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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), California (search)
McDougall1851 to 1852 John Bigler1852 to 1856 J. Neely Johnson1856 to 1858 John B. Weller1858 to 1860 Milton S. Latham1860 John G. Downey1860 to 1862 Leland Stanford1862 to 1863 Frederick F. Low1863 to 1867 Henry H. Haight1867 to 1871 Newton Booth1871 to 1875 Romnaldo Pacheco1875 William Irwin1875 to 1880 George C. Perkins1880 to 1883 George Stoneman1883 to 1887 Washington Bartlett1887 Robert W. Waterman1887 to 1891 Henry H. Markhan1891 to 1895 J. H. Budd1895 to 1899 Henry T. Go 37th1860 to 1863 James A. McDougall37th to 39th1861 to 1867 John Conners38th to 40th1863 to 1869 Cornelius Cole40th to 42d1867 to 1873 Eugene Casserly41st to 43d1869 to 1873 John S. Hager43d1874 Aaron A. Sargent43d to 45th1873 to 1879 Newton Booth44th to 46th1875 to 1881 James T. Farley46th to 48th1879 to 1885 John F. Miller47th to 49th1881 to 1887 Leland Stanford49th to 53d1885 to 1893 George Hearst50th to 51st1887 to 1891 Charles N. Felton52d to 53d1891 to 1893 Stephen M. White5
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Civil War in the United States. (search)
ence of the assassination of President Lincoln.—22. General Hancock reported that nearly all of the command of Moseby, the guerilla chief, had surrendered, and some of his men were hunting for him to obtain the $2,000 reward offered for him.—26. Booth, the murderer of President Lincoln, found in a barn belonging to one Garnett, in Virgina, 3 miles from Port Royal, with Harrold, an accomplice, and refused to surrender. The barn was set on fire, and Booth, while trying to shoot one of his pursuBooth, while trying to shoot one of his pursuers, was mortally wounded by a shot in the head, fired by Sergeant Corbett, and died in about four hours.—27. General Howard issued an order to the citizens along the line of march of Sherman's army to the national capital to the effect that they were to keep at home; that foraging was stopped; that supplies were to be bought; and all marauders punished.—28. The steamer Sultana, with 2,106 persons on board, mostly United States soldiers, blew up, took fire, and was burned at Memphis. Only
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
ives in New York April 15, and is presented to President Grant......May 7, 1876 Centennial Exposition at Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, opened by President Grant and Dom Pedro......May 10, 1876 Prohibition Convention at Cleveland, O., nominates Gen. Green Clay Smith, of Kentucky, for President, and G. T. Stewart, of Ohio, for Vice-President......May 17, 1876 National Greenback Convention at Indianapolis, Ind., nominates Peter Cooper, of New York, for President; United States Senator Newton Booth, nominated for Vice-President, declines, and Samuel F. Cary, of Ohio, substituted......May 18, 1876 Alphonso Taft, Secretary of War, resigns, being appointed Attorney-General......May 22, 1876 Peter Cooper's letter of acceptance......May 31, 1876 Edwards Pierrepont, Attorney-General, resigns......June 1, 1876 Site for observatory of Mount Hamilton, Santa Clara co., Cal., granted to the trustees of Lick Observatory by Congress......June 7, 1876 Ezra D. Winslow, the Ameri
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), California (search)
massacred by Captain Jack and his warriors in the lava beds near Fort Klamath......April 11, 1873 University of California permanently located at Berkeley......July 16, 1873 Assassins are captured June 1, tried, and Captain Jack and two associates are hanged......Oct. 3, 1873 Central Pacific Railroad attempts to obtain from Congress a grant of Goat Island, the property of the United States, on San Francisco Bay, opposite Oakland; an independent party in opposition is formed, and Newton Booth, its candidate, elected for the long term to Congress, with Judge Johnson S. Hayes, anti-railroad Democrat, for the short term......Dec. 20, 1873 Law empowering juries to determine between death and imprisonment for life in convicting of a capital crime......1874 Compulsory education law passed and school laws revised; a State superintendent of instruction to be elected......1874 State temperance convention at San Francisco......Nov. 19, 1874 State capitol at Sacramento comple