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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Needham, Charles Willis 1869- (search)
Needham, Charles Willis 1869- Lawyer; born in Castile, N. Y.; educated in the common schools and academy and at the Albany Law School, afterwards studying under Ira Harris and Isaac Edwards; graduated in May, 1869, and admitted to the New York State bar in October, 1869; Charles Willis Needham. removed to Chicago, Ill., in 1876; engaged principally in corporation and railroad law. In 1890 removed to Washington, D. C., and there practised his profession. Dean Needham has given much time to educational matters, assisting in organizing the present Chicago University, and was a member of its first board of trustees; was a member of the board of trustees of the Columbian University. In this capacity labored to increase the standard of work in the law school, secured the increase of the course of study to three years, raised the standard of admission and the tests for graduation, and organized the School of Comparative Jurisprudence and Diplomacy, a post-graduate school for higher
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), State of Tennessee, (search)
1829 Newton CannonAssumes officeOct., 1835 James K. PolkAssumes officeOct., 1839 James C. JonesAssumes officeOct., 1841 Aaron V. BrownAssumes officeOct., 1845 Neil S. BrownAssumes officeOct., 1847 William TrousdaleAssumes officeOct., 1849 William B. CampbellAssumes officeOct., 1851 Andrew JohnsonAssumes officeOct., 1853 Isham G. HarrisAssumes officeOct., 1857 Andrew JohnsonAssumes officeprov. March 12, 1861 W. G. BrownlowAssumes officeApril, 1865 DeWitt C. SenterAssumes officeOct., 1869 John C. BrownAssumes officeOct., 1871 James D. Porter, JrAssumes officeJan., 1875 Albert S. MarksAssumes officeJan., 1879 Alvin HawkinsAssumes officeJan., 1881 William B. BateAssumes officeJan., 1883 Robert L. TaylorAssumes officeJan., 1887 John P. BuchananAssumes officeJan., 1891 Peter TurneyAssumes officeJan., 1893 H. Clay EvansAssumes officeJan., 1895 Robert L. TaylorAssumes officeJan., 1897 Benton McMillinAssumes officeJan., 1899 Benton McMillinAssumes officeJan., 1901 U
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
Pa.......Sept. 6, 1869 William Pitt Fessenden, born 1806, dies at Portland, Me.......Sept. 8, 1869 Financial panic in New York City culminates in Black Friday ; gold quoted at 162 1/2......Sept. 24, 1869 George Peabody lands at New York, June 10; he endows several institutions, adds $1,400,000 to his Southern education fund, and leaves for London......Sept. 30, 1869 Northwestern branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, near Milwaukee, Wis., dedicated......October, 1869 Franklin Pierce, ex-President, born 1804, dies at Concord, N. H......Oct. 8. 1869 Commercial Convention held at Louisville, Ky., 520 delegates from twenty-two States, ex-President Millard Fillmore presiding......Oct. 13, 1869 Steamboat Stonewall burned on the Mississippi below Cairo; about 200 persons perish......Oct. 27, 1869 United States branch mint at Carson City, Nev., founded 1866, begins operations......Nov. 1, 1869 Admiral Charles Stewart, born 1778, dies at Borden
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Rhode Island, (search)
r way to Washington......April 20, 1861 Legislature ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment......1865 Legislature ratifies the Fourteenth Amendment......Feb. 7, 1867 Board of State charities and correction established......1869 State farm, 421 acres in town of Cranston, afterwards site of State-house of correction, State work-house, State asylum for incurable insane, and State almshouse, is purchased......1869 Rhode Island woman suffrage association convention at Providence......October, 1869 Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States is ratified......Jan. 18, 1870 Cove lands ceded to the towns by the colony, May 28, 1707, are conveyed to the city of Providence by the State on payment of $200,000......1870 Legislature, by 56 to 2, abolishes imprisonment for debt......1870 Statue of Roger Williams, executed for the State by Franklin Simmons, presented to the federal government to be placed in the Capitol......March, 1871 Free public library,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wisconsin, (search)
olunteer organization......May 28, 1866 Alexander W. Randall appointed Postmaster-General......July 25, 1866 Supreme Court sustains the amendment to the constitution giving suffrage to colored men, as ratified by the people in 1849......1866 Northern University at Watertown, opened 1865, chartered......1867 Legislature ratifies the Fifteenth Amendment......March 9, 1869 Northwestern branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, near Milwaukee, dedicated......October, 1869 A whirlwind of fire 10 miles in width sweeps over the counties bordering on Green Bay. Loss of life, 1,000 persons, burned, drowned, or smothered; of property, over $3,000,000......Oct. 8-9, 1871 State board of charities and reform appointed by Governor Fairchild; four men and one woman......1871 Act punishing intoxication by fine and imprisonment......1872 First State meeting of the American Constitutional Union, 666 delegates, at Milwaukee......Aug. 7, 1873 Potter rai