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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Davenport , Henry Kallock , 1820 -1872 (search)
Davenport, Henry Kallock, 1820-1872
Naval officer; born in Savannah, Ga., Dec. 10, 1820; joined the navy in 1838; commanded the steamer Hetzel in 1861-64; took part in the engagements on James River and off Roanoke Island; and was promoted captain in 1868.
He died in Franzensbad, Bohemia, Aug. 18, 1872.
Davis, David, 1815-
Jurist; born in Cecil county, Md., March 9, 1815; graduated at Kenyon College, O., 1832; admitted to the bar of Illinois in 1835; elected to the State legislature in 1834; and appointed a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States in 1862.
He resigned this post to take his seat in the United States Senate on March 4, 1877, having been elected to succeed John A. Logan (q. v.). In 1872 he was nominated for President by the Labor Reform party, but declined to run after the regular Democratic and Republican nominations had been made.
He resigned in 1883 and retired to Bloomington, Ill., where he died June 26, 1886.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Day , William Rufus , 1849 - (search)
Day, William Rufus, 1849-
Statesman; born in Ravenna, O., April 17, 1849; graduated at the University of Michigan in 1870: studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1872; began practice at Canton, O.; served as judge in the court of common pleas in 1886-90; appointed judge of the United States district court for the northern district of Ohio in 1889, but resigned before taking office on
William Rufus day. account of ill health.
In March, 1397, he was made assistant Secretary of State, and on April 26, 1898, succeeded John Sherman as head of the department.
While in the State Department he had charge, under the President, of the delicate diplomatic correspondence preceding and during the war with Spain, and of the negotiation of the protocol of peace.
After the latter had been accepted Judge Day was appointed chief of the United States peace commission, his place as Secretary of State being filled by John Hay, recalled as American ambassador to Great Britain.
After the rati
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), De Smet , Peter John , 1801 -1872 (search)
De Smet, Peter John, 1801-1872
Missionary; born in Termonde, Belgium, Dec. 31, 1801 studied in the Episcopal seminary of Mechlin.
With five other students he sailed from Amsterdam in 1821 for the United States, and entered the Jesuit school at Whitemarsh, Md. In 1828 he went to St. Louis and aided in founding the University of St. Louis, where he later became a professor.
In 1838 lie founded a mission among the Pottawattomie Indians on Sugar Creek.
In July, 1840, he went to the Peter Valley in the Rocky Mountains, where he met about 1,600 Flathead Indians, whom he found easy to convert, as they had retained much of the influence of the teaching given them two centuries before by the French missionaries.
By the help of an interpreter he translated the Commandments, the Lord's Prayer, and the Creed into their language, and these within two weeks time the Flatheads learned.
During his journey back to St. Louis he was several times surrounded by the Blackfeet Indians, who, when t
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dix , John Adams , 1798 -1879 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Electricity in the nineteenth century. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Emmons , George Foster , 1811 -1884 (search)
Emmons, George Foster, 1811-1884
Naval officer; born in Clarendon, Vt., Aug. 23, 1811; entered the navy in 1828; took part in several engagements during the Mexican War; served through the Civil War, and in 1866 commanded the Ossipee, which carried the United States commissioners to Alaska for the purpose of hoisting the American flag over that region.
He was promoted rear-admiral in 1872; retired in 1873; author of The Navy of the United States from 1775 to 1853.
He died in Princeton, N. J., July 2, 1884.