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William H. Herndon, Jesse William Weik, Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life, Etiam in minimis major, The History and Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln by William H. Herndon, for twenty years his friend and Jesse William Weik 109 1 Browse Search
Mrs. John A. Logan, Reminiscences of a Soldier's Wife: An Autobiography 17 7 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 13 3 Browse Search
William Alexander Linn, Horace Greeley Founder and Editor of The New York Tribune 10 2 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died. 6 0 Browse Search
Allan Pinkerton, The spy in the rebellion; being a true history of the spy system of the United States Army during the late rebellion, revealing many secrets of the war hitherto not made public, compiled from official reports prepared for President Lincoln , General McClellan and the Provost-Marshal-General . 5 1 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: October 22, 1864., [Electronic resource] 4 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 4 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: August 7, 1861., [Electronic resource] 4 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: October 18, 1864., [Electronic resource] 4 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Davis, David, 1815- (search)
Davis, David, 1815- Jurist; born in Cecil county, Md., March 9, 1815; graduated at Kenyon College, O., 1832; admitted to the bar of Illinois in 1835; elected to the State legislature in 1834; and appointed a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States in 1862. He resigned this post to take his seat in the United States Senate on March 4, 1877, having been elected to succeed John A. Logan (q. v.). In 1872 he was nominated for President by the Labor Reform party, but declined to run after the regular Democratic and Republican nominations had been made. He resigned in 1883 and retired to Bloomington, Ill., where he died June 26, 1886.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Illinois. (search)
to 18th1818 to 1824 Jesse B. Thomas15th to 19th1818 to 1826 John McLean18th to 20th1824 to 1830 Elias Kent Kane19th to 23d1826 to 1835 David J. Baker21st1830 John M. Robinson21st to 27th1831 to 1841 William L. D. Ewing24th1836 United States Senators—Continued. Name.No. of Congress.Date. Richard M. Young25th to 27th1837 to 1843 Samuel McRoberts27th1841 to 1843 Sidney Breese28th to 31st1843 to 1849 James Semple28th1843 to 1846 Stephen A. Douglas29th to 37th1847 to 1861 James Shields31st to 33d1849 to 1855 Lymnan Trumbull34th to 42d1855 to 1871 Orville H. Browning37th1861 William A. Richardson37th to 39th1863 to 1865 Richard Yates39th to 42d1865 to 1871 John A. Logan42d to 45th1871 to 1877 Richard J. Oglesby43d to 46th1873 to 1878 David Davis45th to 47th1877 to 1883 John A. Logan46th to 49th1879 to 1886 Shelby M. Cullum48th to —1883 to — Charles B. Farwell50th to 51st1887 to 1891 John M. Palmer52d to 55th1891 to 1897 William E. Mason55th to 58th1897 t
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Presidential elections. (search)
p3,015,071305,456(f) 214Schuyler Colfax*Ind.Rep214 Horatio SeymourN. Y.Dem2,709,61580F. P. Blair, JrMoDem80 1872. Ulysses S. Grant*Ill.Rep3,597,070762,991286Henry Wilson*Mass.Rep286 Horace GreeleyN. Y.D. & L.2,834,079(g)B. Gratz BrownMoD. L.47 Charles O'ConorN. Y.Dem29,408John Q. AdamsMass.Dem James BlackPa.Temp5,608John RussellMich.Temp Thomas A. HendricksInd.Dem42George W. JulianInd.Lib5 B. Gratz BrownMo.Dem18A. H. ColquittGaDem5 Charles J. JenkinsGa.Dem2John M. PalmerIll.Dem3 David DavisIll.Ind.1T. E. BramletteKyDem3 W. S. GroesbeckO.Dem1 Willis B. MachenKyDem1 N. P. BanksMass.Lib1 1876. Samuel J. TildenN. Y.Dem4,284,885250,235184T. A. HendricksInd.Dem184 Rutherford B. Hayes*O.Rep4,033,950(h) 185William A. Wheeler*N. Y.Rep185 Peter CooperN. Y.Gre'nb81,740Samuel F. CaryO.Gre'nb Green Clay SmithKyPro.9,522Gideon T. StewartO.Pro James B. WalkerIll.Amer2,636D. KirkpatrickN. Y.Amer 1880. James A. Garfield*O.Rep4,449,0537,018214Chester A. Arthur*N. Y.Rep214 W. S. Ha
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Supreme Court, United States (search)
836-41517831841 John Catron, Tennessee1837-652817861865 John McKinley, Alabama1837-521517801852 Peter V. Daniel, Virginia1841-601917851860 Samuel Nelson, New York1845-722717921873 Levi Woodbury, New Hampshire1845-51617891851 Robert C. Grier, Pennsylvania1846-702317941870 Benjamin R. Curtis, Massachusetts1851-57618091874 John A. Campbell, Alabama1853-61818111889 Nathan Clifford, Maine1858-812318031881 Noah H. Swayne, Ohio1861-812018041884 Samuel F. Miller, Iowa1862-902818161890 David Davis, Illinois1862-771518151886 Stephen J. Field, California1863-973418161899 Salmon P. Chase, Ohio1864-73918081873 William Strong, Pennsylvania1870-801018081895 Joseph P. Bradley, New Jersey1870-922218131892 Ward Hunt, New York1872-821018111886 Morrison R. Waite, Ohio1874-881418161888 John M. Harlan, Kentucky1877–....1833.... William B. Woods, Georgia1880-87718241887 Stanley Matthews, Ohio1881-89818241889 Horace Gray, Massachusetts1881–....1828.... Samuel Blatchford, New York1882-9
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
America, born 1810, dies......Feb. 7, 1872 Labor Reform Convention meets at Columbus, O., Feb. 21, and nominates Judge David Davis, of Illinois, for President, and Judge Joel Parker, of New Jersey, for Vice-President......Feb. 22, 1872 Nationaroesbeck, of Ohio, for President, and Frederick Law Olmstead, of New York, for Vice-President......June 21, 1872 Judge David Davis declines the Labor Reform nomination for President......June 24, 1872 Joel Parker, nominated for Vice-President or murder begins at Washington......Nov. 14, 1881 Forty-seventh Congress, first session, opens......Dec. 5, 1881 David Davis presiding in Senate; Joseph Warren Keifer, of Ohio, elected speaker by 148 votes to 129 for Samuel J. Randall, of Penn......June 5, 1886 Morrison tariff bill defeated in House of Representatives by 157 to 140......June 17, 1886 Judge David Davis, born 1815, dies at Bloomington, Ill.......June 26, 1886 Franking privilege granted to the widow of Gen. U. S. G