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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kentucky, (search)
. Letcher1840 to 1844 William Owsley1844 to 1848 John J. Crittenden1848 to 1850 John L. Helm1850 to 1851 Lazarus W. Powell1851 to 1855 Charles S. Morehead1855 to 1859 Beriah Magoffin1859 to 1861 J. F. Robinson1861 to 1863 Thomas E. Bramulette1863 to 1867 John L. Helm1867 John W. Stevenson1868 to 1871 Preston H. Leslie1871 to 1875 James B. McCreary1875 to 1879 Luke P. Blackburn1879 to 1883 J. Proctor Knott1883 to 1887 Simon B. Buckner1887 to 1891 J. Y. Brown1891 to 1895 William O. Bradley1896 to 1900 William S. Taylor1900 William Goebel1900 J. C. W. Beckham1900 to — United States Senators. Name.No. of Congress.Term. John Brown2d to 9th1792 to 1805 John Edwards2d to 4th1792 to 1795 Humphrey Marshall4th to 7th1795 to 1801 John Breckinridge7th to 9th1801 to 1805 John Adair9th1805 to 1806 Henry Clay9th1806 to 1807 John B. Thurston9th to 11th1806 to 1809 John Pope10th to 13th1807 to 1813 Henry Clay11th1810 to 1811 George M. Bibb12th to 13th1811 to 1814 Geo
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mormons, (search)
however, did not meet the requirements as considered by the federal authorities, and in 1887 Congress passed what is known as the Edmund-Tucker act. Interior of the Mormon Tabernacle. Under this act more than 1,000 Mormons, including many leaders of the Church, were fined and imprisoned, and measures were instituted by the Mormon leaders to test the constitutionality of the act. On May 19, 1890, the Supreme Court of the United States declared the act constitutional in an opinion by Justice Bradley, three justices of the court, however, dissenting from the opinion. The following are the principal points in the decision: Two questions are involved in this case. The first is, has Congress the power to repeal the charter of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints? This question it answers in the affirmative. The power of Congress over the Territories is generally dependent on the right to acquire the Territory itself. It is derived from the treaty-making power, the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kansas, (search)
into the Union celebrated at Lexington.....June 1, 1892 Rush Morgan, the noted desperado who had killed seventeen men, is shot and killed near Hubbard Springs......Jan. 31, 1893 John G. Carlisle resigns United States Senatorship to become Secretary of the Treasury......February, 1893 William Lindsay is elected United States Senator for six years, beginning March 5, 1895......Jan. 10, 1894 For the first time in her history Kentucky elects a Republican State ticket, headed by William O. Bradley for governor......November, 1895 In the electoral college Kentucky for the first time casts her vote for Republican candidates for President and Vice-President......January, 1896 W. J. Deboe, Republican, of Crittenden county, is elected to succeed Blackburn in the United States Senate, for six years, beginning March 5, 1897......April 28, 1897 The legislature passes an election law, known as the Goebel law......March, 1898 The legislature creates a board of prison commissio