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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Leary, Richard Phillips 1860- (search)
Leary, Richard Phillips 1860- Naval officer; born in Baltimore, Md.; graduated at the United States Naval Academy in 1860; became ensign in October, 1863; master in May, 1866; lieutenant in February, 1867; lieutenant-commander in March, 1868; commander in June, 1882; and captain in April, 1897. During 1863-65 he served on the blockading squadron off Charleston, S. C. In 1888 he was senior naval officer at Samoa during the revolution in which the Tamasese government was overthrown. In recognition of his meritorious services at that time, the Maryland legislature voted him a gold medal. In 1897-98 he was in command of the cruiser San Francisco, which convoyed to the United States the New Orleans, the American name of one of two vessels built for the Brazilian government in London and purchased by the United States immediately before the declaration of war against Spain. At the close of the war with Spain he was appointed the first American governor of the island of Guam. He was
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Tenure-of-office act. (search)
Tenure-of-office act. Late in February, 1867, a bill was passed by Congress limiting the powers of the President in removals from office. Among other things, it took from the President the power to remove members of his cabinet excepting by permission of the Senate, declaring that they should hold office for and during the term of the President by whom they may have been appointed, and for one month thereafter, subject to removal by and with the consent of the Senate. President Johnson vetoed this bill (March 2), when it was passed over his veto and became a law.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Tennessee, (search)
April 15, 1865 Law disfranchising all citizens who have voluntarily borne arms for or aided the Confederate government......1866 Law making negroes and Indians competent witnesses......1866 Race riot in Memphis; twenty-four negroes killed......May 1-3, 1866 Fourteenth Amendment to Constitution ratified......July 19, 1866 Tennessee readmitted into the Union by act approved......July 24, 1866 All distinction of race or color in qualifications for electors abolished......February, 1867 Fisk University at Nashville, opened 1866, chartered......1867 Petition for removal of disabilities, signed by nearly 4,000 citizens, including leading men of the State, is presented to the legislature, but not granted......1868 Act to suppress the Ku-klux Klan, entitled An act to preserve the public peace, punishes membership by a fine of not less than $500 or imprisonment for five years......1868 University of the South at Suwanee, chartered in 1858, opened......1868 Gov