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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Brown , Benjamin Gratz , -1885 (search)
Brown, Benjamin Gratz, -1885
Born in Lexington, Ky., May 28. 1826: graduated at Yale in 1847; and settled in St. Louis, where he edited the Missouri Democrat.
He assisted in preventing the secession of Missouri, and was elected to the United States Senate in 1863, and governor of the State in 1871.
He was the candidate for Vice-President on the Greeley ticket in 1872.
He died in St. Louis, Dec. 13, 1885.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Chamberlain , Joseph 1836 - (search)
Chamberlain, Joseph 1836-
Statesman; born in London, England, in 1836; educated at the University College School, in London: and was mayor of Birmingham in 1870-75.
He was elected to Parliament from Birmingham as a Liberal Unionist in 1875, and has since held his seat; was president of the Board of Trade in
Joseph Chamberlain. 1880-85; president of the Local Government Board in 1886; one of the British commissioners to settle the North American fisheries dispute in 1887, and lord rector of Glasgow University.
In 1895 he became Secretary of State for the Colonies, and has since held the post.
During 1898, and especially when the international troubles concerning China were thickening, he made several notable speeches, voicing a widespread sentiment in Great Britain that there should be a closer understanding between the United States and Great Britain touching their various commercial interests.
In 1888 he married Mary, daughter of William C. Endicott, Secretary of War in P
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Chandler , William Eaton (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cleveland , Grover 1837 - (search)
Cleveland, Grover 1837-
Twenty-second and twenty-fourth President of the United States, from 1885 to 1889, and from 1893 to 1897; Democrat; born in Caldwell, Essex co., N. J., March 18, 1837.
After some experience as a clerk and some labor on the compilation of the American herd book, he became a bank clerk in Buffalo, and was admitted to the bar in 1859.
From 1863 to 1865 he was assistant district-attorney, and in 1870 he was elected sheriff of Erie county and served three years. Elected mayor of Buffalo in 1881, he attracted during the first few months of his term more than local notice, and was the Democratic candidate for governor of New York in 1882. One of the successful nominees in this tidal-wave Democratic year, Mr. Cleveland received the phenomenal majority of 192,000, and entered office in January, 1883.
His administration of affairs at Albany secured the presentation of his name to the democratic National Convention in 1884.
He was nominated; and elected, after a
Colman, Norman J.
Agriculturalist; born near Richfield Springs, N. Y., in 1827; began the practice of law in New Albany, Ind., and the editing of an agricultural paper in St. Louis, Mo., in 1871.
He was elected lieutenant-governor as a Democrat in 1874, and was appointed by President Cleveland United States Commissioner of Agriculture in 1885.