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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hays, Alexander 1819- (search)
Hays, Alexander 1819- Military officer; born in Pittsburg, Pa., July 8, 1819; graduated at West Point in 1844; served in the war with Mexico; left the army in 1848; did good service as captain, colonel, and brigadier-general of volunteers in the Army of the Potomac from the beginning of the Civil War, distinguishing himself in the seven days battle before Richmond in 1862, and at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. He was killed in battle in The wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864, while leading a brigade in Hancock's corps.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hill, Benjamin Harvey 1823- (search)
Hill, Benjamin Harvey 1823- Statesman; born in Jasper county, Ga., Sept. 14, 1823; graduated at the University of Georgia in 1844; was admitted to the bar and settled at La Grange, Ga., to practise in 1845. He entered political life in 1851; became conspicuous in the Whig party, and in supporting Millard Fillmore for the Presidency established a reputation as an exceptional orator. In 1859 he was elected State Senator; in 1860 was a Bell and Everett Presidential elector; and in 1861 was a Unionist member of the State secession convention, in which he made a strong argument against the ordinance of secession. Later in the latter year he became a member of the Confederate provisional Congress and a member of the Confederate Senate, in which he served till the close of the war. After the war he opposed the reconstruction acts of Congress; supported Horace Greeley for the Presidency in 1872; was elected to Congress to fill a vacancy in 1875 and for a full term in 1876; and on Jan.
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.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hoar, Samuel 1788-1856 (search)
Hoar, Samuel 1788-1856 Lawyer; born in Lincoln, Mass., May 18, 1788; graduated at Harvard College in 1802; admitted to the of bar in 1805, and began practice in Concord. He was a delegate to the State Constitutional Convention in 1820; a member of the State Senate in 1825 and 1833; and a Whig representative in Congress in 1835-37. He was sent by the Massachusetts legislature to South Carolina in 1844 to test the constitutionality of the acts of that State, authorizing the imprisonment of free colored people who should enter it, but his appearance in Charleston caused much excitement, and he was forced to leave the city, Dec. 5, 1844. He died in Concord, Mass., Nov. 2, 1856.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hobart, Garret Augustus 1844- (search)
Hobart, Garret Augustus 1844- Lawyer; born in Long Branch, N. J., June 3, 1844; was graduated at Rutgers College in 1863; admitted to the bar in 1866; and began practice in Paterson, N. J. In 1872 he was elected to the State Assembly; in 1873 was re-elected and chosen speaker; and in 1874 declined a renomination to the Assembly and was elected to the Senate, to which he was re-elected in 1879. In 1881 and 1882 he was president of the Senate. In 1896 he was elected Vice-President of the United States on the ticket with Mr. McKinley, and served till his death, in Paterson, N. J., Nov. 2, 1899. He was connected with a large Garret Augustus Hobart. number of financial concerns; was a man of exceptional personal magnetism, and ably supported President McKinley in the trying days of 1898.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Holland, Josiah Gilbert 1819-1881 (search)
Holland, Josiah Gilbert 1819-1881 Author; born in Belchertown, Mass., July 24, 1819; graduated at the Berkshire Medical College in 1844; engaged in practice in Springfield, Mass., till 1847; then became a teacher in Richmond, Va., and in a few months was called to the superintendency of the public schools in Vicksburg, Miss. A year later he returned to Springfield, and was made associate editor of the Republican, and continued as such till 1866. In 1870 he became editor and part owner of Scribner's monthly. He made his advent as a book-maker in 1855, by reprinting his History of Western Massachusetts, which had appeared as contributions to the Republican. Later he published The Bay path: a colonial tale; Timothy Titcomb's letters to young people, married and single, which met with much success; Bitter sweet, a poem in dramatic form, which was even more popular than Titcomb's letters; Life of Abraham Lincoln; Kathrina: her life and mine in a poem; Lessons in life; The story of
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Houston, Samuel -1863 (search)
stinction under Jackson in the Creek War, in 1813-14, and was severely wounded. Leaving the army in 1818, he became a lawyer, and was a member of Congress from 1823 to 1827. He was governor of Tennessee in 1827, and afterwards lived among the Cherokees, as their legal protector from fraud. Emigrating to Texas, he took a leading part in its public af-. fairs. Instrumental in achieving its independence (1836), he was elected its first Samuel Houston. President that year; also from 1841 to 1844. He favored the annexation of Texas to the United States, and was elected its first United States Senator in 1846. In that station he remained until 1859, when he was chosen governor of Texas. He opposed the secession and insurrectionary movements in that State with all his might, and retired from office rather than take the oath of allegiance to the Southern Confederacy. He died in Huntsville, Tex., July 25, 1863. As before stated, Houston was governor of Texas when the Confederates,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hunkers, (search)
Hunkers, The name applied to various political factions in the United States, but in a particular sense to the conservative Democrats of New York State; first used as a designation in 1844. The history of the New York faction, to which the name was afterwards applied, is traceable as far back as 1835. In 1835-40 this faction, which deprecated the introduction of new problems in politics, opposed the war on bank charters by the Loco-Foco (q. v.) faction, although it aided in passing a State banking law in 1838. In 1840-46 they opposed the demand of the radical Democrats for a revision of the State constitution, a cessation of unprofitable canal enterprises, and an elective judiciary, but in this movement were also defeated. In 1846-52 they met with success in their advocacy of the abolition of the State branch of the Democratic party in antagonism to the national organization. After this the Marcy Hunkers, known as softs, supported the Pierce administration, while the Dickinso
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Huntington, Daniel 1816- (search)
Huntington, Daniel 1816- Artist; born in New York, Oct. 14, 1816; was educated at Hamilton College. In 1835 he began studying art with Samuel F. B. Morse (q. v.), president of the National Academy of Design; in 1839 and 1844 visited Europe; and while in Rome and Florence produced several notable paintings. In 1862 and 1869 he was elected president of the National Academy, and served continuously in the same office in 1877-91. His paintings include The bar-room politician; A Toper asleep; portraits: Abraham Lincoln; Martin Van Buren; Daniel Huntington. Albert Gallatin, etc.; figure pieces: Mercy's dream; Sacred lesson; Mrs. Washington's reception; The good Samaritan; Righteousness and peace; The Atlantic cable projectors, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ide, Henry Clay 1844- (search)
Ide, Henry Clay 1844- Jurist; born in Barnet, Vt., Sept. 18, 1844; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1866. He was a member of the Vermont State Senate in 1882-85; president of the Republican State Convention in 1884; and a delegate to the National Republican Convention in 1888. In 1891 he was appointed United States commissioner to Samoa; and in 1893-97 was chief-justice of the islands under the joint apportionment of England, Germany, and the United States. On returning to the United States he engaged in banking and manufacturing.
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