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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gresham, Walter Quinton (search)
and began the practice of law. He had served in the legislature when the Civil War broke out. As colonel of the 52d Indiana Volunteers he served creditably in the Western army. After the war he was defeated as Republican candidate for Congressman, and from 1869 to 1882 held the post of United States district judge in Indiana. In President Arthur's administration Gresham was Postmaster-General from 1882 to 1884, and Secretary of the Treasury from September to December, 1884. He then became United States circuit judge, and held that post until 1893. Meanwhile he was in 1888 a prominent candidate for the Republican nomination to the Presidency, and in 1892 he declined the Populist invitation to stand for the same office. His views on public questions had somewhat changed, so that his appointment by President Cleveland to Waltir Quinton Gresham. the office of Secretary of State was not entirely a surprise. He held this office at the time of his death, in Washington, May 28, 1895.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Harrison, Benjamin 1740-1791 (search)
sidency on the eighth ballot. At the election in November he was chosen President, receiving 233 electoral votes to Grover Cleveland's 168. The popular vote was 5,440,216 for Harrison, and 5,538,233 for Cleveland (see cabinet, President's). In 1892Cleveland (see cabinet, President's). In 1892 both he and Mr. Cleveland were renominated, and he was defeated by the latter, receiving 145 electoral and 5,176,108 popular votes against 277 electoral and 5,556,918 popular votes for Mr. Cleveland. In 1898 he became chief counsel for VenezuelMr. Cleveland were renominated, and he was defeated by the latter, receiving 145 electoral and 5,176,108 popular votes against 277 electoral and 5,556,918 popular votes for Mr. Cleveland. In 1898 he became chief counsel for Venezuela (q. v.) in the boundary dispute between that country and Great Britain, and in 1899 an American member of The Hague Arbitration Commission. He died in Indianapolis, Ind., March 13, 1901. See annexed Territory, status of. Inaugural Address>heaMr. Cleveland. In 1898 he became chief counsel for Venezuela (q. v.) in the boundary dispute between that country and Great Britain, and in 1899 an American member of The Hague Arbitration Commission. He died in Indianapolis, Ind., March 13, 1901. See annexed Territory, status of. Inaugural Address>head> On March 4, 1889, President Harrison delivered the following inaugural address: Fellow-citizens.—There is no constitutional or legal requirement that the President shall take the oath of office in the presence of the people, but there is
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hart, Albert Bushnell 1854- (search)
district schools in the West are probably as good as those in the remote parts of New England: and the great city systems are, upon the whole, superior to those of the East. The best organization of school government in the country is that of Cleveland, and the best system of buildings is probably that of Minneapolis. Chicago public schools are more efficient than those of Philadelphia or New York, and probably than those of Boston. In secondary education the West has as good public higo such school is likely; for painters are cosmopolitan; they must be educated where there are the best collections of notable pictures. The only claim which the West has well established to artistic distinction is in architecture. Fortunately Cleveland is not within the Mississippi basin, and therefore the valley has not to weep for the confused heap of stone-cutting which has been set up there as a soldiers' monument; but most of the State of Ohio is in the Ohio Valley, and the legislature f
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands, (search)
tle, William C. Wilder, Charles L. Carter, Joseph Marsden. The first important act of Mr. Cleveland after his inauguration was to withdraw the treaty from the Senate and send James H. Blount (ch displayed the results of his investigations in Hawaii, and had served as the basis for President Cleveland's policy. This policy was announced by message to Congress on Dec. 18 in the following ld. A few weeks later he succeeded, and on Dec. 19 laid before the provisional government President Cleveland's desire for its abdication and restoration of the monarchy, coupled with the queen's oovernment. These proceedings became known in the middle of January, 1894, and on Jan. 13 President Cleveland transmitted the documents to Congress. Mr. Dole was not interfered with, and affairs in negotiations, either by treaty or articles, as the President may direct. In 1897, when President Cleveland's term expired, commissioners from Hawaii arrived in Washington to again urge a treaty of
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), Jackson, Howell Edmunds 1832-1895 (search)
Jackson, Howell Edmunds 1832-1895 Jurist; born in Paris, Tenn., April 8, 1832; graduated at the West Tennessee College in 1848; admitted to the bar in 1856; elected United States Senator from Tennessee in 1881, but resigned in 1886, when he was appointed United States district judge by President Cleveland; appointed justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1893. He died in West Meade, Tenn., Aug. 8, 1895.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Johnson, Eastman 1824- (search)
Johnson, Eastman 1824- Artist; born in Lovell, Me., July 29, 1824; was educated in the public schools of Augusta, Me.; studied in the Royal Academy of Dusseldorf for two years, and was elected an academician of the National Academy of Design in 1860. He has painted many notable pictures, including The Kentucky home; Husking bee; The stage coach; Pension agent; Prisoner of State, etc. His portraits include Two men, ex-Presidents Arthur, Cleveland, and Harrison, Commodore Vanderbilt, W. H. Vanderbilt, Daniel Webster, John Quincy Adams, John D. Rockefeller, Mrs. Dolly Madison, Mrs. August Belmont, Mrs. Hamilton Fish, and many others.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lamont, Daniel Scott 1851- (search)
Lamont, Daniel Scott 1851- Statesman; born in Cortlandville, N. Y., Feb. 9, 1851; graduated at Union College; and engaged in journalism. In 1885-89 he was private secretary to President Cleveland, and in 1893-97 was Secretary of War. On retiring from the last office he was elected vice-president of the Northern Pacific Railway Company.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lee, Fitzhugh 1835- (search)
860 he was appointed instructor of cavalry at West Point, and in 1861 he resigned his commission to become adjutant-general under Ewell, in the Confederate army. From September, 1861, to July, 1862, he was lieutenant-colonel and colonel of the 1st Virginia Cavalry, with which he took part in all the movements of the Army of Northern Virginia. He was then promoted brigadier-general, and, on Sept. 3, 1863, major-general. From March, 1865, until he surrendered to General Meade, at Farmville, he commanded the whole cavalry corps of the Army of Northern Virginia. In 1886-90 he was governor of Virginia. In 1896 President Cleveland appointed him United States consul-general at Havana, where he served till war was declared against Spain. In May, 1898, President McKinley appointed him a major-general of volunteers; in December following he became governor of the province of Havana; and, on the reorganization of the regular army in 1901, he was appointed one of the new brigadiergenerals.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Liliuokalani, Lydia Kamekeha 1838- (search)
Liliuokalani, Lydia Kamekeha 1838- ExQueen of the Hawaiian Islands; born in Honolulu, Dec. 2, 1838; married John O. Dominis, a native of the United States (died Aug. 26, 1891); became vice-regent when King Kalakaua left Hawaii on his trip to the United States; and after his death in San Francisco she was proclaimed Queen, Jan. 29, 1891. On Jan. 30, 1892, she was dethroned because of her efforts to restore absolute monarchy and abolish the constitution of 1887. Although President Cleveland favored her restoration to the throne, all her endeavors in that direction were futile, and a provisional government was set up. A little later she came to the United States, and remained here till August, 1898, when she returned to Hawaii. The islands had then been annexed to the United States. In March, 1900, an attempt was made in the United States Senate to grant her a lump sum of $20,000 and an annual pension Lydia Kamekeha Liliokalani. of $10,000 for the rest of her life as a compens
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