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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 8: Civil affairs in 1863.--military operations between the Mountains and the Mississippi River. (search)
Marcy, Edward H. Rollins, James W. Patterson. New Jersey.--John F. Starr, George Middleton, William G. Steele, Andrew J. Rodgers, Nehemiah Perry. New York.--Henry G. Stebbens, Martin Kalbfleisch, Moses F. Odell, Ben. Wood, Fernando Wood, Elijah Ward, J. W. Chanler, James Brooks, Anson Herrick, William Radford, Charles H. Winfield, Homer A. Nelson, John B. Steele, John V. L. Pruyn, John A. Griswold, Orlando Kellogg, Calvin T. Hulburd, James M. Marvin, Samuel F. Miller, Ambrose W. Clark, Francis Kernan, De Witt C. Littlejohn, Thomas T. Davis, Theodore M. Pomeroy, Daniel Morris, Giles W. Hotchkiss, R. B. Van Valkenburg, Freeman Clarke, Augustus Frank, John B. Ganson, Reuben E. Fenton. Ohio.--George H. Pendleton, Alexander Long, Robert C. Schenck, J. F. McKinney, Frank C. Le Blond, Chilton A. White, Samuel S. Cox, William Johnson, Warren P. Noble, James M. Ashley, Wells A. Hutchins, William E. Finck, John O'Neill, George Bliss, James R. Morris, Joseph W. White, Ephraim R. Eckley, Rufus P
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Electoral commission. (search)
both Houses. It became a law, by the signature of the President, Jan. 29, 1877. The next day the two Houses each selected five of its members to serve on the Electoral Commission, the Senate members being George F. Edmunds (Vt.), Oliver P. Morton (Ind.), Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (N. J.), Thomas F. Bayard (Del.), and Allen G. Thurman (O.), and the House members, Henry B. Payne (O.), Eppa Hunton (Va.), Josiah G. Abbott (Mass.), James A. Garfield (O.), and George F. Hoar (Mass.). Senator Francis Kernan (N. Y.) was afterwards substituted for Senator Thurman, who had become ill. Judges Clifford, Miller, Field, and Strong, of the Supreme Court, were named in the bill, and these chose as the fifth member of associate justices Joseph P. Bradley. The Electoral Commission assembled in the hall of the House of Representatives, Feb. 1, 1877. The legality of returns from several States was questioned, and was passed upon and decided by the commission. The counting was completed on March 2
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, State of (search)
1862 James S. WadsworthRepublican Reuben E. FentonRepublican 1864 Horatio SeymourDemocrat. 1866John T. HoffmanDemocrat John T. HoffmanDemocrat. 1868John A. GriswoldRepublican 1870 Stewart L. WoodfordRepublican John A. DixRepublican 1872 Francis KernanDemocrat. Samuel J. TildenDemocrat 1874 John A. DixRepublican Lucius RobinsonDemocrat 1876 Edwin D. MorganRepublican Alonzo B. CornellRepublican 1879 Lucius RobinsonDemocrat. John Kelly Tam.-Dem. Harris Lewis. John W. Mears. Grover Cl 1861 Hamilton Fish32d to 35th1851 to 1857 Preston King35th to 38th1857 to 1863 Ira Harris37th to 40th1861 to 1867 Edwin D. Morgan38th to 41st1863 to 1869 Roscoe Conkling40th to 47th1867 to 1881 Reuben E. Fenton41st to 44th1869 to 1875 Francis Kernan44th to 47th1875 to 1881 Thomas C. Platt47th1881 Elbridge G. Lapham47th to 49th1881 to 1885 Warner Miller47th to 50th1881to 1887 William M. Evarts49th to 52d1885 to 1891 Frank Hiscock50th to 53d1887 to 1893 David B. Hill52d to 55th1891 t
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
, 1877 Contested vote of Oregon counted for the Republicans by the commission, 8 to 7......Feb. 23, 1877 Political disabilities of J. E. Johnston, of Virginia, under the Fourteenth Amendment, removed by act of......Feb. 23, 1877 Senator Francis Kernan, of New York, substituted on electoral commission for Senator Thurman, physically unable to serve......Feb. 26, 1877 Contested vote of South Carolina awarded to Republicans by electoral commission, 8 to 7......Feb. 27, 1877 Electionl immigrant vessels from cholera-infected ports......Sept. 1, 1892 President Harrison's letter of acceptance published......Sept. 5, 1892 John Greenleaf Whittier, poet, born 1807, dies at Hampton Falls, N. H.......Sept. 7, 1892 Ex-Senator Francis Kernan, born 1816, dies at Utica, N. Y.......Sept. 7, 1892 Lieutenant Peary and party arrive at St. John's, Newfoundland, on the steamer Kite, sent to the Arctic regions in search of them......Sept. 11, 1892 Cabin passengers of the Nor
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, (search)
rd are ordered out at Buffalo by General Doyle......Aug. 15, 1892 National guard from New York, Brooklyn, and elsewhere, about 8,000 men, ordered to Buffalo by Governor Flower......Aug. 17, 1892 Ex-Gov. Myron H. Clark dies at Canandaigua, aged eighty-six......Aug. 23, 1892 Switchmen's strike at Buffalo declared off by Grand-master Sweeney......Aug. 24, 1892 George William Curtis, born 1824, dies at West Brighton, Staten Island, N. Y.......Aug. 31, 1892 Ex-United States Senator Francis Kernan, born 1816, dies at Utica......Sept. 7, 1892 Opening in New York City of the continental congress of the Salvation Army of the United States......Nov. 21, 1892 Edward Murphy, Jr., of Troy, elected United States Senator......January, 1893 Act authorizing the purchase of Fire Island for quarantine purposes signed......March 11, 1893 Gen. Henry Slocum, born 1827, dies at Brooklyn......April 14, 1893 Naval review and parade at New York City......April 27-28, 1893 [Ten n
m meetings in New York --In several counties in New York indignation meetings have been held to protest against the arrest of Hon. C. L. Vallandigham. In Utica, Oneida county, about 3,000 persons were present, including some returned soldiers, who evinced their approval of the course of the proceedings by loud applause: Hon. Chas. S. Wilson, Mayor of Utica, prosided, assisted by-a-large number of vice presidents and secretaries. Eloquent and impressive speeches were made by Hon. Francis Kernan and Elias B. Schnable, of Pa., and dignified and earnest resolutions were adopted. We quote the concluding resolution: Therefore we solemnly protest against the acts of Gen. Burniside, recited in the preamble hereof, as a defiance of the laws, an outrage upon the Constitution, and a deadly blow at public liberty; and we call upon the President to rescind that officer's unconstitutional and despotic order, to set aside the mock trial and illegal sentence of which Mr. Vallandingha
the accumulated wealth of the country from its legitimate owners to some of the supporters of the present Administration and their satellites, who have inaugurated and who now control it. What is contributed to carry on the conservative movement is but the premium paid to insure the possession and security of the remainder. M'Clellan meeting at Rochester. A great meeting had been held at Rochester, New York, of the supporters of McClellan. Speeches were made by Washington Hunt, Francis Kernan, and others. Mr. Hunt is well known as an Old Line Whig — very orderly and conservative — as having opposed Know-Nothingism and being a considerable stickler for that obsolete thing known as the "Constitution of the United States." Mr. Hunt charged that Lincoln had violated his own pledges, in which he promised not to interfere with the rights of the States, by issuing his emancipation proclamation, which took away from the States the most precious attribute of their sovereignty — the r<