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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), California (search)
83 to 1887 Washington Bartlett1887 Robert W. Waterman1887 to 1891 Henry H. Markhan1891 to 1895 J. H. Budd1895 to 1899 Henry T. Gage1899 to 1903 United States Senators. Name.No. of CongressTerm. John C. Fremont31st1849 to 1851 William M. Gwin31st to 36th1849 to 1861 John B. Weller32d to 34th1851 to 1857 David C. Broderick35th to 36th1857 to 1859 Henry P. Hann36th1859 Milton S. Latham36th to 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. White53d to 56th1893 to 1899 George C. Perkins53d1893 to —— Thomas R. Bard56th to ——1899
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), California (search)
l holiday in the State by governor's proclamation......Sept. 6-9, 1890 Act of Congress to reserve as a public park the Big-tree groves in townships 18 and 17 south......Sept. 25, 1890 King David Kalakaua of the Sandwich Islands lands at San Francisco from the United States man-of-war Charleston......Dec. 4, 1890 King David Kalakaua, born 1836; dies at San Francisco......Jan. 20, 1891 Hon. George Hearst, United States Senator, dies in Washington, D. C.,......Feb. 28, 1891 Charles N. Felton, elected United States Senator......March 19, 1891 Dr. David S. Jordan, president of Indiana State University, accepts the presidency of Leland Stanford, Jr., University......March 23, 1891 Chilian insurgent transport, the Itata, seized at San Diego......May 6, 1891 First shipment of block-tin (seven tons) from the Temescal mines, in San Bernardino county, received in San Francisco......June 15, 1891 Australian ballot law takes effect......July 1, 1891 Leland Stanford,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), University and College education in the United States, the trend of (search)
ies furnished for diversity of work. As late as the year 1843 the requirements for admission to the freshman class were as follows: In Latin: Cicero's orations, Virgil, Sallust, Latin grammar and Latin prose, and Latin prosody. In Greek: Greek grammar and the reading of three books of the Anabasis. And in addition, arithmetic, English grammar, and geography. Still later, at Harvard, 1850: In Latin: Caesar, Virgil, Cicero's select orations, with Latin grammar and prose. In Greek: Felton's Greek reader, writing of Greek with the accents, Greek grammar. In mathematics: arithmetic, algebra, first lessons; introduction to geometry. Worcester's ancient geography and history. 4. The numbers in attendance were very small. A single case may be cited: In 1834 Harvard had 336 students in all departments; in 1840, 448 students; in 1850, 584 students; and in 1866-67, 959 students. No institution of learning up to the time of the close of the war had as large a number as 1,000