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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Griggs , John William 1849 - (search)
Griggs, John William 1849-
Lawyer; born in Newton, N. J., July 10, 1849; graduated at Lafayette College in 1868; admitted to the bar in 1871; and began practice in Paterson, N. J. In 1876-77 he was a member of the New Jersey House of Representatives, and in 1882-88 of the State Senate, of which he was president in 1886.
He was elected governor of New Jersey in November, 1895, and served till January, 1898, when he was appointed Attorney-General of the United States.
In March, 1901, he resigned this office to resume private practice.
His services during President McKinley's first administration and especially during the Spanish War period, were laborious, exacting, and highly appreciated by the President and his official advisers.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hall , Robert Henry 1837 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hamilton , Schuyler 1822 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Harlan , John Marshall 1833 - (search)
Harlan, John Marshall 1833-
Jurist; born in Boyle county, Ky., June 1, 1833; graduated at Centre College in 1850: studied law at Transylvania University; was admitted to the bar and began practice at Frankfort.
In 1858 he was appointed judge of Boyle county.
Later he removed to Louisville.
He served in the Federal army as colonel of the 10th Kentucky Regiment in 1861-63; then returning to Louisville was attorney-general of the State in 1863-67, when he resumed practice.
In 1871 and 1875 he was defeated as the Republican candidate for governor.
On Nov. 29, 1877, he became an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court.
In 1893 President Harrison appointed him one of the American arbitrators of the Bering Sea tribunal, which met in Paris.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Harrison , Carter Henry 1825 - (search)
Harrison, Carter Henry 1825-
World's fair mayor ; born in Fayette county, Ky., Feb. 15, 1825; graduated at Yale in 1845; removed to Chicago, where he was elected county commissioner in 1871; elected to Congress in 1874; elected mayor of Chicago, in 1879, serving five terms.
He was assassinated in that city Oct. 28, 1893.
Harrison, William Henry
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hartsuff , George Lucas 1830 -1874 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hassler , Ferdinand Rudolph 1770 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Henderson , David Bremner 1840 - (search)
Henderson, David Bremner 1840-
Legislator; born in Old Deer, Scotland, March 14, 1840; was brought to the United States in 1846, his family settling first in Illinois, and three years later in Iowa, where he was educated and admitted to the bar in 1865.
He entered the Union army in September, 1861, as a private in the 12th Iowa Infantry.
In the battle of Corinth, Feb. 26, 1863, he lost a leg, and in May of the same year was appointed commissioner of enrollment for the 3d District of Iowa.
In June, 1864, he reentered the army, as colonel of the 46th Iowa Infantry.
In 1865-69 he was collector of internal revenue for the 3d
David Bremner Henderson. District of Iowa; in 1869-71 was assistant United States district attorney for the Northern Division of the District of Iowa.
He was elected to Congress in 1882 and in 1901 still retained his seat.
In December, 1899, he was elected speaker.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hill , David Bennett 1844 - (search)
Hill, David Bennett 1844-
Lawyer; born in Havana, N. Y., Aug. 29, 1844; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1864; was a member of the New York Assembly in 1869-71.
He presided over the Democratic State conventions of 1877 and 1881; was mayor of Elmira, N. Y., in 1882; lieutenant-governor of New York in 1882-85, and governor in 1885-91.
In the
David Bennett Hill. latter year he was elected United States Senator and served till 1897.
He was a candidate for the Presidential nomination in the National Democratic Convention of 1892, and prior to the convention of 1896, spent several weeks making a political speaking tour of the principal cities of the South on the invitation of the Democratic leaders in that section.
In the convention of 1900 he was offered the nomination for Vice-President, but firmly declined it.