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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Burke , Edmund , 1730 -1797 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Davis , John , 1761 -1847 (search)
Davis, John, 1761-1847
Jurist; born in Plymouth, Mass., Jan. 25, 1761; graduated at Harvard College in 1781; admitted to the bar and began practice at Plymouth in 1786.
He was the last surviving member of the convention that adopted the federal Constitution; comptroller of the United States Treasury in 1795-96; and eminent for his knowledge of the history of New England.
In 1813 he made an address on the Landing of the Pilgrims before the Massachusetts Historical Society, over which he presided in 1818-43.
His publications include an edition of Morton's New England Memorial, with many important notes; Eulogy on George Washington; and An attempt to explain the inscription on Dighton Rock.
He died in Boston, Mass., Jan. 14, 1847.
Statesman; born in Northboro, Mass., Jan. 13, 1787; graduated at Yale in 1812; admitted to the bar in 1815; member of Congress in 1824-34, during which time he opposed Henry Clay; and was elected to the United States Senate in 1835, and resigne
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Long , John Davis 1838 - (search)
Long, John Davis 1838-
Lawyer; born in Buckfield, Me., Oct. 27, 1838; graduated at Harvard College in 1857; taught school
John Davis long. till 1859; was admitted to the bar in 1861; settled in Boston; and afterwards removed to Hingham.
In 1875-78 he was a member of the State legislature; and in the last two years of this period was speaker of the House.
He was elected governor in 1879, 1880, and 1881 and was a Representative in Congress in 1883-89.
At the beginning of President McKinley's first administration Mr. Long was appointed Secretary of the Navy, a post to which he was reappointed by the President at the beginning of his second administration, March 5, 1901.
He has published The Republican party (1892), and a translation of Vergil's Aeneid.