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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Porter, Fitz-john 1822- (search)
he Army of Virginia (Pope's), and formal charges having been made against him, he was deprived of his command. At the request of General McClellan, he was restored, and accompanied that general in the campaign in Maryland. In November he was ordered to Washington for trial by court-martial, on charges preferred by General Pope, and on Jan. 21, 1863, he was cashiered for violation of the 9th and 52d Articles of War. In 1870 he appealed to the President for a reversal of this sentence, and in 1878 a commission of inquiry was instituted to determine whether there was new evidence in his favor sufficient to warrant ordering a new trial. He was finally in 1886 restored to his rank of colonel and retired. After leaving the army he was superintendent of the building of the New Jersey Asylum for the Insane; commissioner of public works and police commissioner in New York City; and was offered, but declined, the command of the Egyptian army. He died in Morristown, N. J., May 21, 1901. See
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Powderly, Terence Vincent 1849- (search)
Powderly, Terence Vincent 1849- Labor leader; born in Carbondale, Pa., Jan. 22, 1849; elected mayor of Scranton in 1878; general master-workman of the Knights of Labor in 1879-93; admitted to the bar in 1894; appointed United States commissioner-general of emigration in 1897.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Preble, George Henry 1816-1885 (search)
Hill, S. C. In 1867 he was commissioned captain and became chief of staff of the Pacific Squadron. After some important duties at Washington, he was appointed commandant of the naval rendezvous at Boston in 1871-72. On Nov. 12, 1871, he was made commodore, and from 1873 to 1876 was commandant of the navy-yard at Philadelphia. On Sept. 30, 1876, he was made rear-admiral; commanded the South Pacific Squadron, 1877-78; was retired as rear-admiral, 1878. He died in Boston, Mass., March 1, 1885. Hill, S. C. In 1867 he was commissioned captain and became chief of staff of the Pacific Squadron. After some important duties at Washington, he was appointed commandant of the naval rendezvous at Boston in 1871-72. On Nov. 12, 1871, he was made commodore, and from 1873 to 1876 was commandant of the navy-yard at Philadelphia. On Sept. 30, 1876, he was made rear-admiral; commanded the South Pacific Squadron, 1877-78; was retired as rear-admiral, 1878. He died in Boston, Mass., March 1, 1885.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Prince, Le Baron Bradford 1840- (search)
Prince, Le Baron Bradford 1840- Author; born in Flushing, L. I., July 3, 1840; graduated at Columbia Law School in 1866; was a member of the New York Assembly in 1871-75; and of the New York Senate in 1876-77; chief-justice of New Mexico in 1878-82, and governor of that Territory in 1889-93. He is the author of Agricultural history of Queens county; E. Pluribus Unum, or American nationality; A nation, or a League; General laws of New Mexico; and The American Church and its name.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Proctor, Redfield 1831- (search)
Proctor, Redfield 1831- Statesman; born in Proctorsville, Vt., June 1, 1831; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1851; subsequently studied law in the Albany Law School; entered the National army at the outbreak of the Civil War as lieutenant; was mustered out as colonel in 1865. He was elected to the State legislature in 1867; to the State Senate in 1874; lieutenant-governor in 1876; governor in 1878; was Secretary of War in 1889-91; and then became a United States Senator. At the request of the President, Senator Proctor visited Cuba in March, 1898, and his report on the conditions existing there powerfully influenced public opinion in the United States.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pulitzer, Joseph 1847- (search)
Pulitzer, Joseph 1847- Journalist; born in Buda-Pesth, Hungary, April 10, 1847; came to the United States in 1864, and enlisted in the National army; became reporter, subsequently proprietor, of Westliche post, St. Louis; proprietor of the St. Louis Dispatch and Evening post in 1878; proprietor of the New York World in 1883. He was a member of the State legislature of Missouri in 1869; of the State Constitutional Convention in 1874; and of Congress from New York City in 1885-87. In 1893 he gave Columbia University $100,000.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Quay, Matthew Stanley 1833- (search)
Quay, Matthew Stanley 1833- Legislator; born in Dillsbury, Pa., Sept. 30, 1833; graduated at Jefferson College in 1850; admitted to the bar in 1854; became lieutenant in the 10th Pennsylvania Reserves in 1861; promoted colonel of the 134th Pennsylvania Volunteers in August, 1862; member of the Pennsylvania legislature in 1864-66; secretary of the commonwealth in 1872-78; and was elected United States Senator in 1887, 1893, and 1901. In 1899 he was indicted for alleged misappropriation of public funds, but was acquitted, after a sensational hearing, April 21. The same year he was a candidate for re-election to the United States Senate; the legislature got into a deadlock, and, after 79 ballots, adjourned without making a choice. On April 21, 1889, Governor Stone issued to Mr. Quay a recess appointment certificate, but this was not accepted by the Senate, which, on April 24, 1900, declared the credentials offered invalid by a vote of 33 to 32. On Jan. 15, 1901, the legislatur
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Radcliffe College, (search)
Radcliffe College, An educational institution for women exclusively, in Cambridge, Mass.; established in 1878 by a society for the collegiate instruction of women, and made a part of Harvard University in the following year. In 1893-94 it was established as a separate institution, although in affiliation with Harvard University, and given its present name in honor of Annie Radcliffe, the first woman who made a donation of money for the founding of Harvard University. At the close of 1900 it reported: Professors and instructors, 114; students, 407; volumes in the library, 13,000; productive funds, $400,000; benefactions, $122,108; income, Peter Cooper's train. $96,170; number of graduates, 395; president, Mrs. Louis Agassiz.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Roman Catholic Church. (search)
tes comes an increase of warlike perils, not only from commercial rivalry, but from that root of ambition and domination which grows in every heart, unless checked and subdued in time, and which in the past has been too often the source of violent injustice on the greatest scale. Apostolic delegation to the United States.—Sebastian Martinelli, Archbishop of Ephesus, Papal Delegate, Washington, D. C. Archbishops.—Baltimore, Md., James Gibbons, Cardinal, consecrated 1868; Boston, Mass., John J. Williams, 1866; Chicago, Ill., Patrick A. Feehan, 1865; Cincinnati, O., William H. Elder, 1857; Dubuque, Ia., John J. Keane, 1878: Milwaukee, Wis., Frederick Katzer, 1886; New Orleans, La., P. L. Chapelle, 1897; New York, N. Y., M. A. Corrigan, 1873; Portland, Ore., Alexander Christie, 1898; Philadelphia, Pa., Patrick J. Ryan, 1872; St. Louis, Mo., John J. Kain, 1875; St. Paul, Minn., John Ireland, 1875; San Francisco, Cal., Patrick W. Reardon, 1883; Santa Fe, New Mexico, Peter Bourgade, 18
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Rupp, Israel Daniel 1803-1878 (search)
Rupp, Israel Daniel 1803-1878 Historian; born in Cumberland county, Pa., July 10, 1803; was author of History of religious denominations in the United States; Events in Indian history; Collection of names of thirty thousand German and other immigrants to Pennsylvania from 1727–; 76; and of many Pennsylvania county histories. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., May 31, 187
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