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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... appointed brigadier - general in 1863 and assigned to a brigade in Virginia , but resigned to join his regiment , whose colonel had been killed in battle ; later in 1863 he was again appointed brigadier - general and assigned to an ...
... appointed brigadier - general in 1863 and assigned to a brigade in Virginia , but resigned to join his regiment , whose colonel had been killed in battle ; later in 1863 he was again appointed brigadier - general and assigned to an ...
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... appointed professor of philosophy , Louisiana State Seminary , in 1866 , which he declined ; was lawyer and planter ; was appointed major - general of volunteers by President McKinley May 4 , 1898 , and was assigned to command of ...
... appointed professor of philosophy , Louisiana State Seminary , in 1866 , which he declined ; was lawyer and planter ; was appointed major - general of volunteers by President McKinley May 4 , 1898 , and was assigned to command of ...
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... appointed Attor- ney - General , and took his seat March 25 , 1885 , and was reelected in 1889 and 1895 . His term of service will expire March 3 , 1901 . JAMES K. JONES , Democrat , of Washington , Hempstead County , was born in ...
... appointed Attor- ney - General , and took his seat March 25 , 1885 , and was reelected in 1889 and 1895 . His term of service will expire March 3 , 1901 . JAMES K. JONES , Democrat , of Washington , Hempstead County , was born in ...
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... appointed by the governor clerk of the circuit court for Benton County , and served in that office until the autumn of 1874 , when he was admitted to the bar ; in April , 1875 , he moved from his native ARKANSAS . ] 5 Senators and ...
... appointed by the governor clerk of the circuit court for Benton County , and served in that office until the autumn of 1874 , when he was admitted to the bar ; in April , 1875 , he moved from his native ARKANSAS . ] 5 Senators and ...
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... appointed by President Cleveland to be minister resident and consul - general of the United States in the Kingdom of Korea and served in that capacity until May 25 , 1890 , when he was relieved by Mr. Augustine Heard , appointed by ...
... appointed by President Cleveland to be minister resident and consul - general of the United States in the Kingdom of Korea and served in that capacity until May 25 , 1890 , when he was relieved by Mr. Augustine Heard , appointed by ...
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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...