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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gibson, Randall Lee 1832-1892 (search)
Gibson, Randall Lee 1832-1892 Statesman; born in Spring Hill, Ky., Sept. 10, 1832; graduated at Yale in 1853; at the beginning of the Civil War enlisted as a private, but soon received a commission as captain in the Louisiana Artillery, and subseqiuently was elected colonel of the 13th Louisiana Infantry. He took part in the battles of Shiloh, Murfreesboro, and Chickamauga. At Nashville he covered the retreat of Hood's army. After the war he resumed the practice of law and was elected to the United States House of Representatives, but was not allowed to take his seat until a subsequent election. In 1882 and 1888 he was elected to the United States Senate. He died in Hot Springs, Ark., Dec. 15, 1892.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Louisiana, (search)
Proposed constitutional amendment to continue the Louisiana State lottery for twenty-five years from Jan. 1, 1894, is rejected by vote at State election......April 19, 1892 Monument erected to David C. Hennessy (assassinated by Mafia in 1890) by the people of New Orleans, is unveiled at Metarie Cemetery......May 30, 1892 Nicaragua Canal convention opens in New Orleans; delegates from every State and Territory......Nov. 30, 1892 United States Senator Randall L. Gibson dies at Hot Springs, Ark.......Dec. 15, 1892 Donaldson Caffrey appointed by Governor Foster United States Senator to fill unexpired term......Dec. 31, 1892 Gen. P. G. T. Beaurgeard dies at New Orleans, aged seventy-five years......Feb. 20, 1893 Destructive cyclone along the Gulf of Mexico; over 2,000 lives lost......Oct. 2, 1893 United States Senator Edward D. White appointed associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States......Feb. 19, 1894 Newton C. Blanchard, member of Congress, a
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), North Carolina, (search)
n by 122,912 to 108,829......1875 Biddle University at Charlotte chartered......1877 State industrial association organized by colored people......1879 Prohibition bill, passed to take effect Oct. 1, 1881, if ratified by people, is lost by 48,370 votes to 166,325......Aug. 1, 1881 Survey of State oyster-beds, covering 1,307,000 acres, by Department of Agriculture aided by federal government.1886 Convention representing nearly all Southern States east of the Mississippi at Hot Springs under the auspices of the Southern railroad and steamship companies, to promote immigration, resolve to establish Southern immigration association, headquarters in New York......April 25, 1888 Annual meeting of the Inter-State Farmers' Association held at Raleigh......Aug. 21, 1888 School law revised, requiring schoolbooks recommended by the State board of education, and giving funds hitherto devoted to normal schools for white teachers, for county teachers' institutes......1889