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  William Allen (governor) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Allen (December 18 or December 27, 1803 – July 11, 1879) was a Democratic Representative and Senator from the U.S. state of Ohio, as well as Governor of Ohio.
His sister, Mary Granberry Allen, married Pleasant Thurman, and their son, Allen G. Thurman, followed in his uncle's footsteps, becoming a lawyer and politician.
Allen then retired to his farm, "Fruit Hill", near Chillicothe, Ohio, and did not return to public service for nearly a quarter century.
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 Allen G. Thurman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Allen Granberry Thurman (November 13, 1813 – December 12, 1895) was a Democratic Representative and Senator from Ohio.
Thurman spoke out against the repeal of the Missouri Compromise and opposed the pro-slavery Lecompton constitution for Kansas.
Thurman was put forth as a favorite son candidate in the Democratic presidential nominating conventions in 1876, 1880, and 1884.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Allen_G._Thurman   (800 words)

  
 THURMAN - LoveToKnow Article on THURMAN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He introduced the Thurman Bill, for which he was chiefly responsible, which became law in May 1878, and readjusted the government's relations with the bond-aided Pacific railways.
Thurman was a member of the Electoral Commission of 1877, and was one of the American delegates to the international monetary conference at Paris in 1881.
In 1876, 1880 and 1884 he was a candidate for the.presidential nomination, and in 1888 was nominated for vice-president on the ticket with Grover Cleveland, but was defeated in the election.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /T/TH/THURMAN.htm   (262 words)

  
 Ohio Historical Society | Ohio Governors
Allen was reared by his half-sister, a woman of strong character, who married the Rev. Pleasant Thurman.
After a short residence in Lynchburg, Virginia, where Allen was apprenticed to a saddler, the young boy of sixteen determined to seek his fortunes in the West, whither his sister and her family had already gone.
In 1832 Allen was nominated for representative to congress by the Jacksonian Democrats in a district normally Republican.
www.ohiohistory.org /onlinedoc/ohgovernment/governors/allen.html   (1108 words)

  
 Allen Granbery Thurman
THURMAN, Allen Granbery, statesman, born in Lynchburg, Virginia, 13 November, 1813.
Thurman was then elected to the senate to succeed Benjamin F. Wade.
Thurman's rank in the senate was established from the day he took his seat, and was never lowered during the period of his service.
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 THURMAN, ALLEN G. - LoveToKnow Article on THURMAN, ALLEN G.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
THURMAN, ALLEN G. - LoveToKnow Article on THURMAN, ALLEN G. abandoned hope of office.
(A. THURMAN, ALLEN GRANBERY (1813-1893), American jurist and statesman, was born at Lynchburg, Virginia, on the i3th of November 1813.
In 1819 he removed with his parents to Chillicothe, Ohio, where he attended the local academy for two years, studied law in the office of his uncle, William Alien,1 and in 1835 was admitted to the bar, becoming his uncle's law partner.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /T/TH/THURMAN_ALLEN_G_.htm   (1410 words)

  
 William Allen
ALLEN, William, statesman, born in Edenton, North Carolina, in 1806; died 11 July 1879.
Allen took no part in public affairs until he was elected governor of Ohio in 1873.
Governor Allen was the foremost representative and advocate of the policy of an irredeemable paper currency, and therefore the "Ohio idea" was peculiarly associated with his name.
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 Frontline: Gibson
Still other eminent personages associated with the generation of Henry Timberlake Duncan were Bancroft, the historian, and James G. Blaine, then a struggling school teacher who spent his holidays at Duncannon, and afterward, at the pinnacle of political success, happily recalled his associations there and the hospitalities shared.
Harrison G. Foster was reared at St. Paul and from the public schools of that city entered a preparatory school in New York to prepare for West Point.
The second son, Addison G. Foster, 2nd, was born at Tacoma, March 21, 1894, was educated privately, attended St. Paul Academy, the Hotchkiss School at Lakeville, Connecticut, and Philips Academy at Andover, and subsequently continued his education under a private tutor, Arthur Gunlogsen, famous scholar and comparative philologist in Washington state.
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 American President   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Democrats, meanwhile, nominated the incumbent President Grover Cleveland and Ohio Senator Allen G. Thurman.
In the Mugwump revolt of reform Republicans against the candidacy of Senator James G. Blaine of Maine in 1884, Benjamin Harrison carefully walked the middle ground.
At the Republican convention in Chicago in the summer of 1888, front-runner James G. Blaine, unable to secure the nomination for himself, threw his support to Harrison in the hope of uniting the party against the Democratic incumbent, Grover Cleveland.
www.americanpresident.org /history/benjaminharrison/biography/email.html   (5584 words)

  
 Ross County, Ohio History
United States Senators.--1803 to 1807, Thomas Worthington; 1807 to 1809, Edward Tiffin; resigned his seat in 1809, and was succeeded by Thomas Worthington, who also resigned, in 1815, to accept the governorship of Ohio ; Joseph Kerr was elected to servo the unexpired term.
This was the last United States senator from Ross county until 1837, when William Allen was elected, and served until 1849.
Thurman; 1847 to 1855, John L. Taylor; 1857 to 1859, Joseph Miller; 1859 to 1863, Carey A.
www.heritagepursuit.com /Ross/RossChapVIII.htm   (589 words)

  
 Allen G. Thurman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Allen Granberry Thurman (November 13, 1813 – December 12, 1895) was a United States Democratic PartyDemocratic United States House of RepresentativesRepresentative and United States SenateSenator from Ohio/.
In the 1876-1877 U.S. presidential election, 1876electoral college crisis, he helped to arrive at the solution of creating the Electoral Commission to settle the controversy, and ultimately served as one of the members of the commission, as one of the five Senators (one of the two Senate Democrats, and one of the seven Democrats altogether).
As a Democrat, he voted with the seven-member minority, in favor of the Samuel J. Tilden electors in all cases, but the Republican majority prevailed in all the votes, and Thurman's 1867 gubernatorial opponent, Rutherford B. Hayes, became President of the United StatesPresident.
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 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Thurman
Thurman, A. — of Joplin, Jasper County, Mo. Democrat.
Thurman, Allen Granberry (1813-1895) — also known as Allen G. Thurman — of Ohio.
Thurman, John Richardson (1814-1854) — of New York.
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 Wards in State Legislatures
He was a delegate to the Democratic Party National Convention of 1884 and offered the name of Allen G. Thurman for president.
Greg Ward, was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives, 4th District and is currently in office in 2002.
Harold G. Ward was born in Chicago, IL.
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 USA-Presidents.Info - James Garfield
In 1876, when James G. Blaine moved from the House to the Senate, Garfield became the Republican floor leader of the House.
It began with the impending end of the term of Ohio's Democratic Senator, Allen G. Thurman (who had also served on the 1876 Electoral Commission).
But before he could ever sit in the Senate, the Republicans held their Presidential nominating convention, and he was a leader among those in the convention who opposed renominating former President Ulysses S. Grant for a third term.
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 Madison County, Ohio History
He died in June, 1829 ; was a cousin of Judge Orris Parish, and is said to have been much the abler lawyer, and better versed in the legal learning of the profession.
Among the early Prosecuting Attorneys were G. Doane, of Circleville, in 1816; David Scott, of Columbus, in 1817 ; James Cooley.
He was somewhat dissipated, and this perhaps was the cause of his leaving his Eastern home, to die far away from wife and family.
www.heritagepursuit.com /Madison/MadisonChapX.htm   (15826 words)

  
 William Allen White   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
William Allen White Born in Emporia, Kansas on February 10, 1868, William Allen White was a nationally-known newspaper editor for much of his life.
White purchased the The Emporia Gazette in 1895 and continuing as its editor until his death on January 31, 1944.
The pop/rock musical group They Might Be Giants used giant cardboard cutouts of White's face in their early music videos from the 80's.
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 thurman - OneLook Dictionary Search
THURMAN : 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
Thurman : Columbia Gazetteer of North America [home, info]
Phrases that include thurman: allen g thurman, uma thurman, allen g.
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 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Bibliography: DAB; Comegys, Cornelius G. Reminiscences of the Life and Public Services of Edward Tiffin, Ohio's First Governor.
"William Allen Trimble, United States Senator from Ohio." Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly 14 (July 1905): 225- 46.
Bibliography: DAB; McGrane, Reginald C. William Allen: A Study in Western Democracy.
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 Election of 1888
The Republicans in 1888 sensed an opportunity to regain the White House because President Cleveland had offended so many sectors of the electorate.
James G. Blaine, the unsuccessful candidate in 1884, refused to run again.
Benjamin Harrison, a former senator from Indiana and grandson of the hero of Tippecanoe, became the nominee.
www.u-s-history.com /pages/h755.html   (299 words)

  
 National Park Service - The Presidents (Grover Cleveland)
By the spring of 1855, however, he had ventured only as far as the stock farm of his uncle, Lewis F. Allen, near Buffalo, N.Y. After a summer of assisting in compiling Allen's American Shorthorn Herd Book, Cleveland entered a Buffalo law office as an apprentice clerk.
In 1859 he was admitted to the bar and began practice.
The Democrats, who were backed by a splinter group of antimachine Republicans, charged James G. Blaine, the Republican candidate, with corruption because of his implication in the Credit Mobilier scandal.
www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/presidents/bio22.htm   (1593 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: BLACKER, ALLEN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Allen Blacker, legislator, pioneer, and civic leader, was born to Dennis and Rachel (Hotsenviller) Blacker in Ross County, Ohio, on February 5, 1832.
He studied law under Allen G. Thurman and later joined the law offices of McClintock and Smith, a prominent commercial law firm.
In 1859 he moved to Nebraska City to serve as clerk of the territorial court.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/print/BB/fbl68.html   (382 words)

  
 The Electoral Commission : Index : a machine readable transcription.
Allen G. Thurman, a Senator and a member of said Commission, to proceed with its duties
Allen G. Thurman, a member of this Commission, is physically unable tomperform his duties as a Commissioner, that the vacancy so created be filled
Allen G. Thurman to perform the duties required by the act of Congress establishing the said Commission
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 Volume V Appendix C
Allen G. Thurman was its first president; it is the official historical society of the State, six of its trustees being appointed by the governor.
For years the society has been the custodian of Ft. Ancient, the largest and best preserved and most interesting remains of the Mound Build- ers now extant.
THE CITIZENS SAVINGS AND TRUST COMPANY [Now The Union Trust Company] By G. KOELLIKER Secretary.
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 Articles - John Sherman (politician)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He served as Secretary of the Treasury in the cabinet of President Rutherford B. Hayes from 1877 to 1881.
He sought the Republican nomination for the Presidency in 1880, hoping to become a compromise candidate between Ulysses S. Grant, who was being promoted for a third term, and James G. Blaine.
Sherman returned to the Senate, taking the seat to which the Ohio legislature had originally elected Garfield, replacing Allen G. Thurman, in 1881, serving until 1897, when he resigned once more to join the Cabinet.
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 History of the ONU   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It may be remembered that Sherman always managed to have a Democrat for his colleague.
The other Ohio senator was Allen G. Thurman, a gentleman as well as a statesman.
As stated before, the Normal building was far from completion and we feared that if we would dedicate the building before it was completed we might invalidate our different contracts with the trustees.
www.onu.edu /library/onuhistory/histonu/SEC237.HTM   (1070 words)

  
 Foster v. Love, 522 U.S. 67 (1997)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Holm, 285 U.S. Congressional authority extends not only to general elections, but also to any “primary election which involves a necessary step in the choice of candidates for election as representatives in Congress.” United States v.
Globe, 42d Cong., 2d Sess., 677 (1872) (remarks of Sen. Thurman).
In those States, if no candidate receives a majority vote on federal election day, there has been a failure to elect and a subsequent run-off election is required.
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 Atlantic and Great Western Railroad Company 1875
On March 12, 1862, general control of all three companies was placed under a central board made of two directors from each of the companies.
The Ohio Board was represented by Marvin Kent and W. Streator; the Pennsylvania Board by William Reynolds and John Dick;and the New York Board by A. Allen and T. Kennard.
The foreclosure took place and the property was purchased on July 26, 1871 by Gen. George B. McClellan, William Butler Duncan and Allen G. Thurman.
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 The Bohemian, Columbus Ohio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
If it is literary ruins he is after let him go east where he is liable at every turn to stumble against such grand ruins as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Mrs.
Partington, Amos Bronson Alcott, Dr. Holmes, George W. Curtis, John G.
Whittier, Mark Twain, John G. Saxe, Richard Grant White, James Parton, Edwin E. Hale, and heaven only knows how many more of the kind.
www.copperas.com /wilde/bohemian.html   (1120 words)

  
 The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
Although reelected to a second term, Ohio Republicans on June 19, 1867, nominated Hayes for governor.
His Democratic opponent, the popular Ohio Chief Justice Allen G. Thurman, was favored to win the contest.
Throughout the campaign, Hayes challenged Ohio's prevalent anti-Black sentiment by championing Black voting rights.
www.rbhayes.org /sthrn.htm   (1354 words)

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