excursion in New England, he sailed for Europe, where he remained until June, 1856. While at Rome he received the news of h
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Minnesota, (search)
ans at different places, and finally scattered them among the wilds of the eastern slopes of the spurs of the Rocky Mountains. An outbreak by the Pillager band of Chippewas at Leech Lake occurred in October, 1898, because of continued impositions by the whites; but it was quickly suppressed by a detachment of the regular army. See United States, Minnesota, in vol. IX. Territorial governors. Alex. Ramsey, of Pennsylvaniaappointed April 2, 1849 Willis A. Gorman, of IndianaappointedMarch 4, 1853 Samuel Medaryappointed1857 State governors. Henry H. Sibley elected 1857 Alexander RamseyelectedOct. 1858 Stephen Miller elected Oct. 1863 William R. Marshall, RepelectedNov. 7, 1865 Horace Austin, Rep elected Nov. 1869 Cushman K. Davis, Rep elected Nov. 1873 John S. Pillsbury, RepelectedNov. 2, 1875 Lucius F. Hubbard, RepelectedNov. 1881 Andrew R. McGill, RepelectedNov. 2, 1886 William R. Merriam, Repelected Nov. 1888 William R. Merriam, Repterm beginsJan. 1891 Knute Nel
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Senate, United States (search)
epresented Delaware, the first from January, 1805, till March, 1813; the second from April, 1867, till March, 1869, and the third from March, 1869, till March, 1885. Three other men of the same family name also represented Delaware in the Senate—Joshua Clayton, from Jan. 19, 1798, till his death the following July; Thomas Clayton, from Jan. 8, 1824, till March 3, 1827, and again from Jan. 9, 1837, till March 3, 1847; John M. Clayton, from March 4, 1845, till Feb. 23, 1849, and again from March 4, 1853, till his death, Nov. 9, 1856. Three men named Bell, two of them brothers, the third a son of one of them, represented New Hampshire in the Senate—Samuel Bell, from March 4, 1823, till March 4, 1835; his son, James Bell, from July 30, 1855, till May 26, 1859, and Charles Henry Bell from March 13, 1879, till June 17, 1879. At one time during the Cleveland administration both of the Senators from each of three different States resided in the same city, and three Senators occupying adjoini
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
ounted......Feb. 9, 1853 Coinage of $3 gold pieces authorized, and the weight of the half-dollar fixed at 192 gr., and the quarter-dollar, the dime, and half-dime at proportionate amounts, by act approved......Feb. 21, 1853 Territory of Washington formed by act approved......March 2, 1853 Congress authorizes a survey for a railway from the Mississippi to the Pacific......March 3, 1853 Thirty-second Congress adjourns......March 3, 1853 seventeenth administration—Democratic, March 4, 1853, to March 3, 1857. Franklin Pierce, New Hampshire, President. William R. King, Alabama, Vice-President. Oath of office is administered to the Vice-President-elect by United States Consul Sharkey, at Cumbre, near Matanzas, on the island of Cuba......March 24, 1853 [A special act of Congress authorized Mr. Sharkey to do this.] Wm. R. King, thirteenth Vice-President of the United States, dies at Cahawba, Ala., aged sixty-seven......April 18, 1853 Kane sails from New York in
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New Hampshire, (search)
es......1849 Office of school commissioner abolished; a board of education constituted of county school commissioners......June, 1850 Democratic National Convention at Baltimore, Md., nominates Gen. Franklin Pierce, of New Hampshire, for President......May 9, 1852 New Hampshire conference seminary and female college at Tilton, opened 1845, receives its charter......1852 Property qualification for State officers abolished......1852 Franklin Pierce inaugurated President......March 4, 1853 Gold discovered at Plainfield, in the Connecticut Valley......1854 State teachers' association incorporated......1854 First regiment of Federal troops leaves Concord for the seat of war......May 25, 1861 Franklin Pierce's remarkable speech at Concord on the war ......July 4, 1863 Soldiers' voting bill, passed Aug. 17, is returned Aug. 26 with a veto, but becomes a law because retained in the governor's hands more than five days......Aug. 17, 1864 Law authorizing a commi
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 37: the national election of 1852.—the Massachusetts constitutional convention.—final defeat of the coalition.— 1852-1853. (search)
three Free Soilers, were omitted from the list of committees which was agreed upon by the Democratic and Whig senators, with the explanation that they were outside of any healthy political organization. Vacancies were left for these senators, but on a ballot being taken to fill them, though each received some votes, there was no quorum and no election. The President, being authorized to fill them, assigned a place to Hale, but not to the other two. At the special session, beginning March 4, 1853, Sumner was restored to the committee on roads and canals. Sumner, though then as always faithful in attendance, was inactive during the session,—a fact true of other senators who were not charged with important committee work. He spoke briefly, February 23, in favor of giving the President a discretion to appoint civilians as superintendents of armories. Works, vol. III. p. 208. In the special session he spoke briefly, April 6, against secrecy in the sessions and proceedings of the
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order, Boston events. (search)
rated, Apr. 5, 1841 Visited Boston, June 17, 1843 Died, aged seventy-two years, Jan. 17, 1862 James K. Polk, inaugurated, Mar. 4, 1845 Visited Boston, July 4, 1847 Died, aged fifty-four years, June 17, 1849 Zachary Taylor, inaugurated, Mar. 5, 1849 Died, aged sixty-six years, July 10, 1850 Millard Fillmore, inaugurated, July 10, 1850 Visited Boston, at Railroad Jubilee, Oct. 25, 1848 Died, aged seventy-four years, Mar. 8, 1874 Franklin Pierce, inaugurated, Mar. 4, 1853 Died, aged sixty-five years, Oct. 8, 1869 James Buchanan, inaugurated, Mar. 4, 1857 Visited Boston, with Polk, July 4, 1847 Died, aged seventy-seven years, June 1, 1868 Abraham Lincoln, inaugurated, Mar. 4, 1861 Assassinated, aged fifty-six years, Apr. 14, 1865 Andrew Johnson, inaugurated, Apr. 15, 1865 Visited Boston, June 24, 1867 Died, aged sixty-seven years, July 30, 1875 Ulysses S. Grant, inaugurated, Mar. 4, 1869 Visited Boston, June 16, 1869 Visi
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