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Browsing named entities in Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing). You can also browse the collection for 1889 AD or search for 1889 AD in all documents.
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Windom, William 1827-
Financier; born in Belmont county, O., May 10, 1827; studied law, settled in Minnesota, and was in Congress in 1859-69, and the United States Senate in 1870-81.
He attained prominence on the Republican side, especially in financial matters.
Three times, in 1880, 1884, and 1888, his name was presented to Republican national conventions for the Presidential nomination.
Senator Windom was a member of President Garfield's cabinet, holding the treasury portfolio.
Retiring after Garfield's death, he was chosen again to the Senate, where he remained until 1883.
With the return of the Republicans under President Harrison in 1889, Windom was called to take his former cabinet office.
He was in the middle of his term when, on Jan. 29, 1891, he was an invited guest at the annual banquet of the board of trade in New York; at this dinner the Secretary dropped dead just after finishing an impressive address on his favorite topic—financ
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wise , John Sergeant 1846 - (search)
Wise, John Sergeant 1846-
Lawyer; born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where his father was United States minister, Dec. 27, 1846; graduated at the University of Virginia in 1867; became United States district attorney for the eastern district of Virginia in 1881; Republican Congressman-atlarge from Virginia in 1883-85; and settled in New York City in 1889.
He is the author of Diomed, and The end of an era.
Wister, Owen 1860-
Author; born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 14, 1860; graduated at Harvard in 1882; admitted to the bar in 1889.
Among his works are Red men and Whit; Lin McLean; Life of General Grant, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wolcott , Edward Oliver 1848 - (search)
Wolcott, Edward Oliver 1848-
Legislator; born in Longmeadow, Mass., March 26, 1848; studied at Yale College; was graduated at the Harvard Law School in 1871, and began practising in Denver, Col., where he became interested in silver mining; and was United States Senator from Colorado in 1889-1901.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Woolsey , Theodore Dwight 1801 -1889 (search)
Woolsey, Theodore Dwight 1801-1889
Educator; born in New York City, Oct. 31, 1801; graduated at Yale College in 1820; studied theology at Princeton; was licensed to preach in 1825, and became Professor of Greek in Yale in 1831.
He was elected president of Yale College in 1846, and resigned the office in 1871.
He resided in New Haven afterwards, giving instruction in the Law School. Dr. Woolsey was the author of several valuable works, and editor of classical volumes.
He died in New Haven, Conn., July 1, 1889.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Worcester , Dean Conant 1866 - (search)
Worcester, Dean Conant 1866-
Zoologist; born in Thetford, Vt., Oct. 1, 1866; graduated at the University of Michigan in 1889; accompanied the Steere Scientific Expedition to the Philippine Islands in 1887-88; conducted a scientific expedition with a single companion to the same islands in 1890-93; and became Professor of Zoology and curator of the Zoological Museum at the University of Michigan in 1895.
He was appointed one of the Unit-
John Lorimer Worden. ed States commissioners to the Philippines in January, 1899.
His publications include The Philippine Islands and their people; and articles on the mammals and birds of the Philippines.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Zalinski , Edmund Louis Gray 1849 - (search)