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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Conger , Edwin Hurd 1843 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cooley , Thomas McIntyre -1898 (search)
Cooley, Thomas McIntyre -1898
Jurist; born near Attica, N. Y., Jan. 6, 1824; admitted to the bar in Michigan in 1846; became Professor of Law in the University of Michigan in 1859; was a justice of the Supreme Court of that State in 1864-85, and during part of that time chief-justice; Professor of American History and lecturer on constitutional law in the University of Michigan in 1885-88; and chairman of the interstate commerce commission for four years under President Cleveland. Judge Coo1885-88; and chairman of the interstate commerce commission for four years under President Cleveland. Judge Cooley was a recognized authority on constitutional law, and besides a large number of contributions to periodical literature, was author of The constitutional limitations which rest upon the legislative power of the States of the American Union; A treatise on the law of taxation; The general principles of constitutional law in the United States; Michigan: a history of government; And the acquisition of Indiana.
He died in Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 12, 1898.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Corrigan , Michael Augustine 1839 - (search)
Corrigan, Michael Augustine 1839-
Clergyman; born in Newark, N. J., Aug. 13, 1839; graduated at Mount St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Md., in 1859; Professor of Dogmatic Theology and Sacred Scripture in Seton Hall College, Orange, N. J., in 1864-68; president of the same in 1868-73; became bishop of Newark, N. J., in 1873; coadjutor to Cardinal McCloskey of New York in 1880; and archbishop of New York in 1885.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cox , Samuel Sullivan 1824 -1889 (search)
Cox, Samuel Sullivan 1824-1889
Statesman; born in Zanesville, O., Sept. 30, 1824: graduated at Brown University in 1846: became editor of the Statesman of Columbus, O., in 1853; was a Democratic Representative in Congress from Ohio in 1857-65; and from New York in 1868-82.
During his service in Congress he secured an increase of salary for the letter-carriers throughout the country, and also an annual vacation without loss of pay. In 1885-86 he was United States minister to Turkey, and on his return was again elected to Congress.
He was a pleasing speaker, writer, and lecturer.
Chief among his many publications are Puritanism in politics; Eight years in Congress; Free land and free trade; Three decades of federal legislation; and The diplomat in Turkey.
He died in New York City, Sept. 10, 1889.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cromwell , Bartlett Jefferson 1857 - (search)
Cromwell, Bartlett Jefferson 1857-
Naval officer; born in Georgia; entered the navy in 1857, and during the Civil War served on the St. Lawrence, Quaker City, Conemaugh, and Proteus, with the South Atlantic and East Gulf blockading squadrons; took part in the attacks on Morris Island and Battery Gregg.
He commanded the naval rendezvous in Philadelphia in 1885; was promoted captain in 1889; commodore in 1898; and admiral in 1899; and was appointed commandant of the Portsmouth navy-yard, March 20, 1900.
Cromwell, Oliver
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Curry , Jabez Lamar Monroe 1825 - (search)
Curry, Jabez Lamar Monroe 1825-
Educator; born in Lincoln county, Ga., June 5, 1825; graduated at the University of Georgia in 1843; served with the Texas Rangers in the Mexican War in 1846; member of the United States Congress in 1857-61, and of the Confederate Congress in 1861-63; was lieutenant-colonel of cavalry in the Confederate army in 1863-65; president of Howard College, Alabama, 1866-68; Professor of Constitutional and International Law in Richmond College, Virginia, in 1868-81; and United States minister to Spain in 1885-88.
His publications include The Southern States of the American Union in their relation to the Constitution and the resulting Union; Establishment and disestablishment in the United States; History of the Peabody education fund; and Civil history of the Confederate States.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Curzon , George Nathaniel 1859 - (search)
Curzon, George Nathaniel 1859-
British diplomatist; born in Kedleston, Derbyshire, Jan. 11, 1859; educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford.
In 1885 he was assistant private secretary to the Marquis of Salisbury, and in 1886 became a member of Parliament.
In 1891-92 he served as under-secretary of state for India; in 1895 was appointed under-secretary of state for foreign affairs; and in August, 1898, he became viceroy of India.
In the following month he was raised to the peerage, with the title of Baron Curzon of Kedleston.
In 1895 he married Mary, daughter of L. Z. Leiter, of Chicago.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Daughters of the King , the, (search)
Daughters of the King, the,
A religious society of the Protestant Episcopal Church, founded in New York City, Easter evening, 1885.
It is often confused with the King's daughters (q. v.), a society from which it differs in many respects.
Its chief purposes are to aid rectors in their parish work and to extend Christianity among young women.
In 1900 the president of the council was Mrs. E. A. Bradley; secretary, Miss Elizabeth L. Ryerson.
The office of the council is in the Church Missions House, 281 Fourth Avenue, New York City.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Debs , Eugene Victor , 1855 - (search)
Debs, Eugene Victor, 1855-
Labor leader; born in Terre Haute, Ind., Nov. 5, 1855; educated in the common schools; city clerk of Terre Haute in 1879-83; member of the Indiana legislature in 1885; served as grand secretary and treasurer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen in 1880-93; president of the American Railway Union in 1893-97; and in June of the latter year was made chairman of the national council of the Social Democracy of America, a society founded for political and industrial co-operation.
When president of the American Railway Union he conducted a notable strike on the Great Northern Railway, and in 1894 directed the great strike on the Western railroads, for which he was charged with conspiracy, but was acquitted, and subsequently, in 1895, served a sentence of six months imprisonment for contempt of court in violating its injunction.
In 1896 he lectured on The relations of the Church to labor, and in 1900 was the candidate of the Social Democratic National part