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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Davis, Cushman Kellogg, 1838- (search)
Davis, Cushman Kellogg, 1838- Statesman; born in Henderson, N. Y., June 16, 1838; Cushman Kellogg Davis. graduated at the University of Michigan in 1857; studied law and began practice in Waukesha, Wis. During the Civil War he served three years in the Union army. In 1865 he removed to St. Paul, Minn. He was a member of the Minnesota legislature in 1867; United States district attorney for Minnesota in 1868-73; governor of Minnesota in 1874-75; and elected to the United States Senate in 1887, 1893, and 1899. For several years he was chairman of the Senate committee on foreign relations, and familiarity with the international affairs of the United States led to his appointment as a member of the commission to negotiate peace with Spain after the war of 1898. He published The law in Shakespeare. He died in St. Paul, Nov. 27, 1900.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wisconsin, (search)
Chicago......Jan. 17, 1849 State Historical Society organized at Madison......Jan. 30, 1849 Amendment to the constitution conferring suffrage on colored men receives a majority of votes cast, but not a majority of all who voted for State officers, and the canvassers declare it rejected......Nov. 6, 1849 Lawrence University at Appleton chartered and opened......1849 University of Wisconsin at Madison, chartered 1848, opened......1849 First railroad train between Milwaukee and Waukesha......February, 1851 Question of banks or no banks submitted to the people of Wisconsin by act of March 5, 1851, 31,219 votes in favor to 9,126 opposed......1851 Capital punishment in Wisconsin abolished......July, 1853 Meeting at Ripon, called by A. E. Bovay, Jediah Bowen, and others to organize the Republican party, and Mr. Bovay suggests the name Republican ......Feb. 28, 1854 Title Republican adopted for the party at a mass convention in Capitol Park at Madison......July 13,