Joseph Rucker and Clarinda Pendleton Lamar papers, 1792-1936, (bulk 1910-1915).

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

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Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757 – July 12, 1804) was an American revolutionary, statesman and Founding Father of the United States. Hamilton was an influential interpreter and promoter of the U.S. Constitution, the founder of the Federalist Party, as well as a founder of the nation's financial system, the United States Coast Guard, and the New York Post newspaper. As the first secretary of the treasury, Hamilton was the main author of the economic policies of the administration of P...

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

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Woodrow Wilson (b. Thomas Woodrow Wilson, December 28, 1856, Staunton, Virginia-d.February 3, 1924, Washington, D.C.), was the twenty-eight President of the United States, 1913-1921; Governor of New Jersey, 1911-1913; and president of Princeton University, 1902-1910. Biographical Note 1856, Dec. 28 Born, Staunton, Va. 1870 ...

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894

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Holmes (Harvard, M.D. 1836) was Parkman Professor of Anatomy at Harvard Medical School from 1847 to 1882, dean of the Medical School from 1847 to 1853, and a noted essayist and poet. A paper on the contagiousness of puerperal fever, presented at an 1843 meeting of the Boston Society for Medical Improvement, was his most famous contribution to medicine. His indictment of physicians for their role in causing and spreading the fever was one of the most controversial treatises of the time...

United States. Supreme Court

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Supreme Court of the United States, final court of appeal and final expositor of the Constitution of the United States. Within the framework of litigation, the Supreme Court marks the boundaries of authority between state and nation, state and state, and government and citizen. Scope And Jurisdiction The Supreme Court was created by the Constitutional Convention of 1787 as the head of a federal court system, though it was not formally established until Congress passed the Judiciary Act in 17...

Wilson, Edith Bolling Galt, 1872-1961

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Edith Bolling Galt Wilson was second wife of the 28th President, Woodrow Wilson. She served as First Lady from 1915 to 1921. After the President suffered a severe stroke, she pre-screened all matters of state, functionally running the Executive branch of government for the remainder of Wilson’s second term. “Secret President,” “first woman to run the government” — so legend has labeled a First Lady whose role gained unusual significance when her husband suffered prolonged and disabling illnes...

Taft, Helen Herron, 1861-1943

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Helen “Nellie” Taft was the wife of President William Howard Taft and First Lady of the United States from 1909 to 1913. During their marriage, she relished travel to Japan, China, and diplomatic missions around the world. As “the only unusual incident” of her girlhood, “Nellie” Herron Taft recalled her visit to the White House at 17 as the guest of President and Mrs. Hayes, intimate friends of her parents. Fourth child of Harriet Collins and John W. Herron, born in 1861, she had grown up in ...

Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948

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Charles Evans Hughes Sr. (April 11, 1862 – August 27, 1948) was an American statesman, Republican Party politician, and the 11th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was also the 36th Governor of New York, the Republican nominee in the 1916 presidential election, and the 44th United States Secretary of State. Born to a Welsh immigrant preacher and his wife in Glens Falls, New York, Hughes pursued a legal career in New York City. After working in private practice for several ye...

Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925

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William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) was an American orator and politician from Nebraska. Beginning in 1896, he emerged as a dominant force in the Democratic Party, running three times as the party's nominee for President of the United States in the 1896, 1900, and 1908 elections. He also served in the United States House of Representatives and as the United States Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson. Just before his death, he gained national attention for attacking the te...

Lamar, Joseph Rucker, 1857-1916

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Joseph Rucker Lamar (1857-1916), lawyer, Georgia House of Representatives (1886-1889), Georgia Supreme Court (1901-1905), and U.S. Supreme Court (1911-1916), born in Elbert County, Georgia. Clarinda Huntington Pendleton (b. 1856) married Lamar in 1879. From the description of Joseph Rucker and Clarinda Pendleton Lamar papers, 1792-1936, (bulk 1910-1915). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477947 ...

Pendleton, Nathaniel, 1756-1821

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Nathaniel Pendleton (1756-1821): Revolutionary War soldier and aide-de-camp to Nathanael Greene; an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati in South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia and New York; member of the Constitutional Convention, 1788; prominent jurist. From the description of Nathaniel Pendleton family papers, 1716-1853 (inclusive), 1782-1817 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702168509 Jurist and officer during the Revolutionary War; aide-de-camp to Gen. Nat...

Lamar, Clarinda Pendleton, 1856-1943

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Georgia. Supreme Court

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Lee, Mary Custis, 1835-1918

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Mary Custis Lee was the eldest daughter of General Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Randolph (Custis) Lee of "Arlington House" in what is now Arlington, Va. Very close to her father, she never married and traveled the world and the United States after his death, and was particular favorite of Confederate veterans and European nobility alike. As unofficial family archivist, Mary Custis Lee collected materials relating to her parents' lives and to the lives and careers of her Custis family ancestors as...

Thanet, Octave, 1850-1934

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American novelist and short story writer. From the description of Letters, 1888-1921. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233100106 Alice French, author of dozens of "local color" short stories, as well as articles, essays and novels, was born in Andover, Massachusetts, on March 18, 1850. Clover Bend, Arkansas provided the inspiration for many of her local color pieces, as well as her 1910 novel, By Inheritance. Her leading works are: Knitters in the Sun (188...

Low, Juliette Gordon, 1860-1927

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Juliette Gordon Low, also known as Daisy, (b. Oct. 31, 1860, Savannah, Ga.-d Jan. 17, 1927, Savannah, Ga.) was the founder of the Girl Scouts of America. She was the daughter of William and Eleanor Gordon of Savannah. She married William Mackay Low in 1886. She founded the Girl Scouts in 1912. She died in Savannah in 1927 and is buried in Laurel Grove Cemetery....

National Society of the Colonial Dames of America

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(Mrs. James Starr, Jr. was the president of the PA chapter and chair of the National Committee for the Preservation of Existing Records) From the description of National Society of the Colonial Dames of America records, 1848-1918. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 232362062 A national organization, founded in 1891, composed of women who are descended from an ancestor who came to reside in an American colony before 1750 and whose services were rendered...

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain)

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The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge was the first of the great Anglican humanitarian and missionary societies, founded by the Church of England at the end of the 17th century. It concentrated on Christian literature and education in the British Isles and overseas. The Society was extremely active in the first half of the 18th century. From the description of S.P.C.K. early 18th century archives : part D, special subjects, 1705-1854 (inclusive) [microform]. (Yale University)...

Minerva (Ship : 1789-1819)

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Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by J.S. Macomber, on voyage 11 Sept. 1844-3 Mar. 1847 to the Cape Verde, Cornell, River Platte, Falklands, On Shore, Galapagos, Hawaii, Northwest Coast, Tonga, Vasquez, Tuamatos, Franch Rock, coast of Brazil, coast of Chile, and False Banks whaling grounds; owner-agent: William Gifford; built at Charlestown, Mass., 1816; sold and withdrawn, 1860. From the description of Logbook, 1844 Sept. 11-1847 Mar. 3. (Old Dartmouth Historical S...

Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881

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James Garfield, twentieth President of the United States, was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in 1831. After embarking on an academic career, he joined the Ohio volunteer infantry regiment, and in 1863 was appointed Major General in the same regiment. He served as a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from 1863 to 1880, when he was elected President. His inauguration took place on March 4, 1881, but his term of office was unfortunately brought to an abrupt end with his assassination by C...

Taft, William Howard, 1857-1930

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William Howard Taft (1857-1930) was an American politician who served as U.S. President (1908-1912) and Chief Justitce of the Supreme Court (1921-1930). 1857 Born in Cincinnati, Ohio on September 15th 1878 Graduated from Yale University 1880 Graduated from Cincinnati Law School ...