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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... Louis in 1888 ; was elected to the Fifty - third , Fifty - fourth , and Fifty - fifth Congresses , and reelected to the Fifty - sixth Congress , receiving 9,345 votes , to 1,610 for Frank Simmons , Republican , and 209 for J. A. ...
... Louis in 1888 ; was elected to the Fifty - third , Fifty - fourth , and Fifty - fifth Congresses , and reelected to the Fifty - sixth Congress , receiving 9,345 votes , to 1,610 for Frank Simmons , Republican , and 209 for J. A. ...
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... Louis in June , 1896 , because of dis- ion at the financial plank of the platform ; was reelected in January , 1897 , as pendent Silver Republican , receiving 94 votes out of a total of 100 ; took his ch 4 , 1897. His term of service ...
... Louis in June , 1896 , because of dis- ion at the financial plank of the platform ; was reelected in January , 1897 , as pendent Silver Republican , receiving 94 votes out of a total of 100 ; took his ch 4 , 1897. His term of service ...
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... Louis , Mo. , January 12 , 1859 ; received his early education in the schools of that city ; removed to Seneca , Kans . , at the age of 11 years , where he continued to reside till the year 1882 , in which year he emigrated to the State ...
... Louis , Mo. , January 12 , 1859 ; received his early education in the schools of that city ; removed to Seneca , Kans . , at the age of 11 years , where he continued to reside till the year 1882 , in which year he emigrated to the State ...
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... Louis Law School , and was admitted to the bar ; was a delegate to the Republican national convention of 1896 at St. Louis ; was elected to the Fifty - sixth Congress , receiving 20,461 votes , to 19,956 for Frederick J. Kern , Democrat ...
... Louis Law School , and was admitted to the bar ; was a delegate to the Republican national convention of 1896 at St. Louis ; was elected to the Fifty - sixth Congress , receiving 20,461 votes , to 19,956 for Frederick J. Kern , Democrat ...
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... Louis and was temporary chairman of the convention ; was appointed a member of ted States and British joint high commission which met in Quebec in 1898 , adjustment of Canadian questions , and was chairman of the United States ...
... Louis and was temporary chairman of the convention ; was appointed a member of ted States and British joint high commission which met in Quebec in 1898 , adjustment of Canadian questions , and was chairman of the United States ...
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Page 259 - 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 258 - 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 255 - Washington, a department of education, 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 259 - 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 247 - The Chief Signal Officer is charged with the supervision of all military signal duties, and of books, papers, and devices connected therewith, including telegraph and telephone apparatus and the necessary meteorological instruments for use on target ranges and other military uses; the construction, repair, and operation of military telegraph lines and cables, and the duty of collecting and transmitting information for the Army by telegraph or otherwise, and all other duties usually pertaining to...
Page 258 - 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 259 - The Bureau of Labor Statistics is charged with the duty of acquiring and diffusing among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with labor in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word, and especially upon its relations to capital, the hours of labor, the earnings of laboring men and women, and the means of promoting their material, social, intellectual, and moral prosperity.
Page 246 - He also has charge of the establishment or abandonment of military posts, and of all matters relating to leases, revocable licenses, and all other privileges upon lands under the control of the War Department.
Page 238 - War and all bureaus and offices under his direction; all accounts relating to the military establishment, armories and arsenals, national cemeteries, fortifications, public buildings and grounds under the Chief of Engineers, rivers and harbors, the Military Academy, and to all other business within the jurisdiction of the Department of War, and...
Page 245 - June 20, 1874, and to submit to the Secretary of the Treasury, for transmission to Congress, an annual report of the expenditures of the moneys appropriated for the maintenance of the Life-Saving Service, and of the operations of said service during the year.