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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 2 2 Browse Search
D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 1 1 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: December 5, 1860., [Electronic resource] 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Senate, United States (search)
ger in the Senate, too, than any other man, having entered on March 4, 1867. Henry Clay entered the Senate at an earlier age than any other. He was appointed Nov. 19, 1806, to fill a vacancy. Mr. Clay was born April 12, 1777. Among the curious facts connected with the personal history of some of the Senators may be mentioned these: Gen. James Shields represented three different States in the Senate—Illinois, from March 4, 1849, till March 3, 1855; Minnesota, from May 12, 1858, till March 3, 1859; Missouri, from Jan. 24, 1879, till March 3, 1879. Three men of the same family— James A. Bayard, his son of the same name, and his grandson, Thomas F. Bayard—represented 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
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
e chamber in the north wing of the extension......Jan. 4, 1859 A bill presented in the Senate giving the President $30,000,000 to purchase Cuba......Jan. 24, 1859 William H. Prescott, author, dies at Boston, Mass., aged sixty-three......Jan. 28, 1859 Oregon admitted as the thirty-third State......Feb. 14, 1859 Daniel E. Sickles, Congressman from New York, kills Philip Barton Key at Washington for adultery with his wife......Feb. 27, 1859 Thirty-fifth Congress adjourns......March 3, 1859 Trial of Daniel E. Sickles begun at Washington, D. C.......April 4, 1859 [It lasted eighteen days and resulted in his acquittal.] A rich gold mine opened in Colorado, on the north fork of Clear Creek, by John H. Gregory......May 10, 1859 Unexampled frost prevails throughout the northern United States night of......June 4, 1859 M. Blondin for the first time crosses the Niagara River just below the falls on a tight-rope......June 30, 1859 San Juan islands occupied by Gene