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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 8 0 Browse Search
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 4 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Massachusetts, (search)
ublican.1901 to 1902 United States Senators. Name.No. of Congress.Term. Tristram Dalton1st1789 to 1791 Caleb Strong1st to 4th1789 to 1796 George Cabot2d to 4th1791 to 1796 Benjamin Goodhue4th to 6th1796 to 1800 Theodore Sedgwick4th to 5th1796 to 1798 Samuel Dexter6th1799 to 1800 Dwight Foster6th to 7th1800 to 1803 Jonathan Mason6th to 7th1800 to 1803 John Quincy Adams8th to 10th1803 to 1808 Timothy Pickering8th to 11th1803 to 1811 James Lloyd, Jr10th to 12th1808 to 1811 Joseph B. Varnum12th to 14th1811 to 1817 Christopher Gore13th to 14th1813 to1816 Eli P. Ashmun14th to 15th1816 to 1816 Prentiss Mellen15th to 16th1818 to 1820 Harrison Gray Otis15th to 17th1817 to 1822 Elijah H. Mills16th to 19th1820 to 1827 James Lloyd17th to 19th1822 to 1826 Nathaniel Silsbee19th to 23d1826 to 1835 Daniel Webster20th to 26th1827 to 1841 John Davis24th to 26th1835 to 1840 Rufus Choate26th to 28th1841 to 1845 Isaac C. Bates26th to 28th1841 to 1845 Daniel Webster29th to 31st1
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Speaker of Congress, the (search)
shall continue the desire for opportunities for display and fail to create the desire for opportunities to do service. Speakers of the House of Congress. Congress.Years.Name.State.Born.Died. 11789-91F. A. MuhlenburgPennsylvania 17501801 21791-93Jonathan TrumbullConnecticut17401809 31793-95F. A. MuhlenburgPennsylvania 17501801 4, 51795-99Jonathan DaytonNew Jersey17601824 61799-1801Theo. SedgwickMassachusetts17461813 7-91801-07Nathaniel MaconNorth Carolina17571837 10, 111807-11Joseph B. VarnumMasssachusetts17501821 12, 131811-14Henry ClayKentucky 17771852 131814-15Langdon ChevesSouth Carolina17761857 14-161815-20Henry ClayKentucky17771852 161820-21John W. TaylorNew York17841854 171821-23Philip P. BarbourVirginia17831841 181823-25Henry ClayKentucky17771852 191825-27John W. TaylorNew York17841854 20-231827-34Andrew StevensonVirginia17841857 231834-35John BellTennessee 17971869 24, 251835-39James K. PolkTennessee17951849 261839-41R. M. T. HunterVirginia18091887 27184
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
ects......June 22, 1807 [Barron was suspended by a courtmartial for five years without pay and emoluments, for making no resistance and surrendering his ship.] American ports closed to the British, and British ships ordered from American waters......July, 1807 First steamboat, the Clermont (Fulton's), starts from New York for Albany......Sept. 14, 1807 Aaron Burr acquitted......Sept. 15, 1807 Tenth Congress, first session, convenes......Oct. 26, 1807 Speaker of the House, Joseph B. Varnum, Massachusetts. A British Order in council forbids neutral nations to trade with France or her allies except under tribute to Great Britain......Nov. 11, 1807 Napoleon's Milan decree forbids trade with England or her colonies, and confiscates any vessel paying tribute or submitting to English search......Dec. 17, 1807 Congress authorizes the building of 188 gunboats, at a cost of not over $852,000......Dec. 18, 1807 Embargo act prohibits foreign commerce......Dec. 22, 1807
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Varnum, Joseph Bradley 1818-1874 (search)
Varnum, Joseph Bradley 1818-1874 Lawyer; born in Washington, D. C., June 9, 1818; graduated at Yale College in 1838; admitted to the bar and followed his profession in Baltimore for several years; removed to New York City and there obtained a large practice; member of the New York legislature in 1849-51 and speaker in the latter year. His publications include The seat of government of the United States, and The Washington sketch-book. He died in Astoria, N. Y., Dec. 31, 1874. Legislator; born in Dracut, Mass., Jan. 29, 1750; brother of James M. Varnum; was an active patriot during the Revolution, both in the council and in the field; member of Congress in 1795-1811; speaker of the tenth and the eleventh Congresses; and United States Senator in 1811-17. He had been made major-general of militia at an early day, and at the time of his death, in Dracut, Mass., Sept. 21, 1821, was the oldest officer of that rank in Massachusetts, and also senior member of the United States S