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Henry Waldron
Henry Waldron (October 11, 1819 – September 13, 1880) was an American politician and a United States Representative from the U.S. state of Michigan. Early life Waldron was born in Albany, New York, attended Albany Academy, and graduated from Rutgers College in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1836. He moved to Michigan in 1837 and was employed as a civil engineer in railroad work. In 1839 Waldron settled in Hillsdale, Michigan. Career Waldron became a member of the Michigan House of Representatives in 1843, where he represented the Hillsdale County district, and was a director of the Michigan Southern Railroad, serving from 1846 to 1848. He was active in promoting the construction of the Detroit, Hillsdale and South Western Railroad and served as its first president. He was a presidential elector on the Whig Party ticket in 1848. In 1854, he defeated incumbent Democrat David A. Noble to be elected as a Republican from Michigan's 2nd congressional district to the Thirty-fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michigan
Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, Indiana and Illinois to the southwest, Ohio to the southeast, and the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario to the east, northeast and north. With a population of 10.14 million and an area of , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 10th-largest state by population, the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 11th-largest by area, and the largest by total area east of the Mississippi River.''i.e.'', including water that is part of state territory. Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia is the largest state by land area alone east of the Mississippi and Michigan the second-largest. The state capital is Lansing, Michigan, Lansing, while its most populous city is Detroit. The Metro Detroit r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Library Of Michigan
The Library of Michigan is the state library of the U.S. state of Michigan, located in the state capital, Lansing. It is housed in the 5-story Michigan Library and Historical Center building. The library's purpose is to collect and preserve Michigan publications, conduct reference and research, and support libraries statewide. The Library of Michigan has been a division of the Michigan Department of Education since 2009. A key service of the Library of Michigan is the Michigan eLibrary (MeL), one of the first online libraries on the Internet. MeL provides full-text articles, books, Michigan history materials, and evaluated web sites to residents of the state of Michigan. In addition to its function as the state library, the Library of Michigan also operates the Michigan History Museum within part of the library building. The Michigan History Museum includes permanent and seasonal exhibits on Michigan history, and is open to the public. History In 1828, a territorial libra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waldron, Michigan
Waldron is a village in Hillsdale County, Michigan, Hillsdale County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 505 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The village is located within Wright Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan, Wright Township. History The first settler to the area was Russell Coman, who came from New York (state), New York in 1835. In 1837, the early settlers submitted the new name of the community as Coman, but a clerical error ended up assigning the community's name as Canaan. It was renamed Wright after the township in 1844. A post office opened on November 2, 1855, and was named South Wright due to the community's southern location in the township. In 1877, portions of the community were formally platted and adopted under the name Waldron after congressman Henry Waldron of Hillsdale, Michigan, Hillsdale, who represented the area in the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives. Waldron incorporated as a villa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burial
Burial, also known as interment or inhumation, is a method of final disposition whereby a dead body is placed into the ground, sometimes with objects. This is usually accomplished by excavating a pit or trench, placing the deceased and objects in it, and covering it over. A funeral is a ceremony that accompanies the final disposition. Evidence suggests that some archaic and early modern humans buried their dead. Burial is often seen as indicating respect for the dead. It has been used to prevent the odor of decay, to give family members closure and prevent them from witnessing the decomposition of their loved ones, and in many cultures it has been seen as a necessary step for the deceased to enter the afterlife or to give back to the cycle of life. Methods of burial may be heavily ritualized and can include natural burial (sometimes called "green burial"); embalming or mummification; and the use of containers for the dead, such as shrouds, coffins, grave liners, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States House Committee On Mines And Mining
The United States House Committee on Mines and Mining is a defunct committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. The Committee on Mines and Mining was created on December 19, 1865, for consideration of subjects relating to mining interests. It exercised jurisdiction over the Geological Survey, the Bureau of Mines, the establishment of mining schools and mining experimental stations, mineral land laws, the welfare of men working in mines, mining debris, relief in cases of mineral contracts connected with the prosecution of war, the mining of radium ore, and the Government's fuel yards in the District of Columbia. In 1947, the committee was abolished and its duties were transferred to the United States House Committee on Public Lands. Chairmen ReferencesRecords of the Committee on Mines and Mining (1865- 1946) Records of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and Its Predecessors, Guide to the Records of the U.S. House of Representatives at the National Archives, 1789- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
44th United States Congress
The 44th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1875, to March 4, 1877, during the seventh and eighth years of Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses S. Grant's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives was based on the 1870 United States census. For the first time since the American Civil War, the House had a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic majority. The Senate maintained a Republican Party (United States), Republican majority. Major events * November 22, 1875: Vice President Henry Wilson died from a stroke * June 25, 1876: Custer's Last Stand at the Battle of Little Bighorn * July 4, 1876: United States Centennial * November 7, 1876: United States general elections, 1876, including the disputed U.S. pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
43rd United States Congress
The 43rd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1873, to March 4, 1875, during the fifth and sixth years of Ulysses S. Grant's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1870 United States census. Both chambers had a Republican majority. This is the last time Republicans held a 2/3 majority in the Senate. Major events * September 18, 1873: New York stock market crash triggered the Panic of 1873, part of the Long Depression * November 4, 1874: United States House of Representatives elections, 1874 -Democrats regained control of the U.S. House of Representatives for the first time since 1860 * November 25, 1874: United States Greenback Party established as a political party, made primarily of farmers financially hurt by the Panic of 187 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
42nd United States Congress
The 42nd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1871, to March 4, 1873, during the third and fourth years of Ulysses S. Grant's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1860 United States census. Both chambers had a Republican majority. Major events * June 10, 1871: U.S. Marines make naval attack on the Han River forts in Korea * March 1, 1872: Yellowstone National Park was established as the world's first national park * November 5, 1872: 1872 United States presidential election Major legislation * April 20, 1871: Enforcement Act of 1871 * March 1, 1872: Yellowstone National Park founded * May 10, 1872: General Mining Act of 1872 * May 23, 1872: Amnesty Act of 1872 * June 1, 1872: Practice Conformity Act (precursor to the Rules En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States House Committee On Expenditures In The Department Of The Treasury
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is the main investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives. The committee's broad jurisdiction and legislative authority make it one of the most influential and powerful panels in the House. Its chair is one of only three in the House with the authority to issue subpoenas without a committee vote or consultation with the ranking member. However, in recent history, it has become practice to refrain from unilateral subpoenas. Carolyn Maloney ( D-New York) served as acting chair of the committee following the death of Elijah Cummings ( D-Maryland) on October 17, 2019; she was elected chair a month later. Representative Jim Jordan served as ranking member from January 3, 2019, until March 12, 2020. On March 31, 2020, Jordan switched to become the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee instead. Representative Mark Meadows served as ranking member from March 13, 2020, until March 30, 2020, when he resigned his c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
36th United States Congress
The 36th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1859, to March 4, 1861, during the third and fourth years of James Buchanan's Presidency of James Buchanan, presidency. The apportionment of seats in the United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives was based on the 1850 United States census. The Senate had a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic majority, and the House had a Republican Party (United States), Republican plurality. Major events * June 8, 1859: Comstock Lode discovered in the western Utah Territory (present-day Nevada) * August 27, 1859: First oil well was drilled in the United States, near Titusville, Pennsylvania * October 16–18, 1859: John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry * December 2, 1859 John Brown (abolitionist), John Brown executed. * Decembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
35th United States Congress
The 35th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1857, to March 4, 1859, during the first two years of James Buchanan's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1850 United States census. Both chambers had a Democratic majority. Major events * Panic of 1857 * March 4, 1857. James Buchanan became President of the United States * March 6, 1857: '' Dred Scott v. Sandford'' * July 18, 1857: Utah Expedition left Fort Leavenworth, effectively beginning the Utah War * February 6, 1858: Brawl on the floor of the House involving 50 or more representatives during the debates over the admission of Kansas as free or slave * August 21, 1858: First of the Lincoln-Douglas debates was held * March 3, 1859: Financial appropriations for the improvement and co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
34th United States Congress
The 34th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C., from March 4, 1855, to March 4, 1857, during the last two years of Franklin Pierce's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1850 United States census. The Whig Party, one of the two major parties of the era, had largely collapsed, although many former Whigs ran as Republicans or as members of the " Opposition Party." The Senate had a Democratic majority, and the House was controlled by a coalition of Representatives led by Nathaniel P. Banks, a member of the American Party. Major events * March 30, 1855: Elections were held for the first Kansas Territory legislature. Missourians crossed the border in large numbers to elect a pro-slavery body. * July 2, 1855: The Kansas territorial legislature conv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
