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1844
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As of the start of 1844, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. January 15 – The University of Notre Dame, based in the city of the same name, february 27 – The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti. February 28 – A gun on the USS Princeton explodes while the boat is on a Potomac River cruise, killing 2 United States Cabinet members, march 8 – King Oscar I ascends to the throne of Sweden–Norway upon the death of his father Charles XVI/III John. March 12 – The Columbus and Xenia Railroad, the first railroad planned to be built in Ohio, is chartered, march 21 – The Baháí calendar begins. March 23 – The Edict of Toleration is passed, allowing Jews to settle in the Holy Land, April – The Fleet Prison for debtors in London is closed, marking a significant milestone in the countrys human rights record. May 1 – Hong Kong Police Force, the worlds second, may 23 – Persian Prophet The Báb privately announces his revelation to Mullá Husayn, just after sunset, founding the Bábí faith in Shiraz, Persia. Abdul-Bahá Himself was later proclaimed by Baháulláh to be His own successor, thus being the third central figure of the Baháí Faith. May 24 – The first electrical telegram is sent by Samuel Morse from the U. S. Capitol in Washington, D. C. to the B&O Railroad outer depot in Baltimore, june–July – The Great Flood of 1844 hits the Missouri River and Mississippi River. June 6 – George Williams founds the Young Mens Christian Association in London, june 15 – Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber. June 22 Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity was founded, ΔΚΕ is home to many well known VIPs, such as U. S. Presidents George W. Bush, George H. W. Bush, Gerald Ford, and Theodore Roosevelt. June 27 – Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, John Taylor, future president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is severely injured but survives. July 3 The United States signs the Treaty of Wanghia with the Chinese Government, the last definitely recorded pair of great auks are killed on the Icelandic island of Eldey. August 8 – During a meeting held in Nauvoo, Illinois, august 14 – Abdelkader El Djezairi is defeated at Isly in Morocco, sultan Abd al-Rahman of Morocco soon repudiates his ally. August 16 – Narciso Claveria, the Governor-General of the Philippines made a decree announcing that Monday, December 30,1844 would be followed by Wednesday. Tuesday, December 31,1844 was removed from the Philippine calendar because from 1521 to 1844, august 28 – Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx meet in Paris, France. September 25–September 27 – The first ever cricket match is played in New York City. October 22 – This second date, predicted by the Millerites for the Second Coming of Jesus, october 23 – The Báb publicly proclaimed to be the promised one of Islam. He is also considered to be simultaneously the return of Elijah, John the Baptist, and he announces to the world the coming of He whom God shall make manifest
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United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
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1842 in the United States
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Events from the year 1842 in the United States. President, John Tyler Vice President, vacant Chief Justice, Roger B, taney Speaker of the House of Representatives, John White Congress, 27th February 1 – Willamette University is established in Salem, Oregon. March – Commonwealth v. Hunt, the Massachusetts Supreme Court makes strikes, march 5 – Mexican troops led by Rafael Vasquez invade Texas, briefly occupy San Antonio, and then head back to the Rio Grande. This is the first such invasion since the Texas Revolution, march 9 – First documented discovery of gold in California, by Francisco Lopez at Placerita Canyon in Rancho San Francisco, sparking a small-scale gold rush, mainly of Mexicans from Sonora. May 19 – Dorr Rebellion, Militiamen supporting Thomas Wilson Dorr attack the arsenal in Providence, august 4 – The Armed Occupation Act is signed, providing for the armed occupation and settlement of the unsettled part of the Peninsula of East Florida. August 9 – The Webster-Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States–Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains, september – The Wesleyan University is established in Ohio. November 26 – The University of Notre Dame in South Bend, december 20 – The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina is established. The Sons of Temperance is founded in New York City, second Seminole War January 11 – William James, psychologist and philosopher February 3 – Sidney Lanier, musician, poet and writer February 28 – Stephen Wallace Dorsey, U. S. Representative from New Jersey Media related to 1842 in the United States at Wikimedia Commons
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1843 in the United States
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Events from the year 1843 in the United States. President, John Tyler Vice President, vacant Chief Justice, Roger B, taney Speaker of the House of Representatives, John White, John Winston Jones Congress, 27th, 28th January – Edgar Allan Poes short story The Tell-Tale Heart is first published. February 6 – The Virginia Minstrels perform the first minstrel show, March 21 – The world does not end, contrary to the first prediction by American preacher William Miller. April 30–May 16 – Naval Battle of Campeche, Naval Battle between the Mexican Navy versus the Texas Navy and the Yucatán Navy, the battle features the most advanced warships of its day. May 22 – The first major wagon train sfor the American Northwest sets out one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove. July 1 – Ulysses S. Grant graduates from West Point 21st from a class of 39, July 12 – Origin of Latter Day Saint polygamy, Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, proclaims a revelation recommending polygamy. August 19 – Edgar Allan Poes short story The Black Cat is first published, august 23 – Mexican President Antonio López de Santa Anna announces that the annexation of Texas by the United States would be considered an act of war by Mexico. October 13 – In New York City, Henry Jones and 11 others found Bnai Brith, november 28 – Ka La Kuokoa, The Kingdom of Hawaii is officially recognized by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and July Monarchy France as an independent nation. Saint Louis University School of Law becomes the first law school west of the Mississippi River Abbeville, Louisiana is founded by descendants of Acadians from Nova Scotia. Senator from Minnesota from 1895 to 1923 February 3 – William Cornelius Van Horne, North American railway magnate February 27 – Thomas Lowry, lawyer and businessman March 8 – Arthur Brown, U. S. Senator from Utah from 1896 to 1897 March 17 – Henry Ware Lawton, general March 23 – Joseph F. Johnston, senator from Minnesota from 1883 to 1889 July 15 – Alfred W. Benson, U. S. Senator from Kansas from 1906 to 1907 July 19 – Francis J. Higginson, senator from Illinois from 1841 to 1843 March 31 – George A. Waggaman, U. S. Senator from Louisiana from 1831 to 1835 April 17 – Samuel Morey, inventor April 25 – John McCracken Robinson, U. S
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1845 in the United States
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Events from the year 1845 in the United States. President, John Tyler, James K. Polk Vice President, vacant, George M. Dallas Chief Justice, Roger B. Taney Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Winston Jones, John Wesley Davis Congress, January 29 – The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe is published for the first time. February 1 – Anson Jones, President of the Republic of Texas, Baylor is the oldest university in the State of Texas operating under its original name. February 28 – The United States Congress approves the annexation of Texas, march 1 – President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas. March 3 – Florida is admitted as the 27th U. S. state, march 4 The United States Congress passes legislation overriding a presidential veto for the first time. James K. Polk succeeds John Tyler as President of the United States, april 10 – The Great Fire of Pittsburgh destroys much of the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. May – Frederick Douglasss Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, july 4 – Near Concord, Massachusetts, Henry David Thoreau embarks on a 2-year experiment in simple living at Walden Pond. July–August – In the United States Magazine and Democratic Review editor John L and it is the first use of the phrase Manifest Destiny. August 28 – The journal Scientific American begins publication, october 10 – In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School opens with 50 midshipmen students and 7 professors. October 13 – A majority of voters in the Republic of Texas approve a proposed constitution, october 21 – The New York Herald becomes the first newspaper to mention the game of baseball. October 22 – The New York Morning News becomes the first newspaper to include a box-score of a baseball game, december 5 – The Templars of Honor and Temperance is founded in the United States. December 6 – Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity is founded, december 27 Anesthesia is used for childbirth for the first time. American journalist John L. OSullivan claims in an article that the United States has a Manifest Destiny to expand its borders. Its the second time he uses the term and it will have an influence on the American imperialistic movement of the 19th century. December 29 – Texas is admitted as the 28th U. S. state, spaniards find Lost Dutchman Mine, Arizona. Train, admiral May 18 – John B, allen, U. S. Bayley, admiral September 17 – Calvin S. Brice, U. S
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1846 in the United States
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Events from the year 1846 in the United States. In this year, the United States declares war on Mexico, President, James K. Polk Vice President, George M. Dallas Chief Justice, Roger B. January 31 – The City of Milwaukee is incorporated in Wisconsin, merging Juneautown, Kilbourntown, solomon Juneau is elected first mayor. February 10 – Many Mormons begin their migration west from Nauvoo, Illinois to the Great Salt Lake, february 19 – In Austin, Texas, the newly formed Texas state government is officially installed. February 26 – The Liberty Bell is cracked while being rung for George Washingtons birthday, april 25 – Mexican-American War, Open conflict begins over border disputes of Texas boundaries. May 8 – Mexican-American War – Battle of Palo Alto, Zachary Taylor defeats a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande at Palo Alto, may 13 – Mexican-American War, The United States declares war on Mexico. June 10 – Mexican-American War, The California Republic declares independence from Mexico, june 14 – Bear Flag Revolt, American settlers in Sonoma, California start a rebellion against Mexico and proclaim the California Republic. June 15 – The Oregon Treaty establishes the 49th parallel as the border between the United States and Canada, from the Rocky Mountains to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, july 7 – Battle of Monterey, Acting on instructions from Washington, D. C. Commodore John Drake Sloat orders his troops to occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena thus beginning the United States annexation of California, august 10 – Establishment of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D. C. November – The Donner Party becomes snowbound, december 28 – Iowa is admitted as the 29th U. S. state. The portion of the District of Columbia that was ceded by Virginia in 1790 is re-ceded to Virginia, elias Howe patents the sewing machine. Mexican–American War March 25 – William Lee D. Ewing, United States Senator from Illinois in 1834, september 5 – James Alexander, Jr. United States Representative from Ohio from 1837 till 1839. September 15 – Samuel A. Foote, 28th Governor of Connecticut from 1834 till 1835, United States Senator from Connecticut from 1827 till 1833. December 29 – Alexander Barrow, United States Senator from Louisiana from 1841 till 1846, with an introductory essay by Catherine Drinker Bowen. Media related to 1846 in the United States at Wikimedia Commons Smithsonian exhibit
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Flag of the United States
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The flag of the United States, often referred to as the American flag, is the national flag of the United States. S. Nicknames for the flag include The Stars and Stripes, Old Glory, the current design of the U. S. flag is its 27th, the design of the flag has been modified officially 26 times since 1777. The 48-star flag was in effect for 47 years until the 49-star version became official on July 4,1959, the 50-star flag was ordered by the then president Eisenhower on August 21,1959, and was adopted in July 1960. It is the version of the U. S. flag and has been in use for over 56 years. At the time of the Declaration of Independence in July 1776, the flag contemporaneously known as the Continental Colors has historically been referred to as the first national flag. The name Grand Union was first applied to the Continental Colors by George Preble in his 1872 history of the American flag, the flag closely resembles the British East India Company flag of the era, and Sir Charles Fawcett argued in 1937 that the company flag inspired the design. Both flags could have been constructed by adding white stripes to a British Red Ensign. However, an East India Company flag could have nine to 13 stripes. In any case, both the stripes and the stars have precedents in classical heraldry, Flag Day is now observed on June 14 of each year. While scholars still argue about this, tradition holds that the new flag was first hoisted in June 1777 by the Continental Army at the Middlebrook encampment. The first official U. S. flag flown during battle was on August 3,1777, Massachusetts reinforcements brought news of the adoption by Congress of the official flag to Fort Schuyler. A voucher is extant that Capt. Swartwout of Dutchess County was paid by Congress for his coat for the flag, the 1777 resolution was most probably meant to define a naval ensign. In the late 18th century, the notion of a flag did not yet exist. The flag resolution appears between other resolutions from the Marine Committee, on May 10,1779, Secretary of the Board of War Richard Peters expressed concern it is not yet settled what is the Standard of the United States. However, the term, Standard, referred to a standard for the Army of the United States. Each regiment was to carry the standard in addition to its regimental standard. The national standard was not a reference to the national or naval flag, the appearance was up to the maker of the flag. Some flag makers arranged the stars into one big star, in a circle or in rows, one arrangement features 13 five-pointed stars arranged in a circle, with the stars arranged pointing outwards from the circle, the so-called Betsy Ross flag
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Timeline of United States history
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This is a timeline of United States history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political and economic events in the United States and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of the United States, some dates before September 14,1752, when the British government adopted the Gregorian calendar, may be given in the Old Style
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Federal government of the United States
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The Federal Government of the United States is the national government of the United States, a republic in North America, composed of 50 states, one district, Washington, D. C. and several territories. The federal government is composed of three branches, legislative, executive, and judicial, whose powers are vested by the U. S. Constitution in the Congress, the President, and the courts, including the Supreme Court. The powers and duties of these branches are defined by acts of Congress. The full name of the republic is United States of America, no other name appears in the Constitution, and this is the name that appears on money, in treaties, and in legal cases to which it is a party. The terms Government of the United States of America or United States Government are often used in documents to represent the federal government as distinct from the states collectively. In casual conversation or writing, the term Federal Government is often used, the terms Federal and National in government agency or program names generally indicate affiliation with the federal government. Because the seat of government is in Washington, D. C, Washington is commonly used as a metonym for the federal government. The outline of the government of the United States is laid out in the Constitution, the government was formed in 1789, making the United States one of the worlds first, if not the first, modern national constitutional republics. The United States government is based on the principles of federalism and republicanism, some make the case for expansive federal powers while others argue for a more limited role for the central government in relation to individuals, the states or other recognized entities. For example, while the legislative has the power to create law, the President nominates judges to the nations highest judiciary authority, but those nominees must be approved by Congress. The Supreme Court, in its turn, has the power to invalidate as unconstitutional any law passed by the Congress and these and other examples are examined in more detail in the text below. The United States Congress is the branch of the federal government. It is bicameral, comprising the House of Representatives and the Senate, the House currently consists of 435 voting members, each of whom represents a congressional district. The number of each state has in the House is based on each states population as determined in the most recent United States Census. All 435 representatives serve a two-year term, each state receives a minimum of one representative in the House. There is no limit on the number of terms a representative may serve, in addition to the 435 voting members, there are six non-voting members, consisting of five delegates and one resident commissioner. In contrast, the Senate is made up of two senators from each state, regardless of population, there are currently 100 senators, who each serve six-year terms
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President of the United States
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The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the executive branch of the government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. The president is considered to be one of the worlds most powerful political figures, the role includes being the commander-in-chief of the worlds most expensive military with the second largest nuclear arsenal and leading the nation with the largest economy by nominal GDP. The office of President holds significant hard and soft power both in the United States and abroad, Constitution vests the executive power of the United States in the president. The president is empowered to grant federal pardons and reprieves. The president is responsible for dictating the legislative agenda of the party to which the president is a member. The president also directs the foreign and domestic policy of the United States, since the office of President was established in 1789, its power has grown substantially, as has the power of the federal government as a whole. However, nine vice presidents have assumed the presidency without having elected to the office. The Twenty-second Amendment prohibits anyone from being elected president for a third term, in all,44 individuals have served 45 presidencies spanning 57 full four-year terms. On January 20,2017, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th, in 1776, the Thirteen Colonies, acting through the Second Continental Congress, declared political independence from Great Britain during the American Revolution. The new states, though independent of each other as nation states, desiring to avoid anything that remotely resembled a monarchy, Congress negotiated the Articles of Confederation to establish a weak alliance between the states. Out from under any monarchy, the states assigned some formerly royal prerogatives to Congress, only after all the states agreed to a resolution settling competing western land claims did the Articles take effect on March 1,1781, when Maryland became the final state to ratify them. In 1783, the Treaty of Paris secured independence for each of the former colonies, with peace at hand, the states each turned toward their own internal affairs. Prospects for the convention appeared bleak until James Madison and Edmund Randolph succeeded in securing George Washingtons attendance to Philadelphia as a delegate for Virginia. It was through the negotiations at Philadelphia that the presidency framed in the U. S. The first power the Constitution confers upon the president is the veto, the Presentment Clause requires any bill passed by Congress to be presented to the president before it can become law. Once the legislation has been presented, the president has three options, Sign the legislation, the bill becomes law. Veto the legislation and return it to Congress, expressing any objections, in this instance, the president neither signs nor vetoes the legislation
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John Tyler
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John Tyler was the tenth President of the United States. He was also, briefly, the tenth Vice President, elected to office on the 1840 Whig ticket with William Henry Harrison. Tyler became president after Harrisons death in April 1841, only a month after the start of the new administration. Still, the circumstances of his rise to the presidency. A firm believer in manifest destiny, President Tyler sought to strengthen and preserve the Union through territorial expansion, Tyler, born to an eminent Virginia family, came to national prominence at a time of political upheaval. In the 1820s the nations only political party, the Democratic-Republicans, though initially a Democrat, his opposition to Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren led him to ally with the Whig Party. Tyler served as a Virginia state legislator, governor, U. S. representative and he was put on the ticket to attract states rights Southerners to what was then a Whig coalition to defeat Van Burens re-election bid. Harrisons death made Tyler the first vice president to succeed to the presidency without being elected to the office, because of the short duration of Harrisons one-month term, Tyler served longer than any president in U. S. history who was never elected to the office. A strict constructionist, Tyler found much of the Whig platform unconstitutional, believing that the president should set policy instead of deferring to Congress, he attempted to bypass the Whig establishment, most notably Kentucky Senator Henry Clay. Most of Tylers Cabinet resigned soon into his term, and the Whigs, dubbing him His Accidency, though Tyler was not the first president to veto bills, he was the first to see his veto overridden by Congress. Although he faced a stalemate on domestic policy, he had several achievements, including the Webster–Ashburton Treaty with Britain. He initially sought election to a term as president, but after failing to gain the support of either Whigs or Democrats. When the American Civil War began in 1861, Tyler sided with the Confederate government, although some have praised Tylers political resolve, his presidency is generally held in low esteem by historians. He is considered an obscure president, with presence in American cultural memory. John Tyler was born on March 29,1790, like his future running mate William Henry Harrison, he hailed from Charles City County, Virginia, both descended from aristocratic and politically entrenched families. The Tyler family traced its lineage to colonial Williamsburg in the 17th century, the elder Tyler served four years as Speaker of the House of Delegates before becoming a state court judge. He subsequently served as governor and as a judge on the U. S. District Court at Richmond and his wife, Mary Marot, was the daughter of a prominent plantation owner, Robert Booth Armistead. She died of a stroke when her son John was seven years old, with his two brothers and five sisters, Tyler was raised on Greenway Plantation, a 1, 200-acre estate with a six-room manor house his father had built
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Whig Party (United States)
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The Whig Party was a political party active in the middle of the 19th century in the United States. Four US presidents belonged to the party while in office and it emerged in the 1830s as the immediate successor to the National Republican and Anti-Masonic Parties, and was also rooted in the tradition of the Federalist Party. Along with the rival Democratic Party, it was central to the Second Party System from the early 1840s to the mid-1860s and it originally formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic Party. In particular, the Whigs supported the supremacy of the US Congress over the Presidency and favored a program of modernization, banking and it appealed to entrepreneurs, planters, reformers and the emerging urban middle class, but had little appeal to farmers or unskilled workers. It included many active Protestants, and voiced a moralistic opposition to the Jacksonian Indian removal, Party founders chose the Whig name to echo the American Whigs of the 18th century who fought for independence. The underlying political philosophy of the American Whig Party was not directly related to the British Whig party, the Whig Party nominated several presidential candidates in 1836. General William Henry Harrison of Ohio was nominated in 1840, former Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky in 1844, another war hero, General Winfield Scott of New Jersey was the Whig Partys last presidential nominee, in 1852. In its two decades of existence, the Whig Party had two of its candidates, Harrison and Taylor, elected president, John Tyler succeeded to the presidency after Harrisons death in 1841, but was expelled from the party later that year. Millard Fillmore, who became president after Taylors death in 1850, was the last Whig president, the party fell apart because of the internal tension over the expansion of slavery to the territories. Most Whig Party leaders eventually quit politics or changed parties, the northern voter base mostly gravitated to the new Republican Party. In the South, most joined the Know Nothing Party, which unsuccessfully ran Fillmore in the 1856 presidential election, the Constitutional Union Party experienced significant success from conservative former Whigs in the Upper South during the 1860 presidential election. Whig ideology as a policy orientation persisted for decades and played a role in shaping the modernizing policies of the state governments during Reconstruction. The name Whig derived from a term that Patriots used to refer to themselves during the American Revolution and it indicated hostility to the British Sovereign, and despite the identical name, did not directly derive from the British Whig Party. The American Whigs were modernizers who saw President Andrew Jackson as a man on horseback with a reactionary opposition to the forces of social, economic. Casting their enemy as King Andrew, they sought to identify themselves as opponents of governmental overreaching. Despite the apparent unity of Jeffersons Democratic-Republicans from 1800 to 1824, as Jackson purged his opponents, vetoed internal improvements, and killed the Second Bank of the United States, alarmed local elites fought back. In 1831, Henry Clay re-entered the Senate and started planning a new party and he defended national rather than sectional interests. His Jacksonian opponents, however, distrusted the government and opposed all federal aid for internal improvements
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Virginia
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Virginia is a state located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, as well as in the historic Southeast. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are shaped by the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Chesapeake Bay, the capital of the Commonwealth is Richmond, Virginia Beach is the most populous city, and Fairfax County is the most populous political subdivision. The Commonwealths estimated population as of 2014 is over 8.3 million, the areas history begins with several indigenous groups, including the Powhatan. In 1607 the London Company established the Colony of Virginia as the first permanent New World English colony, slave labor and the land acquired from displaced Native American tribes each played a significant role in the colonys early politics and plantation economy. Although the Commonwealth was under one-party rule for nearly a century following Reconstruction, the Virginia General Assembly is the oldest continuous law-making body in the New World. The state government was ranked most effective by the Pew Center on the States in both 2005 and 2008 and it is unique in how it treats cities and counties equally, manages local roads, and prohibits its governors from serving consecutive terms. Virginias economy changed from agricultural to industrial during the 1960s and 1970s. Virginia has an area of 42,774.2 square miles, including 3,180.13 square miles of water. Virginias boundary with Maryland and Washington, D. C. extends to the mark of the south shore of the Potomac River. The southern border is defined as the 36° 30′ parallel north, the border with Tennessee was not settled until 1893, when their dispute was brought to the U. S. Supreme Court. The Chesapeake Bay separates the portion of the Commonwealth from the two-county peninsula of Virginias Eastern Shore. The bay was formed from the river valleys of the Susquehanna River. Many of Virginias rivers flow into the Chesapeake Bay, including the Potomac, Rappahannock, York, and James, the Tidewater is a coastal plain between the Atlantic coast and the fall line. It includes the Eastern Shore and major estuaries of Chesapeake Bay, the Piedmont is a series of sedimentary and igneous rock-based foothills east of the mountains which were formed in the Mesozoic era. The region, known for its clay soil, includes the Southwest Mountains around Charlottesville. The Blue Ridge Mountains are a province of the Appalachian Mountains with the highest points in the state. The Ridge and Valley region is west of the mountains and includes the Great Appalachian Valley, the region is carbonate rock based and includes Massanutten Mountain. The Cumberland Plateau and the Cumberland Mountains are in the southwest corner of Virginia, in this region, rivers flow northwest, with a dendritic drainage system, into the Ohio River basin
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Vice President of the United States
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The executive power of both the vice president and the president is granted under Article Two, Section One of the Constitution. The vice president is elected, together with the president. The Office of the Vice President of the United States assists, as the president of the United States Senate, the vice president votes only when it is necessary to break a tie. Additionally, pursuant to the Twelfth Amendment, the president presides over the joint session of Congress when it convenes to count the vote of the Electoral College. Currently, the president is usually seen as an integral part of a presidents administration. The Constitution does not expressly assign the office to any one branch, causing a dispute among scholars whether it belongs to the executive branch, the legislative branch, or both. The modern view of the president as a member of the executive branch is due in part to the assignment of executive duties to the vice president by either the president or Congress. Mike Pence of Indiana is the 48th and current vice president and he assumed office on January 20,2017. The formation of the office of vice president resulted directly from the compromise reached at the Philadelphia Convention which created the Electoral College, the delegates at Philadelphia agreed that each state would receive a number of presidential electors equal to the sum of that states allocation of Representatives and Senators. The delegates assumed that electors would typically choose to favor any candidate from their state over candidates from other states, under a plurality election process, this would tend to result in electing candidates solely from the largest states. Consequently, the delegates agreed that presidents must be elected by a majority of the number of electors. To guard against such stratagems, the Philadelphia delegates specified that the first runner-up presidential candidate would become vice president, the process for selecting the vice president was later modified in the Twelfth Amendment. Each elector still receives two votes, but now one of those votes is for president, while the other is for vice president. The requirement that one of those votes be cast for a candidate not from the electors own state remains in effect. S, other statutorily granted roles include membership of both the National Security Council and the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. As President of the Senate, the president has two primary duties, to cast a vote in the event of a Senate deadlock and to preside over. For example, in the first half of 2001, the Senators were divided 50-50 between Republicans and Democrats and Dick Cheneys tie-breaking vote gave the Republicans the Senate majority, as President of the Senate, the vice president oversees procedural matters and may cast a tie-breaking vote. As President of the Senate, John Adams cast 29 tie-breaking votes that was surpassed by John C. Calhoun with 31. Adamss votes protected the presidents sole authority over the removal of appointees, influenced the location of the national capital, on at least one occasion Adams persuaded senators to vote against legislation he opposed, and he frequently addressed the Senate on procedural and policy matters
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Chief Justice of the United States
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The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the United States federal court system and the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Chief Justice is one of nine Supreme Court justices, the eight are the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. From 1789 until 1866, the office was known as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice also serves as a spokesperson for the judicial branch. The Chief Justice leads the business of the Supreme Court and presides over oral arguments, when the court renders an opinion, the Chief Justice—when in the majority—decides who writes the courts opinion. The Chief Justice also has significant agenda-setting power over the courts meetings, in the case of an impeachment of a President of the United States, which has occurred twice, the Chief Justice presides over the trial in the Senate. In modern tradition, the Chief Justice also has the duty of administering the oath of office of the President of the United States. The first Chief Justice was John Jay, the 17th and current Chief Justice is John G. Roberts, Jr. The office was known as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and is still informally referred to using that title. However,28 U. S. C. §1 specifies that the title is Chief Justice of the United States, the title was changed from Chief Justice of the Supreme Court by Congress in 1866 at the suggestion of the sixth Chief Justice, Salmon P. Chase. Chase wished to emphasize the Supreme Courts role as a branch of government. The first Chief Justice commissioned using the new title was Melville Fuller in 1888, use of the previous title when referring to Chief Justices John Jay through Roger B. Taney is technically correct, as that was the title during their time on the court. The other eight members of the court are officially Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, the Chief Justice is the only member of the court to whom the Constitution refers as a Justice, and only in Article I. Article III of the Constitution refers to all members of the Supreme Court simply as Judges, the Chief Justice is nominated by the President of the United States and confirmed to sit on the Court by the United States Senate. The salary of the Chief Justice is set by Congress, the Constitution prohibits Congress from lowering the salary of any judge, including the Chief Justice, while that judge holds office. As of 2015, the salary is $258,100 per year, which is higher than that of the Associate Justices. Three serving Associate Justices have received promotions to Chief Justice, Edward Douglass White in 1910, Harlan Fiske Stone in 1941, Associate Justice Abe Fortas was nominated to the position of Chief Justice of the United States, but his nomination was filibustered by Senate Republicans in 1968. Despite the failed nomination, Fortas remained an Associate Justice until his resignation the following year, there have been 21 individuals nominated for Chief Justice, of whom 17 have been confirmed by the Senate, although a different 17 have served
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Roger B. Taney
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Roger Brooke Taney was the fifth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, holding that office from 1836 until his death in 1864. He delivered the majority opinion in Dred Scott v. S and he was the first Roman Catholic appointed both to a presidential cabinet, as Attorney General under President Andrew Jackson, as well as to the Court. Taney, a Jacksonian Democrat, was made Chief Justice by Jackson, Taney was a believer in states rights. He inherited slaves from his father but manumitted them and gave pensions to the older ones and he believed that power and liberty were extremely important and if power became too concentrated, then it posed a grave threat to individual liberty. He opposed attempts by the government to regulate or control matters that would restrict the rights of individuals. From Prince Frederick, Maryland, he had practiced law and politics simultaneously, after abandoning the Federalist Party as a losing cause, he rose to the top of the states Jacksonian machine. He was bought and sold and treated as an article of merchandise and traffic. The court also declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional, thus permitting slavery in all of the countrys territories, Taney died during the final months of the American Civil War on the same day that his home state of Maryland abolished slavery. Roger Brooke Taney was born on March 17,1777 in Calvert County, Maryland and he was the second son, and the third of seven children born to a slaveholding family of tobacco planters in Calvert County, Maryland. He received an education from a series of private tutors. After instructing him for a year, his last tutor, David English, at the age of 15 he entered Dickinson College in Pennsylvania, graduating with honors in 1795. As a younger son with no prospect of inheriting the family plantation and he read law and in 1799 was admitted to the bar. He quickly distinguished himself as one of Marylands most promising young lawyers, Taney married Anne Phoebe Charlton Key, sister of Francis Scott Key, on January 7,1806. In 1799, the year he began practicing as an attorney, Taney was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates. He ran for re-election in 1800, but lost, returning to private practice, he served as a director of the State Bank Branch in Frederick, Maryland, from 1810 to 1815. He was elected the Maryland State Senate in 1816, serving until 1821—this time as a Democratic Republican and he was also a director of the Frederick County Bank from 1818 to 1823, when he returned to private practice. When the 1824 presidential election divided the party supporters and opponents of Andrew Jackson, Taney became a staunch Jacksonian Democrat. In 1833, as secretary of the Treasury, Taney ordered an end to the deposit of Federal money in the Second Bank of the United States, an act that killed the institution
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Maryland
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The states largest city is Baltimore, and its capital is Annapolis. Among its occasional nicknames are Old Line State, the Free State, the state is named after Henrietta Maria of France, the wife of Charles I of England. George Calvert was the first Lord of Baltimore and the first English proprietor of the colonial grant. Maryland was the state to ratify the United States Constitution. Maryland is one of the smallest U. S. states in terms of area, as well as one of the most densely populated, Maryland has an area of 12,406.68 square miles and is comparable in overall area with Belgium. It is the 42nd largest and 9th smallest state and is closest in size to the state of Hawaii, the next largest state, its neighbor West Virginia, is almost twice the size of Maryland. Maryland possesses a variety of topography within its borders, contributing to its nickname America in Miniature. The mid-portion of this border is interrupted by Washington, D. C. which sits on land that was part of Montgomery and Prince Georges counties and including the town of Georgetown. This land was ceded to the United States Federal Government in 1790 to form the District of Columbia, the Chesapeake Bay nearly bisects the state and the counties east of the bay are known collectively as the Eastern Shore. Close to the town of Hancock, in western Maryland, about two-thirds of the way across the state. This geographical curiosity makes Maryland the narrowest state, bordered by the Mason–Dixon line to the north, portions of Maryland are included in various official and unofficial geographic regions. Much of the Baltimore–Washington corridor lies just south of the Piedmont in the Coastal Plain, earthquakes in Maryland are infrequent and small due to the states distance from seismic/earthquake zones. The M5.8 Virginia earthquake in 2011 was felt moderately throughout Maryland, buildings in the state are not well-designed for earthquakes and can suffer damage easily. The lack of any glacial history accounts for the scarcity of Marylands natural lakes, laurel Oxbow Lake is an over one-hundred-year-old 55-acre natural lake two miles north of Maryland City and adjacent to Russett. Chews Lake is a natural lake two miles south-southeast of Upper Marlboro. There are numerous lakes, the largest of them being the Deep Creek Lake. Maryland has shale formations containing natural gas, where fracking is theoretically possible, as is typical of states on the East Coast, Marylands plant life is abundant and healthy. Middle Atlantic coastal forests, typical of the southeastern Atlantic coastal plain, grow around Chesapeake Bay, moving west, a mixture of Northeastern coastal forests and Southeastern mixed forests cover the central part of the state
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John Winston Jones
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John Winston Jones was an American politician and lawyer. Born 22 November 1791 in Amelia County, Virginia, he graduated from the College of William and he practiced law in Chesterfield County, Virginia before being appointed Prosecuting Attorney for Virginias 5th Judicial Circuit in 1818. He was a delegate to the constitutional convention 1829 -1830. Jones was elected as a Democratic Congressman from Virginia and served from 1835 to 1845 and he was the Speaker of the House between 1843 and 1845. He then returned to his native Virginia to serve as Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1847, Jones was elected to a second state House term in November, but did not attend the session due to illness. He resigned his seat on December 17, and was succeeded by his son, Jones died 29 January 1848 at his Dellwood plantation northwest of Petersburg, Virginia, and is buried there. John Winston Jones is also related to the photographer O,1835, Jones was elected to the U. S. House of Representatives with 68. 09% of the vote, defeating Whig William Segar Archer. 1839, Jones was re-elected with 58. 51% of the vote,1841, Jones was re-elected with 69. 47% of the vote, defeating Independents Junius E. Leigh and Thomas Miller. Clerk of the House of Delegates, supervising, speakers and Clerks of the Virginia House of Delegates, 1776-2007. Richmond, Virginia, Virginia House of Delegates, Dellwood Plantation Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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Democratic Party (United States)
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The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The Democrats dominant worldview was once socially conservative and fiscally classical liberalism, while, especially in the rural South, since Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal coalition in the 1930s, the Democratic Party has also promoted a social-liberal platform, supporting social justice. Today, the House Democratic caucus is composed mostly of progressives and centrists, the partys philosophy of modern liberalism advocates social and economic equality, along with the welfare state. It seeks to provide government intervention and regulation in the economy, the party has united with smaller left-wing regional parties throughout the country, such as the Farmer–Labor Party in Minnesota and the Nonpartisan League in North Dakota. Well into the 20th century, the party had conservative pro-business, the New Deal Coalition of 1932–1964 attracted strong support from voters of recent European extraction—many of whom were Catholics based in the cities. After Franklin D. Roosevelts New Deal of the 1930s, the pro-business wing withered outside the South, after the racial turmoil of the 1960s, most southern whites and many northern Catholics moved into the Republican Party at the presidential level. The once-powerful labor union element became smaller and less supportive after the 1970s, white Evangelicals and Southerners became heavily Republican at the state and local level in the 1990s. However, African Americans became a major Democratic element after 1964, after 2000, Hispanic and Latino Americans, Asian Americans, the LGBT community, single women and professional women moved towards the party as well. The Northeast and the West Coast became Democratic strongholds by 1990 after the Republicans stopped appealing to socially liberal voters there, overall, the Democratic Party has retained a membership lead over its major rival the Republican Party. The most recent was the 44th president Barack Obama, who held the office from 2009 to 2017, in the 115th Congress, following the 2016 elections, Democrats are the opposition party, holding a minority of seats in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. The party also holds a minority of governorships, and state legislatures, though they do control the mayoralty of cities such as New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, and Washington, D. C. The Democratic Party traces its origins to the inspiration of the Democratic-Republican Party, founded by Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and that party also inspired the Whigs and modern Republicans. Organizationally, the modern Democratic Party truly arose in the 1830s, since the nomination of William Jennings Bryan in 1896, the party has generally positioned itself to the left of the Republican Party on economic issues. They have been liberal on civil rights issues since 1948. On foreign policy both parties changed position several times and that party, the Democratic-Republican Party, came to power in the election of 1800. After the War of 1812 the Federalists virtually disappeared and the national political party left was the Democratic-Republicans. The Democratic-Republican party still had its own factions, however. As Norton explains the transformation in 1828, Jacksonians believed the peoples will had finally prevailed, through a lavishly financed coalition of state parties, political leaders, and newspaper editors, a popular movement had elected the president
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United States Congress
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The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States consisting of two chambers, the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the Capitol in Washington, D. C, both senators and representatives are chosen through direct election, though vacancies in the Senate may be filled by a gubernatorial appointment. Members are usually affiliated to the Republican Party or to the Democratic Party, Congress has 535 voting members,435 Representatives and 100 Senators. The House of Representatives has six non-voting members in addition to its 435 voting members and these members can, however, sit on congressional committees and introduce legislation. Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the members of the House of Representatives serve two-year terms representing the people of a single constituency, known as a district. Congressional districts are apportioned to states by using the United States Census results. Each state, regardless of population or size, has two senators, currently, there are 100 senators representing the 50 states. Each senator is elected at-large in their state for a term, with terms staggered. The House and Senate are equal partners in the legislative process—legislation cannot be enacted without the consent of both chambers, however, the Constitution grants each chamber some unique powers. The Senate ratifies treaties and approves presidential appointments while the House initiates revenue-raising bills, the House initiates impeachment cases, while the Senate decides impeachment cases. A two-thirds vote of the Senate is required before a person can be forcibly removed from office. The term Congress can also refer to a meeting of the legislature. A Congress covers two years, the current one, the 115th Congress, began on January 3,2017, the Congress starts and ends on the third day of January of every odd-numbered year. Members of the Senate are referred to as senators, members of the House of Representatives are referred to as representatives, congressmen, or congresswomen. One analyst argues that it is not a solely reactive institution but has played a role in shaping government policy and is extraordinarily sensitive to public pressure. Several academics described Congress, Congress reflects us in all our strengths, Congress is the governments most representative body. Congress is essentially charged with reconciling our many points of view on the public policy issues of the day. —Smith, Roberts, and Wielen Congress is constantly changing and is constantly in flux, most incumbents seek re-election, and their historical likelihood of winning subsequent elections exceeds 90 percent
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28th United States Congress
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It met in Washington, D. C. from March 4,1843 to March 4,1845, during the third and fourth years of John Tylers presidency. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Sixth Census of the United States in 1840, the Senate had a Whig majority, and the House had a Democratic majority. May 24,1844, The first electrical telegram was sent by Samuel F. B. Morse from the U. S. Capitol to the B&O Railroad outer depot in Baltimore, Maryland, saying What hath God wrought. December 4,1844, U. S. presidential election,1844, James K. Polk defeated Henry Clay January 23,1845, Presidential Election Day Act, ch. 1,5 Stat.721 March 3,1845, For the first time, a bill, relating to revenue cutters and steamers, was thereby enacted as the last Act of the 28th Congress, session II, ch. July 3,1844, Treaty of Wanghia signed March 1,1845, Resolution for the Annexation of Texas,5 Stat.797 March 3,1845, the statute also allowed for the provisional admission of Iowa, pending a referendum in that state. During this congress, two Senate seats were added for the new state of Florida, following the 1840 United States Census, Congress reapportioned the House to include 223 seats. During this congress, one House seat was added for the new state of Florida, President, Vacant President pro tempore, Willie P. Mangum Speaker, John W. Jones This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district, senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, skip to House of Representatives, below Representatives are listed by their district numbers. The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress, french, from January 18,1845 Doorkeeper, Jesse E. The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, the Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. Congressional Directory for the 28th Congress, 2nd Session
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Governor of Alabama
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The Governor of Alabama is the chief executive of the U. S. state of Alabama. The governor is the head of the branch of Alabamas state government and is charged with enforcing state laws. The governor has the power to approve or veto bills passed by the Alabama Legislature, to convene the legislature. The governor is also the commander-in-chief of the military forces. There have officially been 53 governors of the state of Alabama, the first governor, William Wyatt Bibb, served as the only governor of the Alabama Territory. Five people have served as acting governor, bringing the number of people serving as governor to 58. Four governors have served multiple terms, Bibb Graves, Jim Folsom. Officially, these terms are numbered only with the number of their first term. William D. Jelks also served non-consecutive terms, but his first term was in an acting capacity, the longest-serving governor was George Wallace, who served sixteen years over four terms. The shortest term for a governor was that of Hugh McVay, who served four. Lurleen Wallace, wife of George Wallace, was the first and so far only woman to serve as governor of Alabama, the current governor is Republican Robert J. Bentley, who took office on January 17,2011. For the period before Alabama Territory was formed, see the list of Governors of Mississippi Territory, Alabama Territory was formed on March 3,1817, from Mississippi Territory. It had only one appointed by the President of the United States before it became a state. Alabama was admitted to the Union on December 14,1819, following the end of the American Civil War, Alabama during Reconstruction was part of the Third Military District, which exerted some control over governor appointments and elections. Alabama was readmitted to the Union on July 14,1868, the first Alabama Constitution, ratified in 1819, provided that a governor be elected every two years, limited to serve no more than four out of every six years. This limit remained in place until the constitution of 1868, which simply allowed governors to serve terms of two years, the current constitution of 1901 increased terms to four years, but prohibited governors from succeeding themselves. Amendment 282 to the constitution, passed in 1968, allowed governors to succeed themselves once, the constitution had no set date for the commencement of a governors term until 1901, when it was set at the first Monday after the second Tuesday in the January following an election. The office of lieutenant governor was created in 1868, abolished in 1875, earlier constitutions said the powers of the governor devolved upon the successor, rather than them necessarily becoming governor, but the official listing includes these as full governors
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Benjamin Fitzpatrick
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Benjamin Fitzpatrick was the 11th Governor of the U. S. state of Alabama and a United States Senator from Alabama. Born in Greene County, Georgia, Fitzpatrick was orphaned at the age of seven and was taken by his sister to Alabama in 1815, Fitzpatrick helped his brothers manage land they owned on the Alabama River, and served as deputy under the first sheriff of Autauga County. He worked in the law office of Nimrod E. Benson before he was admitted to the bar, Fitzpatrick studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1821, commencing practice in Montgomery, Alabama. Fitzpatrick served as solicitor of the Montgomery circuit from 1822 to 1823, but moved to his plantation in Autauga County in 1829 and engaged in planting. He was again appointed on January 14,1853 and subsequently elected to the Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William R. King and he served in this Congress as Chairman of the Committee on Printing and the Committee on Engrossed Bills. He was elected to the Senate again to fill the vacancy caused by the failure of the legislature to elect his own successor on November 26,1855, in this role he served several times as President pro tempore of the Senate. The country was plagued by depression as a result of the Panic of 1837. Fitzpatricks predecessor, Governor Arthur P. Bagby introduced measures to assist the state banks, all the state banks were closed by Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick withdrew from the Senate on January 21,1861, following the secession of his home state, Fitzpatrick did not take a particularly active role in the politics of the Confederacy, but did serve as president of the constitutional convention of Alabama in 1865. Fitzpatrick died on his plantation near Wetumpka, Alabama, on November 21,1869, biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Benjamin Fitzpatrick at Find a Grave
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Governor of Arkansas
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The Governor of Arkansas is the head of the executive branch of Arkansass state government and the commander-in-chief of the states military forces. The state has had 45 elected governors, as well as 10 acting governors who assumed powers and duties following the resignation or death of the governor, before becoming a state, Arkansas Territory had four governors appointed to it by the President of the United States. Orval Faubus served the longest term as governor, being elected six times to serve twelve years. Bill Clinton, elected five times over two terms, fell only one month short of twelve years. The current governor is Asa Hutchinson, who took office on January 13,2015 after his election on November 4,2014, for the period before Arkansas Territory was formed, see the list of Governors of Missouri Territory. Arkansaw Territory was split from Missouri Territory on July 4,1819 and it lost land twice, on November 15,1824, and May 6,1828, with the land being made unorganized territory both times, this land eventually became part of Oklahoma. As secretary of the territory from 1819 to 1829, Robert Crittenden served as acting governor whenever the governor was not in the state. This meant he was in fact the first person to perform the office of Governor of Arkansas Territory, Arkansas was admitted to the Union on June 15,1836. It seceded from the Union on May 6,1861, following the end of the American Civil War, it was part of the Fourth Military District. Arkansas was readmitted to the Union on June 22,1868, the first state constitution of 1836 established four-year terms for governors, which was lowered to two years in the 1874, and current, constitution. Amendment 63 to the Arkansas Constitution, passed in 1984, increased the terms of governor and lieutenant governor to four years. Governors were originally limited only to serving no more than eight out of twelve years. A referendum in 1992 limited governors to two terms and this led to some situations where the governorship changed hands in quick succession, due to senate terms ending or new senate presidents being elected. For example, after John Sebastian Little resigned in 1907, three senate presidents acted as governor before the elected governor took office. Should the president of the senate be similarly incapacitated, the next in line for the governorship was the speaker of the house of representatives. The 1864 constitution created the office of lieutenant governor who would act as president of the senate. The 1868 constitution maintained the position, but the 1874 constitution removed it, amendment 6 to the constitution, passed in 1914 but not recognized until 1925, recreated the office of lieutenant governor, who becomes governor in case of vacancy of the governors office. The governor and lieutenant governor are not elected on the same ticket, Arkansas was a strongly Democratic state before the Civil War, electing only candidates from the Democratic party
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Archibald Yell
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Archibald Yell was an American politician who served as the U. S. Representative from Arkansas from 1836 to 1839, and 1845 to 1846 and he was the Second Governor of Arkansas, serving from 1840 to 1844. Yell was killed in action at the Battle of Buena Vista on February 23,1847, Yell was likely born in Morristown, Tennessee, although his headstone lists North Carolina as his birthplace. His family first settled in Jefferson County in the part of the state, then moved to Rutherford in Middle Tennessee. As a youth, Yell participated in the Creek War, serving in 1813 and early 1814 under General Andrew Jackson, in 1814 and 1815, during the War of 1812, he served with Jackson in Louisiana, including in the Battle of New Orleans. He was also active in freemasonry, and was the master of Tennessee in 1830. He returned to Tennessee, and read law as a legal apprentice and he was admitted to the bar in Fayetteville, Tennessee. In 1818, he joined Jackson’s army during the First Seminole War in Florida, active in the Democratic Party, Yell moved to the Arkansas Territory in 1831 to head the federal land office in Little Rock. The federal government offered him the governorship of the Florida Territory the following year and he was a strong supporter and personal friend of President James K. Polk. Just prior to taking office in 1835, Polk sent Yell to Texas to advocate for its annexation to the union, in 1835, he was appointed by the Polk administration as an Arkansas territorial judge. He is reported to have retrieved a criminal from a local saloon. Yell was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1836 and he served one term, from 1836 to 1839. While in Washington, he was a supporter of Texan statehood. Around this time that he formed the first Masonic lodge in Arkansas at Fayetteville, in 1840, Yell was elected Governor of Arkansas. He focused on improvements, as infrastructure was needed to benefit planters and farmers. He also worked to better control banks and supported public education, Yell resigned his post as governor to run again for Congress in 1844 at age 47, and won the seat. He is reported to have been the consummate campaigner, at one stop during the campaign, he is said to have won a shooting match, donated meat to the poor, and bought a jug of whiskey for the crowd. Soon after he took his seat in Congress, the Mexican-American War began, Yell returned to Arkansas and formed the Arkansas Regiment of Mounted Volunteers
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Samuel Adams (governor)
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Samuel Adams was an American politician who was the third governor of Arkansas. Adams was born in Halifax County, Virginia, Adams was self-taught and moved to Arkansas in 1835, where he became a planter and was active in Arkansas politics. Adams was a Democrat, and was elected to the Arkansas Senate in 1840 and he was reelected and served as president of the Senate during his second term. On April 29,1844, Governor Archibald Yell resigned from his office to run for the United States House of Representatives, Adams, who was president of the Arkansas Senate at that time, became Acting Governor of Arkansas and served until November 5,1844. During his short term he focused on improvements and education. In 1846, Adams was elected to the office of State Treasurer, Samuel Adams died in Saline County, Arkansas. Adams is buried in the historic Mount Holly Cemetery in Little Rock, Adams was the stepfather of Civil War General James Fleming Fagan. An engraving of Samuel Adams graced Arkansas Civil War treasury notes, national Governors Association Samuel Adams at Find a Grave State of Arkansas Governors
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Thomas Stevenson Drew
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Thomas Stevenson Drew was the third elected governor of the U. S. state of Arkansas. Drew was born in Wilson County, Tennessee, and moved with his family to north Louisiana and he worked as a traveling salesman and schoolteacher. Drew settled in Clark County in southern Arkansas, in 1823, Drew was appointed Clark County Clerk. In 1827, he moved to Pocohontas, Arkansas, where he married Cinderella Bettis, daughter of the founder of that town. His father-in-law gave the newlyweds 800 acres of bottomland in Cherokee Bay near the town of Biggers in what is now Randolph County, the Drews prospered, having a plantation and twenty African American slaves. In 1832, Drew was elected judge of Lawrence County, in 1835, Drew and Bettis convinced the Arkansas Territorial Legislature to create Randolph County from Lawrence County. In 1836, Drew and Bettis held a free barbecue complete with free liquor for the entire county in Pocahontas. The next day, the grateful attendees chose Pocahontas as the county seat in an election over the more populated community of Columbia. That same year, Drew gave the county land in downtown Pocahontas where a courthouse was constructed, in 1836, Drew was chosen as a delegate to the Arkansas Constitutional Convention. He was elected Governor in 1844 as a Democrat, having secured the backing of the Conway-Sevier faction that had ruled Arkansas since territorial days and his administration concentrated on the states financial solvency and attempted to correct the states bad credit as well as disunity within Democratic ranks. Under Drew, Arkansas became the first southern state to declare Thanksgiving Day as a state holiday, at his wifes urging, Drew secured passage of legislation protecting a womans property which she brought into a marriage as her own separate entity, distinct from the husbands holdings. Drew was re-elected governor in 1848, the next year, he dispatched a militia to Marion County to suppress the Tutt-Everett War. Drew only served a year of his second term and he resigned in protest of the $1,500 annual salary, then provided for the governor, was inadequate. He retired from politics and concentrated on his own financial holdings, in 1860, he was living in Sebastian County near Fort Smith in western Arkansas. He moved to Weatherford west of Fort Worth, Texas, and later moved to Hood County, Texas, Drew was originally buried in the Old Baptist Cemetery in Lipan. In 1923, his remains were exhumed and reburied at the Masonic Cemetery in Pocahontas, Arkansas, alongside the graves of Bettis, Cinderella, and several of the Drew children. Richard Cleveland Drew, R. M. Drews son and hence a nephew of Thomas Drew, was a court judge from Webster Parish. Drew County in southern Arkansas is named for Thomas S. Drew, encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture National Governors Association Thomas Stevenson Drew at Find a Grave
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Governor of Connecticut
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The Governor of Connecticut is the elected head of the executive branch of Connecticuts state government. The current governor is Dan Malloy, who took office on January 5,2011, Connecticut is among the few U. S. states that includes its colonial governors of Connecticut Colony in an unbroken list of chief executives spanning over 350 years to the present day. John Haynes became the first governor in 1639, the first incumbent after the Revolution, Jonathan Trumbull, is therefore numbered the sixteenth governor of Connecticut. For the period before independence, see the list of governors of Connecticut. Connecticut was one of the original Thirteen Colonies and was admitted as a state on January 9,1788, before it declared its independence, Connecticut was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain. Like most early states, Connecticut had claims to western areas and it maintained its Western Reserve until 1800, at which time it was reassigned to the Northwest Territory. There have been 68 governors of the state, serving 72 distinct spans in office, the longest terms in office were in the states early years, when four governors were elected to nine or more one-year terms. The shortest term was that of Hiram Bingham III, who served one day before resigning to take an elected seat in the U. S. Senate. Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. is noted for a third party win in American politics. The Governor of Connecticut is the head of the executive branch of Connecticuts state government. The governor has a duty to enforce laws, and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Connecticut General Assembly. Unusual among U. S. governors, the Governor of Connecticut has no power to pardon, the Governor of Connecticut is automatically a member of the states Bonding Commission. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Connecticut. The current Constitution of Connecticut, ratified in 1965, calls for a term for the governor. The previous constitution of 1818 originally had only a term for governor. The 1875 amendment also set the date of the term to its current date, before then. The constitution provides for the election of a lieutenant governor for the term as the governor. The two offices are elected on the ticket, this provision was added in 1962
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Chauncey Fitch Cleveland
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Chauncey Fitch Cleveland was an American politician, a United States Representative and the 31st Governor of Connecticut. Born in Canterbury, Connecticut, Cleveland attended the common schools and he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1819 and commenced practice in Hampton. He was married, December 13,1821, to Diantha Hovey, was married, January 22,1869, to Helen Cornelia Litchfield. Cleveland was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1826 to 1829,1832,1835,1836,1838,1847, and 1848 and he was States attorney in 1832 and State bank commissioner in 1838. In 1841 he moved to Norwich, Connecticut, elected Governor of the state by the Democratic party in 1842, and again in 1843, Cleveland was Governor of Connecticut from May 4,1842 to May 1,1844. He then resumed the practice of law in Hampton, elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses, Cleveland held office from March 4,1849 to March 3,1853. Previous to the out of the Civil War, Cleveland had become affiliated with the Republican Party upon its organization. He was a supporter of the government during the war. He was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions of 1856 and 1860, in 1861, he was a member of the Peace Congress held in Washington, D. C. in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war. Cleveland was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1863 and 1866 and he retired from public life and engaged in agricultural pursuits and the practice of law. Cleveland died in Hampton in 1887 and he is interred at South Cemetery, Hampton, Connecticut. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, chauncey Fitch Cleveland at Find a Grave
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Roger Sherman Baldwin
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Not to be confused with Roger Nash Baldwin, 20th Century founder of the American Civil Liberties Union. Roger Sherman Baldwin was an American politician who served as the 32nd Governor of Connecticut from 1844 to 1846, as a lawyer, his career was most notable for his participation in the 1841 Amistad case. Baldwin was son of Simeon Baldwin and Rebecca Sherman in New Haven and he was the maternal grandson of notable founding father Roger Sherman. He attended Hopkins School, and entered Yale College at the age of fourteen, at Yale, Baldwin was a member of the Linonian Society. After leaving Yale he studied law in his fathers office in New Haven, and also in the Litchfield Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1814. Although repeatedly called into office, he devoted himself through life to the profession of his choice, attaining the highest distinction. His defense in 1841, of the rights of the Africans of the Amistad, is particularly celebrated, both for his ability and for the importance of the case. After having been a member of the city government in New Haven, in 1826 and 1828, Baldwin was elected in 1837, in 1840 and 1841 he represented the town of New Haven in the General Assembly. He was chosen Governor of Connecticut in 1844 and was reelected in 1845, on the death of Hon. J. W. He was elected by the Legislature in the following May to the same position and he was described as a devout Christian who studied the Bible every day. Baldwin died in New Haven, February 19,1863, at the age of 70 and was interred at Grove Street Cemetery. A biographical discourse was pronounced at his funeral by Rev. Dr. Dutton, which was printed in the New Englander for April 1863, and was also published as a pamphlet. A simplified version of the events regarding the Amistad case was made into a movie called Amistad in 1997 in which Matthew McConaughey portrayed Roger Sherman Baldwin, in Greenwich, Ct there is a town park called Roger Sherman Baldwin Park
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Governor of Delaware
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The Governor of Delaware is the head of the executive branch of Delawares state government and the commander-in-chief of the states military forces. There have been 70 people who have served as governor, over 73 distinct terms, additionally, Henry Molleston was elected, but died before he could take office. The shortest term is that of Dale E. Wolf, who served 18 days following his predecessors resignation, the current governor is John Carney, who took office on January 17,2017. For the period before independence, see the List of colonial governors of Pennsylvania, between 1681 and 1776, Delaware was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain, administered by colonial governors in Pennsylvania as the Lower Counties on Delaware. In 1776, soon after Delaware and the other Thirteen Colonies declared independence from Britain and it created the office of President of Delaware, a chief executive to be chosen by the legislature to serve a term of three years. The term was lengthened to four years by the 1831 constitution, the current constitution of 1897 allows governors to serve two terms. The 1776 constitution stated that if the presidency were vacant, the speaker of the council would be a vice-president. The offices of governor and lieutenant governor are elected at the same time, two have served as President of Pennsylvania. Four resigned to take other offices, three in the U. S. Congress and one to be President of Pennsylvania, all representatives and senators listed represented Delaware except where noted. As of January 2017, there are six former U. S. governors who are living at this time. The most recent death of a former U. S. governor of Delaware was that of David Buckson, the most recently serving U. S. governor of Delaware to die was Sherman W. Tribbitt, who died on August 14,2010. Delaware gubernatorial elections General Constitutions Specific Office of the Governor of Delaware
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William B. Cooper
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William Barkley Cooper was an American farmer and politician from Laurel, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party, then later the Whig Party, Cooper was born in Laurel, Delaware, son of Isaac and Comfort Townsend Barkley Cooper. His grandfather, Barkley Townsend, came to Laurel in 1768 from Dorchester County, Maryland and his father served in the Delaware General Assembly, was a member of the Delaware convention that ratified the U. S. Constitution in 1787, and was a member of the 1792 Delaware Constitutional Convention and his brother, Thomas Cooper, also served in the Delaware General Assembly and was one of the U. S. Representatives from Delaware from 1813 until 1817, William Cooper married Nancy Jones in 1795, and had one child, William T. After her death, he married Nelly Warren in 1816, and after her death, he married for the third time, there were no children by either of the later marriages. They lived at the southeast corner of 4th and King Street in Laurel and were members of the Methodist Church and he served as an ensign in the Delaware militia, 5th Company, 9th Regiment, and later was commissioned captain of the 3rd Brigade of the Troop of Horse. Cooper was appointed a Justice of the Peace from 1797 until 1805 and was also Sheriff of Sussex County from 1800 until 1812 and he served in the State House in the 1816 and 1817 sessions and then again in the 1835/36 session. In 1817 he was appointed as an Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for Sussex County. He was elected Governor of Delaware in 1840 by defeating Warren Jefferson of Seaford, the Democratic candidate, and served as Governor from January 19,1841 until January 21,1845. ”Cooper died at his home and is buried in the Old Methodist Cemetery at Laurel on April 27,1849. His only son, William, went South during the Civil War and, according to some, served in the Confederate Army, was held captive for a time at Fort Delaware, and escaped in 1862. Governor Cooper is remembered as a man of force of character, an educated man, being polished in manners with intellectual gifts of a high order. Another recalls that, he was a high tempered man. and was in the habit of swearing very hard in his angry moments, when reproved, he said he couldnt help it. Until 1831, elections were held the first Tuesday of October, members of the Delaware General Assembly took office the first Tuesday of January. State Representatives had a one-year term, after 1831, elections were held the first Tuesday after November 1 and the terms of State Representatives were increased to two years. The Governor takes office the third Tuesday of January and has a four-year term, history of the State of Delaware. History of Delaware Through its Governors, rodney, Richard S. Collected Essays on Early Delaware. Wilmington, Delaware, Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Delaware, philadelphia, L. J. Richards & Co
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George W. Crawford
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George Walker Crawford was a licensed attorney turned politician from Columbia County, Georgia. Crawford was appointed attorney general for the state in 1827, by Governor John Forsyth, Crawford also served five years in the General Assemblys lower house as a representative of Richmond County on a platform of states rights. George Crawford served in the U. S. House of Representatives, Crawford was elected Georgias 38th governor – serving two terms from 1843–47. He became the only Whig Party candidate in history to occupy the Governors Mansion. Crawford also served as United States Secretary of War from 1849–50, Crawfords time in President Zachary Taylors cabinet was marred by speculation regarding a probate claim he settled for George Galphins heirs. Crawford received a gratuity of substantial remuneration for his services - Crawfords political adversaries framed it as the Galphin Affair – marking the end of Crawfords political aspirations, when President Taylor unexpectedly died while in office, Crawford resigned his position as Secretary of War and entered political retirement. In 1861, however, Crawford was elected a delegate from Richmond County to the states Secession Convention which brought him out of retirement to answer the call of his constituents. By the conventions first order of business, Crawford was elected Permanent President of the Convention by which he presided over Georgias decision to secede from the Union, George Walker Crawford was born on December 22,1798, in Columbia County, Georgia. He was the son of Peter and Mary Ann Crawford. Peter Crawford acquired a tract of land that he called Belair Plantation. The homestead was situated close to his uncle, Joel Crawford, George Crawford grew up on the familys estate, heavily influenced by his father, and his cousin William as well. Georges father was an attorney and George availed himself to the well-stocked personal library of his father while homeschooling his education. Peter Crawford also entered Georgia politics himself – beginning as Columbia Countys first clerk of courts and becoming a 10-term representative in the state legislature. George Crawfords cousin, William H. Crawford, was becoming well known for his political service. George Crawford built on his homeschooling at the College of New Jerseys school of law, Crawford graduated with a bachelors degree in 1820, and subsequently completed an internship under the tutelage of Richard Henry Wilde. Crawford was licensed to practice law in 1822, and started a practice in Augusta partnering with Henry H. Cumming. He went on to obtain a degree from the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. After graduating Franklin, Crawford served from 1824 to 1825, as a lieutenant in the 10th Regiment of the Georgia Militia
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Governor of Illinois
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The Governor of Illinois is the chief executive of the State of Illinois and the various agencies and departments over which the officer has jurisdiction, as prescribed in the state constitution. It is an elected position, votes being cast by popular suffrage of residents of the state. The governor is responsible for enacting laws passed by the Illinois General Assembly, Illinois is one of 14 states with no gubernatorial term-limit. The current governor is Republican Bruce Rauner, who succeeded Pat Quinn in 2015, the term of office of Governor of Illinois is four years, and there is no limit on the number of terms a governor may serve. Inauguration takes place on the second Monday in January following a gubernatorial election, a single term ends four years later. Its first occupant was Governor Joel Aldrich Matteson, who took residence at the mansion in 1855 and it is one of three oldest governors residences in continuous use in the United States. The governor is given the use of an official residence on the state fair grounds. Governors have traditionally used this part of the year. Six Illinois governors have been charged with crimes during or after their governorships, four were convicted, len Small, governor from 1921 to 1929, was indicted in office for corruption. He was acquitted, thereafter, eight of the received state jobs. Among his defense lawyers was a governor, Joseph W. Fifer, who asserted in pre-trial hearings. William G. Stratton, governor from 1953 to 1961, was acquitted of tax evasion in 1965 and he was prosecuted by future Illinois governor Jim Thompson. He was sentenced to seven years in prison five years of probation following his release. Former governor Jim Thompson, whom Ryan had served under as Lieutenant Governor of Illinois in the 1980s, was manager of the law firm that defended Ryan. In August 2010, he was convicted of lying to the FBI in connection with the investigation, but the jury deadlocked on 23 other charges. Blagojevich was retried on 20 counts from his 2010 trial and on June 27,2011, Blagojevich was convicted on 17 counts of fraud, acquitted on one count, on December 7,2011, Blagojevich was sentenced to 14 years in prison. List of Governors of Illinois 1. α Current governor of Illinois, in 2015, the Council of State Governments reported that Rauner had returned all but $1 of his salary to the State of Illinois. However, the pay rate for the title of Governor in Illinois remains at $177,412, Illinois Office of the Governor Illinois Executive Mansion Burial places of Illinois Governors Article V in the Illinois Constitution list of government help in Illinois
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Thomas Ford (politician)
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Thomas Ford was the eighth Governor of Illinois, and served in this capacity from 1842 to 1846. A Democrat, he is remembered largely for his involvement in the death of Joseph Smith, and he is also the author of A History of Illinois, published posthumously about the state from its founding in 1818 until 1847. Ford was born in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania and he was the first governor to grow up in Illinois. His widowed mother took him and his siblings west in hopes of crossing the Mississippi River in 1804 to buy cheap land, at St. Louis she was told about the Louisiana Purchase and that land was no longer cheap there because it now belonged to America. So she settled in Illinois instead, Ford was the half-brother to George Forquer, who later became the states attorney general. He was the attorney in Western Illinois, then was elected as a state court judge in the north in 1836. He later served as a judge in Chicago, before becoming a state court judge again. This led to his joining the Supreme Court of Illinois as an associate justice and he was very interested in politics and bragged that he attended every session of the state legislature from 1825–1847. Ford married Frances Hambaugh in 1828 and had five children by her and he was accused of taking stimulants as governor, suggesting that it might have harmed his career, but there is no definitive evidence of drug abuse. His wife died of cancer in 1850 at the age of 38, interment was at Springdale Cemetery, Peoria. Ford County, Illinois is named for him, the couple had three daughters, two of which were said to have died young. Fords two sons were both lynched as outlaws in Kansas in the 1870s, one dying under mysterious circumstances, Fords rise in the judiciary led to his election as governor in 1842, becoming one of the most controversial politicians in the nations history. He worked hard to repair the fiscally irresponsible Internal Improvements Act that built expensive bridges, canals, roads and highways, Ford also worked to build the Illinois and Michigan Canal, which greatly improved the states finances. Ford wrote extensively of his dealings with the Mormon community, and was critical of their religion. Ford took some steps to impede the anti-Mormons, but with little results, the conflict grew heated, with hundreds being driven from their homes, and mobs that eventually employed several thousands of people. At one point, Ford encouraged Joseph and his brother, Hyrum Smith, to go to Carthage, the county seat, to criminal charges in the destruction of the newspaper. Once there, the Smiths were charged with treason, and Ford abandoned them to be guarded by the Carthage Greys, however, two men later gave affidavits suggesting Ford knew of the plot and could have approved of it. In response, Ford replied, You are unnecessarily alarmed for your friends safety sir, the people are not that cruel
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Governor of Indiana
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The Governor of Indiana is the chief executive of the state of Indiana. The governor is elected to a term, and responsible for overseeing the day-to-day management of the functions of many agencies of the Indiana state government. The governor also shares power with other executive officers, who manage other state government agencies. The governor works out of the Indiana Statehouse and holds official functions at the Indiana Governors Residence in the capital of Indianapolis. The 51st and current governor is Republican Eric Holcomb, the position of governor has developed over the course of two centuries. The governors powers are established in Article V of the Constitution of Indiana, constitutionally, the governor has very limited executive authority to manage the government of the state, most exercisable powers over state agencies are held by independent elected cabinet heads. The governor works in concert with the legislature and the state supreme court to govern the state. The governor has the power to veto legislation passed by the General Assembly, if vetoed, a bill is returned to the General Assembly for reconsideration. Unlike other states, most of which require a supermajority to override a veto. One of the governors most important political powers is the ability to call a session of the General Assembly. During a two-year period, the assembly can meet on its own for no more than 91 days, and this can give the governor considerable influence in the body which will often compromise on issues with him or her in exchange for a special legislative session. Among his other powers, the governor can call out the defense force or the Indiana National Guard in times of emergency or disaster. The governor is also charged with the enforcement of all the states laws, the governor also has the ability to grant a pardon or commutation of sentence of any person convicted of a crime in the state, except in cases of treason or impeachment. In addition to powers, governors also have a considerable degree of statutory authority. Most of the authority exercised by governors on a basis is derived from statute. The governor also can influence the court system through the appointment of judges. Justices of the peace and superior courts judges are elected in Indiana, if a vacancy occurs the governor may make an appointment, the authority to make such appointments gives the governor considerable sway in setting the makeup of the judiciary. The annual salary of the governor of Indiana is US$111,688, additionally, he receives $6,000 annually for discretionary spending and expenses
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James Whitcomb
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James Whitcomb was a Democratic United States Senator and the eighth Governor of Indiana. As governor during the Mexican-American War, he oversaw the formation, by skillfully guiding the state through its bankruptcy, Whitcomb is usually credited as being one of the most successful of Indianas governors. He was elected to the United States Senate after his term as governor, James Whitcomb was born in Rochester, Vermont on December 1,1795, the fourth of ten children of John W. and Lydia Parmenter Whitcomb. In 1806 his family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio where they farmed land, Whitcomb loved to read books, but his father would often discourage him from reading, believing that his son needed to take up manual labor to have a successful future. Instead, young Whitcomb taught school and attended Transylvania University in Kentucky and he became well known for his talented playing and would often dance, sing, and play for friends throughout his life. After graduating in 1819 he moved to Fayette County, Kentucky and he moved to Bloomington, Indiana in 1824, where he continued to practice law. In Bloomington he quickly became respected in the community, Whitcomb was appointed as prosecuting attorney for Monroe County, Indiana by Governor James B. Ray and served from 1826 to 1829 and his position earned him some fame in the area because of several high-profile cases that he successfully prosecuted. In 1830, he was elected to serve as a member of the Indiana Senate, other senators noted Whitcombs addiction to tobacco, and that he was almost always smoking a cigar. In the Senate Whitcomb was the most outspoken of the anti-internal-improvement men and he was one of only nine men to speak against the Mammoth Internal Improvement Act in the Senate debate, his chief cohorts being Dennis Pennington, Calvin Fletcher and John Durmont. Despite their protests the bill was passed, and he voted for it after a meeting with his own constituents who asked him to go for it. Whitcomb was appointed by President Andrew Jackson to serve as the Commissioner of the General Land Office in Washington and he probably secured the post with the help of Congressman Ratliff Boon. While in office he undertook the study of French and Spanish so that he was able to read the land treaties and his primary work was overseeing the survey of large tracts of land in Iowa and Wisconsin and dealing with land disputes in the recently purchased Florida Territory. Upon resigning from the Land Office in 1841, Whitcomb moved to Terre Haute, in 1843 he authored a pamphlet entitled Facts for the People in which he made a case against the federal governments adoption of protective tariffs. The pamphlet was popular and widely read in the state and that year he was nominated as the Democratic candidate for governor. The Whigs, who had been the primary backers of the improvements, had come under increasing criticism in the term of Samuel Bigger. The program had completely broken down in 1841 and most of the investment in the projects was lost. The state had negotiated a partial bankruptcy by the transfer of the project to the states creditors, despite this progress, the debt was still too large for the state to bear and the situation was still dire
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Governor of Kentucky
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The Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky is the head of the executive branch of government in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Fifty-seven men and one woman have served as Governor of Kentucky, the governors term is four years in length, since 1992, incumbents have been able to seek re-election once before becoming ineligible for four years. Throughout the states history, four men have served two terms as governor, and two others have served two consecutive terms. Kentucky is one of only five U. S. states that hold gubernatorial elections in odd-numbered years immediately before the United States Presidential Election, the current governor is Matt Bevin, who was first elected in 2015. The governors powers are enumerated in the state constitution, there have been four constitutions of Kentucky—adopted in 1792,1799,1850, and 1891, respectively—and each has enlarged the governors authority. Among the powers appropriated to the governor in the constitution are the ability to grant pardons, veto legislation, the governor serves as commander-in-chief of the states military forces and is empowered to enforce all laws of the state. Because Kentuckys governor controls so many appointments to commissions, the office has been considered one of the most powerful state executive positions in the United States. The history of the office of Governor is largely one of long periods of domination by a single party, Federalists were rare among Kentuckians during the period of the First Party System, and Democratic Republicans won every gubernatorial election in the state until 1828. The Second Party System began when the Democratic-Republicans split into Jacksonian Democrats, beginning with the election of Thomas Metcalfe in 1828, the Whigs dominated the governorship until 1851, with John Breathitt being the only Democrat elected during that period. Since 1931, only four Republicans have served as governor of Kentucky, current governor Matt Bevin, in all four Kentucky constitutions, the first power enumerated to the governor is to serve as commander-in-chief of the states militia and military forces. In 1799, a stipulation was added that the governor would not personally lead troops on the battlefield unless advised to do so by a resolution of the General Assembly. Such a case occurred in 1813 when Governor Isaac Shelby, a veteran of the Revolutionary War, was asked to lead a band of Kentucky troops to aid William Henry Harrison at the Battle of the Thames. For his service, Shelby received the Thanks of Congress and the Congressional Gold Medal, the 1891 constitution further required that, with each application for a pardon, the governor file a statement of the reasons for his decision thereon, which. Shall always be open to public inspection and this requirement was first proposed by a delegate to the 1850 constitutional convention, but it was rejected at that time. The power of the governor to adjourn the General Assembly for a period of up to four months if the two houses cannot agree on a time to adjourn appears in all four constitutions, the governor is also empowered to convene the General Assembly on extraordinary occasions. This was an important provision in the days of the Commonwealth. Taylor claimed a state of insurrection existed in the capital, the 1891 constitution added a provision that the governor must specify the reason for any specially-called legislative session, and that no other business could be considered during the session. There is, however, no requirement that the legislature conduct any business during the called session
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Robert P. Letcher
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Robert Perkins Letcher was a politician and lawyer from the US state of Kentucky. He served as a U. S. Representative, Minister to Mexico, and he also served in the Kentucky General Assembly where he was Speaker of the House in 1837 and 1838. A strong supporter of the Whig Party, he was a friend of Henry Clay, Letchers family came to Kentucky around 1800. Letcher attended the academy of Joshua Fry, then studied law. He was briefly a judge advocate in John Allens volunteer militia during the War of 1812 and he began his political career in 1813, representing Garrard County in the Kentucky House of Representatives. In 1823, he was elected to the U. S. House of Representatives, during the 1824 presidential election, he acted as an intermediary between John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay. Adams opponent, Andrew Jackson, charged that, through these negotiations, in 1840, Letcher was chosen as the Whig nominee for governor of Kentucky over William Owsley. In the general election, Letcher won by landslide over Judge Richard French, Letchers fiscally conservative policies helped Kentucky recover from the financial Panic of 1837. By the end of his term, the state was experiencing budget surpluses, after Letcher left office, he was appointed Minister to Mexico by President Zachary Taylor. Following this, he made an attempt to return to the U. S. House, Letchers defeat in Henry Clays home district was a strong indication of the decline of Whig influence in Kentucky. Though he remained active in politics, Letcher never again sought public office and he died on January 24,1861. Robert Perkins Letcher was born in Goochland County, Virginia, on February 10,1788 and he was seventh of twelve children born to Stephen Giles and Betsy Letcher. The family moved to Kentucky about 1800, first living at Harrodsburg, for a time, Letcher attended the common schools of the area, but he was dismissed for being unruly. He studied the trade of masonry, though not very enthusiastically, Letcher enrolled in Joshua Frys private academy near Danville, Kentucky, faring better under Frys instruction than he had in the common schools, and gained a sound education. He then read law in the office of Humphrey Marshall, was admitted to the bar and he briefly served as a judge advocate in Colonel John Allens volunteer militia during the War of 1812. Letcher first married Susan Oden Epps, Epps died on March 9,1816 and did not bear any children. Following the death of his first wife, Letcher married Charlotte Robertson, sister of George Robertson, historian Jennie Morton records that Letcher referred to his second wife as the queen. No children were born as a result of marriage
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William Owsley
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William Owsley was an associate justice on the Kentucky Court of Appeals and the 16th Governor of Kentucky. He also served in both houses of the Kentucky General Assembly and was Kentucky Secretary of State under Governor James Turner Morehead, Owsley studied law under John Boyle. After briefly serving in the legislature, he was appointed by Governor Charles Scott to serve alongside Boyle on the Kentucky Court of Appeals. During his service on the court, Owsley was involved in the Old Court-New Court controversy, in 1824, the state legislature, unhappy with the courts rulings against debt relief legislation, attempted to abolish the court and replace it with a new court. For a time, both courts operated simultaneously, and both claimed to be the court of last resort in the state, supporters of the old court won control of the legislature and abolished the new court in 1826. Owsley resigned from the Court of Appeals two years later, in 1831, Owsley returned to the state legislature, where he served until Governor Morehead appointed him secretary of state in 1834. He resumed his practice in 1836 and in 1843, retired from that profession. The next year, he was nominated for governor on the Whig ticket, through fiscally conservative policies, he was able to reduce the states debt. In spite of his opposition to the Mexican-American War, large numbers of Kentuckys citizens volunteered for military service, Owsleys popularity declined sharply when he attempted to remove Benjamin Hardin as Secretary of State. Hardin successfully challenged his removal in court, then resigned in protest of Owsleys actions, after his term as governor, Owsley never again sought public office. He died December 9,1862 and was buried in Belleview Cemetery in Danville, William Owsley was born March 24,1782 in Virginia. He was the third of thirteen born to William and Catherine Owsley. Owsley was a first cousin to U. S, representative Bryan Owsley, whose father Anthony was the elder William Owsleys brother. In 1783, his family relocated to Lincoln County, Kentucky, Owsley was dedicated to his studies in the public schools of the area, and obtained a better education than most of his peers. On March 30,1802, he was appointed adjutant of the 26th Regiment of the Kentucky Militia, for a time, Owsley taught at a country school, and in 1803, he married Elizabeth Gill, one of his students. Gill was almost seventeen, Owsley was twenty-one, during his time as a teacher, Owsley also studied surveying and eventually became a deputy surveyor. Later, he served as a deputy sheriff under his father, while in this capacity, he attracted the attention of John Boyle, who offered Owsley the use of his library. Owsley availed himself of this opportunity, and read law with Boyle, in 1809, Owsley opened a legal practice in Garrard County
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Governor of Louisiana
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This is a list of the Governors of Louisiana, from acquisition by the United States in 1803 to the present day, for earlier governors of Louisiana see List of colonial governors of Louisiana. In 1803, Europe was about to become involved in a continental war, the French Empire, led by Napoleon, had begun an aggressive expansionist policy which challenged the interests of United Kingdom. When the Haitian Revolution, with British support, overthrew the French colonial rule on that island, to finance this, Napoleon sold the colony of Louisiana to the United States in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. From 1804 to 1812, the area which would eventually become the modern state was known as the Territory of Orleans. The vast area to the north was called the Louisiana Territory, notes † Murdered/Died in office This is a table of congressional, other governorships, and other federal offices held by governors. All representatives and senators mentioned represented Louisiana except where noted, * denotes those offices which the governor resigned to take. As of January 2017, there are five former U. S. governors of Louisiana who are living at this time. The most recent governor, and also the most recently serving governor, Louisiana Secretary of State website Cemetery Memorials by La-Cemeteries
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Alexandre Mouton
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Alexandre Mouton was a United States Senator and the 11th Governor of Louisiana. He was born in Attakapas district into a plantation owning Cajun family. He pursued classical studies and graduated from Georgetown College and he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1825, and commenced practice in Lafayette Parish. He married Zelia Rousseau, the granddaughter of Governor Jacques Dupré, in 1829, he married Emma Kitchell Gardner, this marriage had six children. From 1827 to 1832 was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives and he was a presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1828,1832, and 1836, and was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1830 to the Twenty-second Congress. In 1836 he was again a member of the State house of representatives, while in the Senate he was chairman of the Committee on Agriculture. From 1843 to 1846, Mouton was Governor of Louisiana, as governor, Mouton reduced expenditures and liquidated state assets to balance the budget and meet bond obligations without raising taxes. He sold state-owned steamboats, equipment and slaves used to remove the Red River Raft in 1834 under Governor Roman, as governor he opposed all expenditures for internal improvements. He leased out state penitentiary labor and equipment and he supported the call for a constitutional convention, removal of property qualifications for suffrage and office holding and the election of all local officials and most judges. He was president of the State secession convention in 1861 and a candidate to the Confederate Senate. Actively involved in railroads, he was president of the Southwestern Railroad Convention and he was an active supporter of the Confederacy, devoting a large amount of his wealth to the cause. His son Alfred Mouton became a general and died at the Battle of Mansfield and his daughter married Confederate Major General Franklin Gardner, whose older sister became his own second wife. He died near Vermillionville in 1885 and he is buried in the cemetery at St. Johns Cathedral. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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Governor of Maine
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The Governor of Maine is the chief executive of the State of Maine. Before Maine was admitted to the Union in 1820, Maine was part of Massachusetts, the current Governor of Maine is Paul LePage, a Republican, elected in the 2010 elections, and was re-elected in 2014. The next election is in 2018, the governor of Maine receives a salary of $70,000, which as of 2016 is the lowest by $20,000 of the 50 state governors. Under Article V, Section 4, a person must as of the commencement of the term in office, be 30 years old, for 15 years a citizen of the United States, a governor must retain residency in Maine throughout his or her term. Section 5 provides that a person shall not assume the office of Governor while holding any office under the United States, Maine. Governors are elected directly for four-years terms, with a limit of two elected terms. Thus, a governor can serve a number of terms. Elections are by popular vote, but if two people tie for first place, the Legislature meets in joint session to choose between them, the governor is commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the State, and of the militia except when under federal control. He or she also has the power to grant pardons, reprieves and this clemency power also includes juvenile offenses. The Governor oversees the executive branch, which includes Maines state agencies and his cabinet is often considered to be the states commissioners, which are generally nominated by the governor but legally chosen by the Maine Legislature. As of April 2014, the current cabinet is as follows, the Governors office initially said he might return in 2015, but later said that Rier officially retired on April 17,2015. LePage nominated Acting Commissioner William Beardsley as permanent commissioner, but pulled the nomination in the face of Democratic opposition and he announced on February 11,2016 that he would leave Beardsley in place as Deputy Commissioner once his Acting role expired and be the Commissioner himself. LePage said he did so out of a desire to not put Beardsley through being rejected by the Legislature and her first official act was to reappoint Beardsley as Deputy Commissioner and he remains the cabinet member for the department on the Cabinet website. In November 2016, LePage appointed Robert Hasson, an educator, as a new temporary deputy education commissioner. Beardsley resigned, citing personal reasons, on December 14,2016, Hasson was named Acting Commissioner of the department by Gov. LePage. Hasson was later nominated as permanent commissioner and confirmed by the Legislature on March 29,2017, under current law, if there is a vacancy in the office of governor, the president of the Maine Senate becomes governor. The current Senate president is Republican Michael Thibodeau as of December 3,2014, the Blaine House in Augusta is the official governor’s mansion, and is located across the street from the Maine State House. It became the residence in 1919, and is named for James G. Blaine
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Edward Kavanagh
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Edward Kavanagh was a United States Representative and the 17th Governor of Maine. Born in Newcastle, he attended Montreal Seminary and Georgetown College and he studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Damariscotta, Maine. He was a member of the Maine House of Representatives from 1826 to 1828, kavanaghs public career began with a plea to the framers of the Maine Constitution to include an article for official religious toleration. His first elected role was on the committee, followed by roles as Selectman, State Representative. In 1829 the legislature elected him as Secretary of State, Kavanagh was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses, serving from March 4,1831 to March 3,1835. He was nationally noticed as the first Catholic elected from New England and he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1834 to the Twenty-fourth Congress, and was appointed Chargé dAffaires to Portugal on March 3,1835, and served until his resignation in June 1841. Kavanagh became Governor of Maine upon the election of Governor Fairfield on March 7,1843 to replace U. S, Senator Reuel Williams upon Williams resignation, and served until the end of the term in 1844. Less than four weeks later, Kavanagh died in Newcastle, interment was in St. Patricks Catholic Cemetery, kavanaghs house in Newcastle has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Edward Kavanagh at Find a Grave Edward Kavanagh biography at National Governors Association
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David Dunn (politician)
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David Dunn was an American Democratic politician and lawyer. He served as the 18th Governor of Maine in 1844, David Dunn was born in Cornish on January 17,1811. Dunn studied law under then future Governor, Squire John Fairfield and he was admitted to the bar in 1833 and shortly thereafter opened up a practice at Poland Corner. He represented the town of Poland in the Maine House of Representatives from 1840 to 1844 and was Speaker in 1843 and 1844, in that capacity Dunn served for three days as acting Governor in 1844 when President of the Senate, Edward Kavanagh, resigned as acting Governor. The game of musical chairs continued with Dunn resigning and the new President of the Senate, John W. Dana. In 1845 Dunn was elected to the Maine Senate and served as its President following the resignation of Stephen Chase of Fryeburg in 1846. A nineteenth century writer compiling short biographies of the citizens of Poland referred to Dunn as. Dunn was rewarded for his tenacity by the Buchanan administration which appointed him to a Clerkship in the Post Office in Washington, following his return to Maine he practiced law in Mechanic Falls. He died on February 17,1894 at the age of eighty-three, past Presidents - David Dunn Democrat 1846
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