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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alabama. (search)
horterNov. 1861 to Nov. 1863 Thomas H. WattsNov. 1863 to Apr. 1865 Interregnum of two months. Lewis E. ParsonsJune. 1865 to Dec. 1865 Robt. M. PattonDec. 1865 to July, 1868 Wm. H. SmithJuly, 1868 to Nov. 1870 Robt. B. LindsayNov. 1870 to Nov. 1872 David B. LewisNov. 1872 to Nov. 1874 Geo. S. HoustonNov. 1874 to Nov. 1876 Geo. S. HoustonNov. 1876 to Nov. 1878 Rufus W. CobbNov. 1878 to Nov. 1880 Rufus W. CobbNov. 1880 to Nov. 1882 Edward N. O'NealNov. 1882 to Nov. 1884 Edward N. O'NNov. 1872 to Nov. 1874 Geo. S. HoustonNov. 1874 to Nov. 1876 Geo. S. HoustonNov. 1876 to Nov. 1878 Rufus W. CobbNov. 1878 to Nov. 1880 Rufus W. CobbNov. 1880 to Nov. 1882 Edward N. O'NealNov. 1882 to Nov. 1884 Edward N. O'NealNov. 1884 to Nov. 1886 Thomas SeayNov. 1886 to Nov. 1888 Thomas SeayNov. 1888 to Nov. 1890 Thomas G. JonesNov. 1890 to Nov. 1892 Thomas G. JonesNov. 1892 to Nov. 1894 William C. OatesNov. 1894 to Nov. 1896 Joseph F. JohnstonNov. 1896 to Nov. 1898 Joseph F. JohnstonNov. 1898 to Nov. 1900 W. J. SamfordNov. 1900 to Nov. 1902 United States senators from the State of Alabama. Names.No. of Congress.Date. William R. King16th to 28th1819 to 1844 John W. Walker16th to 17th1819 to 18
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, (search)
ship Polaris, on an Arctic exploring expedition......June 29, 1871 William M. Tweed arrested in New York City......Oct. 27, 1871 [His bail bond was fixed at $2,000,000.] Legislature establishes a commission of State parks......May 23, 1872 Topographical survey of the Adirondack wilderness begun by the State under the supervision of Verplanck Colvin......1872 Susan B. Anthony and some other women vote at Rochester......Nov. 5, 1872 Gen. John A. Dix elected governor......November, 1872 Horace Greeley dies......Nov. 29, 1872 Commercial panic beginning in the Stock Exchange of New York spreads throughout the country......Sept. 19, 1873 International Railway Bridge crossing Niagara River at Black Rock (Buffalo) to Canada, built under authority of Congress and the British Parliament and the State and province governments at a cost of over $1,500,000. Total length 3,651 1/2 feet, over the river proper 1,967 1/2 feet. Began 1870, opened......Oct. 31, 1873 Tweed
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Young women's Christian associations, (search)
ian Union of New York, established in 1858, the first Young Women's Christian Association in this country being formed in Boston, Mass., in 1866. In 1871 there were three young women's Christian associations and twenty-seven other women's associations. The associations since 1871 have held biennial conferences. There is a distinct organization of young women's Christian associations in the colleges, all sprung from the first association in the State Normal University, Normal, Ill., in November, 1872. The work in young women's Christian associations was at first modelled on that of the young men's Christian associations, but it was found that women's needs required that it should be different. An important feature is the maintenance of boarding-homes for young women. Besides this, the associations in the large cities have gymnasiums, educational classes, entertainments, lectures, employment bureaus, etc. The work of the associations among women is fourfold: Physical—systematic