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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bigelow, John, 1817- (search)
ates consul at Paris in 1861-64; minister to France in 1864-67, and secretary of state of New York in 1875-77. He was the biographer and trustee of the late Samuel J. Tilden: and in 1900 was president of the board of trustees of the New York public Library (q. v.). He is author of Molinos the Quictist; France and the Confederate e board of trustees of the New York public Library (q. v.). He is author of Molinos the Quictist; France and the Confederate Nary; Life of William Cullen Bryant; Life of Samuel J. Tilden; Some recollections of Edouard Laboulaye; The mystery of sleep, and editor of A life of Franklin; Writings and speeches of Samuel J. Tilden, etc.e board of trustees of the New York public Library (q. v.). He is author of Molinos the Quictist; France and the Confederate Nary; Life of William Cullen Bryant; Life of Samuel J. Tilden; Some recollections of Edouard Laboulaye; The mystery of sleep, and editor of A life of Franklin; Writings and speeches of Samuel J. Tilden, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Carpenter, Matthew Hale 1824-1881 (search)
later in Milwaukee, Mich. During the Civil War he was a stanch Union man. In March, 1868, with Lyman Trumbull, he represented the government in the famous McCardle trial, which involved the validity of the reconstruction act of Congress of March 7, 1867. Up to that time this was the most important cause ever argued before the United States Supreme Court, and Carpenter and Trumbull won. After his argument was completed Secretary Stanton put his arms around his neck, exclaiming, Carpenter, you have saved us! Later Judge Black spoke of him as the finest constitutional lawyer in the United States. He was a member of the United States Senate in 1869-75 and 1879-81. He was counsel for Samuel J. Tilden before the Electoral Commission in 1877. His greatest speeches in the Senate include his defence of President Grant against the attack of Charles Summer; and on the Ku-Klux act, President Johnson's amnesty proclamation, and the ironclad oath. He died in Washington, D. C., Feb. 24, 1881.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Electoral commission. (search)
Electoral commission. A Republican National Convention assembled at Cincinnati, June 16, 1876, and nominated Rutherford Birchard Hayes, of Ohio, for President, and William A. Wheeler, of New York, for Vice-President. On the 27th a Democratic National Convention assembled at St. Louis and nominated Samuel J. Tilden, of New York, for President, and Thomas A. Hendricks, of Indiana, for Vice-President. A very excited canvass succeeded, and so vehement became the lawlessness in some of the Southern States that at times local civil war seemed inevitable. The result of the election was in doubt for some time, each party claiming for its candidate a majority. In the electoral college 185 votes were necessary to the success of a candidate. It was decided after the election that Mr. Tilden had 184. Then ensued a long and bitter contest in South Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana over the official returns, each party charging the other with fraud. There was intense excitement in the Gu
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gwin, William McKendree 1805-1885 (search)
isloyalty, arrested, and imprisoned till 1863, when he was released. He interested the Emperor of France in a plan to colonize Sonora, Mexico, with Confederates. It is alleged that the French minister of foreign affairs encouraged him to draft a scheme for the colony, which, after meeting the approbation of the Emperor, was given into the hands of Emperor Maximilian. After the latter had been in Mexico two years, Dr. Gwin also went there, but received no promises of support from Maximilian in his colonization plans. Returning to France in 1865 he again laid the matter before Napoleon, at whose solicitation he returned to Mexico with orders to Marshal Bazaine to provide whatever force was necessary to make his plans successful. Dr. Gwin, however, received no encouragement and returned to California. He engaged actively in politics, and in 1876 supported Samuel J. Tilden for President. He was for many years known as Duke Gwin, of Sonora. He died in New York City, Sept. 3, 1885.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hayes, Rutherford Birchard 1822-1893 (search)
lunteers, and in the same year was elected to Congress. In 1867 he was elected governor of Ohio, and in 1869 and 1875 was re-elected. In 1877 he was declared President of the United States by a majority of one in the Electoral College over Samuel J. Tilden (see electoral commission). He died in Fremont, O., Jan. 17, 1893. March 4, 1877, fell on Sunday. President-elect Hayes was in Washington, the guest of Senator John Sherman. There had been threats made by the opposition of taking forcible possession of the Presidential office, and inaugurating Samuel J. Tilden, the rival candidate for President. It was thought best by the friends of the President-elect not to postpone administering the oath of office to him until Monday, as had been done in other cases when the time for inaugurating a new President fell on Sunday. Mr. Hayes, therefore, took the oath of office privately, in Senator Sherman's house, on Sunday, and on the following day the public inauguration ceremonies were p
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hendricks, Thomas Andrews -1885 (search)
Hendricks, Thomas Andrews -1885 Statesman; born near Zanesville, O., Sept. 7, 1819. In 1822 his father settled in Indiana, where the son was educated at Thomas Andrews Hendricks. South Hanover College, and became a lawyer. He was an active member of the State constitutional convention of 1850, and a member of Congress from the Indianapolis District from 1851 to 1855. He was Democratic United States Senator from 1863 to 1869, was chosen governor of Indiana for four years in 1872, and Vice-President of the United States on the ticket with Mr. Cleveland in 1884. He had second place with Samuel J. Tilden in 1876. He died in Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 25, 1885.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, State of (search)
John A. KingRepublican 1856 Amasa J. ParkerDemocrat. Erastus Brooks. Edwin D. MorganRepublican1858Amasa J. ParkerDemocrat. Lorenzo Burrows. Gerrit Smith. 1860William Kelly. James T. Brady. Horatio SeymourDemocrat 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 ClevelandDemocrat 1882 Charles J. FolgerRepublican Alphonso A. HopkinsProhibition Epenetus HoweGreenback. David B. HillDemocrat1884 1885 Ira DavenportRepublican H. Clay BascomProhibition 1888Warner MillerRepublican W. Martin JonesProhibition State governors-continue
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York public Library, the (search)
, 1849. It was endowed and supported by various gifts of the Astor family, and at the time of consolidation owned its site and buildings on Lafayette Place, with 267,147 volumes, and enjoyed an annual income of about $47,000. The Lenox Library, incorporated Jan. 20, 1870, as the gift to the public of James Lenox, owned its site and building on Fifth Avenue, between 70th and 71st streets, with 86,000 volumes and an annual income of $20,500. The Tilden trust, created by the will of Samuel J. Tilden, possessed Mr. Tilden's private library of about 20,000 volumes and an endowment fund of about $2,000,000, but neither lands nor buildings. The Public Library thus began its existence with a total number of volumes of 373,147 and an endowment of about $3,500,000. The library as thus constituted was for reference only. On March 25, 1896, in an address to the mayor of the city regarding the future policy of the library, the trustees offered to extend its facilities to the furnishing o
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), O'Conor, Charles 1804-1884 (search)
O'Conor, Charles 1804-1884 Lawyer; born in New York City, Jan. 22, 1804; admitted to the bar in 1824. He was connected with many of the most prominent legal cases, the most famous of which were the suits against the Tammany ring in 1871, in which William M. Evarts, James Emmot, and Wheeler H. Peckham were associated with him. In 1872 Mr. O'Conor was nominated for Vice-President by that portion of the Democratic party which was opposed to the election of Horace Greeley. Mr. O'Conor was one of the counsel of Samuel J. Tilden before the electoral commission in 1876. He died in Nantucket, Mass., May 12, 1884.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Presidential elections. (search)
ses S. Grant*Ill.Rep3,597,070762,991286Henry Wilson*Mass.Rep286 Horace GreeleyN. Y.D. & L.2,834,079(g)B. Gratz BrownMoD. L.47 Charles O'ConorN. Y.Dem29,408John Q. AdamsMass.Dem James BlackPa.Temp5,608John RussellMich.Temp Thomas A. HendricksInd.Dem42George W. JulianInd.Lib5 B. Gratz BrownMo.Dem18A. H. ColquittGaDem5 Charles J. JenkinsGa.Dem2John M. PalmerIll.Dem3 David DavisIll.Ind.1T. E. BramletteKyDem3 W. S. GroesbeckO.Dem1 Willis B. MachenKyDem1 N. P. BanksMass.Lib1 1876. Samuel J. TildenN. Y.Dem4,284,885250,235184T. A. HendricksInd.Dem184 Rutherford B. Hayes*O.Rep4,033,950(h) 185William A. Wheeler*N. Y.Rep185 Peter CooperN. Y.Gre'nb81,740Samuel F. CaryO.Gre'nb Green Clay SmithKyPro.9,522Gideon T. StewartO.Pro James B. WalkerIll.Amer2,636D. KirkpatrickN. Y.Amer 1880. James A. Garfield*O.Rep4,449,0537,018214Chester A. Arthur*N. Y.Rep214 W. S. HancockPa.Dem4,442,035155William H. EnglishInd.Dem155 James B. WeaverIowaGre'nb307,306B. J. ChambersTexGre'nb Neal DowMe.P
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