Official Congressional Directory, Volume 56, Issue 2, Part 1; Volume 57, Issue 1, Parts 2-3; Volume 57, Issue 2, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1900 Includes maps of the U.S. Congressional districts. |
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... Illinois and practiced law there until April , 1861 , when he removed to Colorado and resumed the practice of law ; received the degree of LL . D. from Alfred University in 1886 ; never held an office until he was elected to the United ...
... Illinois and practiced law there until April , 1861 , when he removed to Colorado and resumed the practice of law ; received the degree of LL . D. from Alfred University in 1886 ; never held an office until he was elected to the United ...
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... Illinois in June , 1852 ; was engaged in farming and stock raising near Galesburg until 1858 ; removed to Colorado in 1859 ; was engaged in mining and mercantile business until 1861 ; in September , 1861 , enlisted in Captain Backus's ...
... Illinois in June , 1852 ; was engaged in farming and stock raising near Galesburg until 1858 ; removed to Colorado in 1859 ; was engaged in mining and mercantile business until 1861 ; in September , 1861 , enlisted in Captain Backus's ...
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... Illinois legislature in 1856 , 1860 , 1872 , and 1874 , and was elected speaker in 1861 and in 1873 ; was elected a Representative from Illinois in the Thirty - ninth , Fortieth , and Forty- first Congresses , serving from December 4 ...
... Illinois legislature in 1856 , 1860 , 1872 , and 1874 , and was elected speaker in 1861 and in 1873 ; was elected a Representative from Illinois in the Thirty - ninth , Fortieth , and Forty- first Congresses , serving from December 4 ...
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... Illinois from 1890 to 1894 ; was one of the " IOI " who voted nine weeks for Gen. John M. Palmer for Senator ; was colonel on the staff of Governor Altgeld from 1893 to 1897 ; was 56 - IST - 2D ED- -3 annually elected attorney for the ...
... Illinois from 1890 to 1894 ; was one of the " IOI " who voted nine weeks for Gen. John M. Palmer for Senator ; was colonel on the staff of Governor Altgeld from 1893 to 1897 ; was 56 - IST - 2D ED- -3 annually elected attorney for the ...
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... Illinois in 1879 , and to that of the Supreme Court of the United States in 1885 ; was elected a member of the Illinois general assembly in 1884 , and was one of the " 103 " who elected General Logan to the United States Senate ...
... Illinois in 1879 , and to that of the Supreme Court of the United States in 1885 ; was elected a member of the Illinois general assembly in 1884 , and was one of the " 103 " who elected General Logan to the United States Senate ...
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Page 247 - ... for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several States and Territories, and of diffusing such information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems, and methods of teaching, as shall aid the people of the United States in the establishment and maintenance of efficient school systems and otherwise promote the cause of education throughout the country.
Page 252 - Agriculture, the general designs and duties of which shall be to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with Agriculture, in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word, and to procure, propagate and distribute among the people, new and valuable seeds and plants.
Page 251 - That the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad, or partly by railroad and partly by water when both are used, under a common control, management, or arrangement, for a continuous carriage or shipment...
Page 252 - Act and the employees of such carrier, seriously interrupting or threatening to interrupt the business of said carrier, the chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Commissioner of Labor...
Page 89 - First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-first, Twenty-second, Twenty-third, Twenty-fourth, Twentyfifth, and Twenty-seventh wards of the city of Cleveland.
Page 251 - That the commission hereby created shall have authority to inquire into the management of the business of all common carriers subject to the provisions of this act, and shall keep itself informed as to the manner and method in which the same is conducted...
Page 243 - ... the administration of the Department. He is also charged by law with the supervision of suits and proceedings arising out of the provisions of law governing national banking associations in which the United States and any of its agents or officers are parties; also with the charge, release, and sale of lands acquired in payment of debt, excepting those acquired under internal-revenue laws.
Page 45 - Massachusetts delegation in 1880, 1884, and 1888; was one of the managers on the part of the House of Representatives of the Belknap impeachment trial in 1876; was a member of the Electoral Commission in 1876...
Page 88 - COUNTIES. — Lake, Medina, and the townships of Bedford, Brecksville, Brooklyn, Chagrin Falls, Dover, East Cleveland, Euclid, Independence, Mayfield, Middleburg, Newburg, Olmstead, Orange, Parma, Rockport, Royalton, Solon, Strongsville, and Warrensville, of Cuyahoga County, and the Twenty-sixth, Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth, Thirty-first, Thirtysecond, Thirty-third, Thirty-fourth, Thirty-fifth, Thirty-sixth, Thirty-seventh, Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth, Fortieth, Forty-first, and Forty-second...
Page 244 - Department. When requested he advises the Secretary and Assistant Secretaries upon questions of law arising in the administration of the Department. All appeals from the General Land Office are sent to his office for consideration. Oral arguments are heard by him in the more important cases, or by brief; and decisions are prepared under his supervision for the signature of the Secretary or First Assistant Secretary, as the case may be. The Assistant Attorney-General is aided in this and his other...