Letter : Washington, D.C., to [Rutherford B. Hayes], n.p., 1877 Feb. 26.

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, James F. (James Falconer), 1828-1895

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American lawyer and legislator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to W.W. Belknap, 1874 Jun. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588588 ...

William E. Barton Collection of Lincolniana (University of Chicago)

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Barton, William Eleazar, 1861-1930

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Clergyman. From the description of William Eleazar Barton address, 1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453232 Minister First Congregational Church, Oak Park, Illinois, 1899-1924; author; Abraham Lincoln biographer. From the description of Papers, 1920s. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 77514474 Congregational clergyman, author. From the guide to the William E. Barton letter to Mr. Graff, 1900, (The New York Publi...

Caldwell, Henry C. (Henry Clay), 1832-1915

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U.S. district judge for the District of Arkansas, 1864-1890; circuit judge for the 8th U.S. circuit, 1890-1903. From the description of Note : to Ben W. Austin, 1887 Sept. 7. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936864 Caldwell served as prosecuting attorney in Van Buren County, represented the county in the 8th Iowa General Assembly and fought in the Civil War, achieving the rank of colonel. In 1864 he resigned from the army to accept the position of judge of...

Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893

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Rutherford B. Hayes was born in Delaware, Ohio, in 1822 and earned degrees from Kenyon College and Harvard Law School before starting a career as a lawyer in Cincinnati. Hayes served as a major general in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War and was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1864. Hayes then was elected Governor of Ohio and later served one term as President of the United States (1877-1881) before retiring to his home in Fremont, Ohio, where he died in 1893.President of the Uni...