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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 2 2 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 1 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 25. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 1 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 28. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 1 1 Browse Search
Historic leaves, volume 3, April, 1904 - January, 1905 1 1 Browse Search
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Field, Stephen Johnson 1816-1899 (search)
State constitution. As a member of the judiciary committee he drew up a code for the government of the State courts, and prepared civil, criminal, and mining laws, which were later generally adopted in the new Western States. In 1857 he was elected a justice of the Supreme Court of California, for the term of six years, but before his term began a vacancy occurred in the court and he was appointed for the unexpired term. In September, 1859, David S. Terry, chiefjustice of the court, resigned and Justice Field took his place. He remained in this office till 1863, when President Lincoln appointed him an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. After holding this office for more than thirty-four years he resigned in April, 1897. During his experience in this court he wrote 620 opinions, which, with fifty-seven in the Circuit Court, and 365 in the Supreme Court of California, made an aggregate of 1,042 cases decided by him. He died in Washington, D. C., April 9, 1899.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Leary, Richard Phillips 1860- (search)
Leary, Richard Phillips 1860- Naval officer; born in Baltimore, Md.; graduated at the United States Naval Academy in 1860; became ensign in October, 1863; master in May, 1866; lieutenant in February, 1867; lieutenant-commander in March, 1868; commander in June, 1882; and captain in April, 1897. During 1863-65 he served on the blockading squadron off Charleston, S. C. In 1888 he was senior naval officer at Samoa during the revolution in which the Tamasese government was overthrown. In recognition of his meritorious services at that time, the Maryland legislature voted him a gold medal. In 1897-98 he was in command of the cruiser San Francisco, which convoyed to the United States the New Orleans, the American name of one of two vessels built for the Brazilian government in London and purchased by the United States immediately before the declaration of war against Spain. At the close of the war with Spain he was appointed the first American governor of the island of Guam. He wa