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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Davis , Jefferson , 1808 -1889 (search)
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Statesman; born in Christian county, Ky., June 3, 1808; graduated at West Point in 1828; served as lieutenant in the Black Hawk War (q. v.) in 1831-32, and resigned in 1835 to become a cotton-planter in Mississippi.
He was a member of Congress in 1845-46, and served as colonel of a Mississippi regiment in the war with Mexico.
He was United States Senator from 1847 to 1851, and from 1857 to 1861.
He was called to the cabinet of President Pierce as Secretary of War in 1853, and remained four years. He resigned his seat in the Senate in January, 1861, and was chosen provisional President of the Southern Confederacy in February.
In November, 1861, he was elected permanent President for six years. Early in April, 1865, he and his associates in the government fled from Richmond, first to Danville, Va., and then towards the Gulf of Mexico.
He was arrested in Georgia, taken to Fort Monroe, and confined on a charge of treason for about two years, when he wa
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Davis , John Lee , 1825 -1889 (search)
Davis, John Lee, 1825-1889
Naval officer; born in Carlisle, Ind., Sept. 3, 1825; joined the navy in 1841; served with the Gulf blockading squadron in 1861 as executive officer of the Water Witch; and on Oct. 12 of that year took part in the action with the Confederate ram Manassas, and in that with the fleet near Pilot Town.
During the remainder of the war he was active in other engagements.
He was promoted rear-admiral, and retired in November, 1886.
He died in Washington, March 12, 1889.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Day , William Rufus , 1849 - (search)
Day, William Rufus, 1849-
Statesman; born in Ravenna, O., April 17, 1849; graduated at the University of Michigan in 1870: studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1872; began practice at Canton, O.; served as judge in the court of common pleas in 1886-90; appointed judge of the United States district court for the northern district of Ohio in 1889, but resigned before taking office on
William Rufus day. account of ill health.
In March, 1397, he was made assistant Secretary of State, and on April 26, 1898, succeeded John Sherman as head of the department.
While in the State Department he had charge, under the President, of the delicate diplomatic correspondence preceding and during the war with Spain, and of the negotiation of the protocol of peace.
After the latter had been accepted Judge Day was appointed chief of the United States peace commission, his place as Secretary of State being filled by John Hay, recalled as American ambassador to Great Britain.
After the rati
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Deane , Charles , 1813 -1889 (search)
Deane, Charles, 1813-1889
Historian; born in Biddeford, Me., Nov. 10, 1813; became a member of the chief historical societies of the country; author of Some notices of Samuel Gorton; First Plymouth patent; Bibliography of Governor Hutchinson's publications; Wingfield's discourse of Virginia; Smith's true relation; and editor of Bradford's history of Plymouth plantation, etc. He died in Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 13, 1889.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wright , Henrietta Christine , (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dickinson , Don M. , 1846 - (search)
Dickinson, Don M., 1846-
Lawyer; born in Port Ontario, N. Y., Jan. 17, 1846; settled in Michigan in 1848; graduated at the Law Department of the University of Michigan in 1866; began practice in Detroit; member of the Democratic National Committee in 1884-85; served as Postmaster-General of the United States in 1888-89.
He was appointed senior counsel for the United States before the Bering Sea Claims Commission in 1896.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Donaldson , Edward , 1816 -1889 (search)
Donaldson, Edward, 1816-1889
Naval officer; born in Baltimore, Md., Nov. 17, 1816; joined the navy in 1835; during the Civil War he took part in the capture of New Orleans, the passage of Vicksburg, the battle of Mobile Bay, etc.; was promoted rear-admiral Sept. 21, 1876, and retired a few days later.
He died in Baltimore, Md., May 15, 1889.