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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gresham , Walter Quinton (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Harrison , Benjamin 1740 -1791 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hart , Albert Bushnell 1854 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands, (search)
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), 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