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  Encyclopedia: Alonzo B. Cornell
Alonzo Barton Cornell (22 January 1832–15 October 1904) was Governor of New York from 1880 to 1883.
Ezra Cornell (January 11, 1807 – December 9, 1874) was an American businessman and founder of Cornell University.
Cornell was Governor of New York from 1880 to 1882.
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 Cornell, Alonzo B. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Ithaca, N.Y. Cornell was a director (1868–69) and vice president (1870–76) of the Western Union Telegraph Company, founded by his father, Ezra Cornell.
Cornell refused, and though strongly supported by Conkling, he and Chester A. Arthur, the collector of the port of New York, were removed in 1878.
Cornell was promptly chosen governor of New York for the term 1880–83.
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 Ezra Cornell
Cornell was the founder of Cornell University at Ithaca.
Cornell was a delegate at large to the Republican national convention at Cincinnati in 1876, and was the leader of the New York delegation.
Cornell served as chairman of the state committee, and also as a member of the national executive committee, and devoted himself to the work with great energy.
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 Probert Encyclopaedia: People and Peoples (Alf-Alz)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
ALONZO B. Alonzo B Cornell was an American politician.
Alonzo Cano was a Spanish painter, sculptor and architect.
ALONZO M. Alonzo M Clark was an American politician.
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 Alonzo B. Cornell -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Alonzo Barton Cornell (22 January 1832–15 October 1904) was born in (A Greek island west of Greece; in Homeric legend Odysseus was its king) Ithaca in (additional info and facts about Tompkins County, New York) Tompkins County, New York.
He was educated at the Ithaca Academy, and a the age of fifteen began a career in the field of (Communicating at a distance by electric transmission over wire) telegraphy, later serving as a manager in telegraph offices.
Cornell was (additional info and facts about Governor of New York) Governor of New York from 1880 to 1882.
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 Alonzo B. Cornell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born in Ithaca in Tompkins County, New York, he was the eldest son of Ezra Cornell, the founder of Cornell University.
He was educated at the Ithaca Academy, and at the age of fifteen began a career in the field of telegraphy, later serving as a manager in telegraph offices.
Although he lived in New York City during his latter years, Cornell died in Ithaca, New York.
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 Cornell, Alonzo B. on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Ithaca, N.Y. Cornell was a director (1868-69) and vice president (1870-76) of the Western Union Telegraph Company, founded by his father, Ezra Cornell.
A supporter of Senator Roscoe Conkling, he was surveyor of customs (1869-73) at the port of New York, chairman (1870-78) of the Republican state central committee, and speaker (1873) of the New York assembly.
Cornell was promptly chosen governor of New York for the term 1880-83.
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 Tompkins County, NYGenWeb - Landmarks of Tompkins County, Part II. - Biographical
Cornell began official life and discharged the onerous duties incident to the closing years of the civil war in such manner as to command the grateful appreciation of his constituents of all political predilections.
Cornell was elected Member of the New York State Assembly from the Eleventh Assembly District of New York city, and upon the organization of that body he was chosen speaker by acclamation in the Republican caucus of ninety-six members.
Cornell proved to be sufficiently the favorite to command a majority vote of the delegates in convention, and was therefore nominated on the first ballot.
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 Guide to the Ezra Cornell Papers, 1746-1888
Cornell had been cash-poor and far from home for many years; when he announced the establishment of the Cornell University, he was deluged with appeals for help, from close and distant relatives, from needy sufferers and cranks.
Cornell was tireless in self-documenting his affairs and those of his family, encouraging correspondents to regard their letters as important works by leaving margins on the pages and improving their spelling.
Ezra Cornell to Mary Ann Cornell and children concerning interest in the telegraph from companies in Boston, Philadelphia, and New York; potential employment with telegraph for family members; continued description of trip down the Hudson, including discussion of the raising of a sunken ship rumored to be that of Capt. Kidd.
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 Guide to the Letters for Ezra Cornell Memorial Volume,1887-1888
Letters and manuscripts of recollections and memorials concerning Ezra Cornell, solicited by his son, Alonzo B. Cornell, via form letters dated November 30 and December 9, 1887.
Poetry, early Ithaca history, statement of Andrew D. White asserting that Cornell was indeed a Christian oriented university; obituaries of Ezra Cornell and Susan Linn Sage (Mrs.
Political items, obituary notices for Alonzo B. Cornell, Henry W. Sage, James Fraser Gluck and others; Cornell University related news and fields of study; history and government of the University, sports, and former Cornell presidents.
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 Guide to the Ezra Cornell Papers, 1746-1888
Letter from David Starr Jordan to Jacob Gould Schurman on the 100th anniversary of Ezra Cornell's birth, relating to the spirit that animated the students and faculty of the newly-founded university and to the concepts and functions of the university in a democratic society.
Ezra Cornell papers include minutes of a citizens' meeting (February 5, 1863), at which Cornell's proposal for building the Cornell Public Library was considered, and letters to Cornell, 1863-1874, from William Hodgins, the library architect, and John Henry Selkreg, Francis Miles Finch, and others concerning the operation of the library.
Cornell, John, Rev. Genealogy of the Cornell Family: Being an Account of the Descendants of Thomas Cornell of Portsmouth, R.I. New York: T.A. Wright, 1902.
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 New York Auto-Telegraph Company Stock - 1885 Signed by Cornell
One is of Mercury over the globe telegraphing a message with sparks in the sky over the clouds, the second is of two women in front of a harbor scene and the third is of an old sailor and indian.
This item is signed on the front and back by Alonzo B Cornell and is over 114 years old.
Westchester Landing, N.Y. Cornell, who began life as a laborer, was of an ingenious mechanical bent and had a shrewd business mind.
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 Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford B. Hayes was a sickly child and when he was three years old, his older brother Lorenzo drowned, leaving his mother very apprehensive of young Rutherford’s health and well-being.
On March 2, 1877, the result of the proceedings was the declaration of Rutherford B. Hayes by a vote of 185 electoral votes to Tilden’s 184.
Cornell, later Governor of New York, among them) ignored their jobs and worked instead at Republican Party politics.
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 Ezra Cornell: A Man of Politics
Cornell early identified himself with the new party, serving as a delegate to the first national Republican convention in February 1856.
Cornell supported Frémont and continued to be active in the Republican party, campaigning for Lincoln in the 1860 election.
His son Alonzo B. Cornell served as governor from 1880 to 1883.
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 Dave Kopel & Co. on Winfield Scott Hancock and the NRA on National Review Online
Unfortunately for the NRA, Alonzo B. Cornell was elected governor of New York in 1880.
Cornell naïvely predicted: "There will be no war in my time or in the time of my children." He added, "The only need for a National Guard is to show itself in parades and ceremonies.
Cornell had won office as a fiscal conservative, and his cuts to the New York National Guard budget financially destabilized the fledgling National Rifle Association.
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 Maine Farmer,
Ezra Cornell was born on January 11, 1807 at Westchester Landing in the town and county of Westchester, New York.
Cornell and Mary Ann began housekeeping in the summer of 1831.
Cornell and his correspondents—particularly members of his own family—discussed episodes of poor health, journeys, businesses, fires and floods, and myriad family matters (including news, gossip, and criticism of family members).
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 Guide to the Ezra Cornell Papers, 1746-1888
Alonzo B. Cornell to Ezra Cornell from Buffalo:
Ezra Cornell to Alonzo B. Cornell on the settlement of the O'Reilly controversy.
Ezra Cornell to Alonzo B. Cornell on temperance.
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 Alonzo B. Cornell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Alonzo Barton Cornell (22 January 1832 - 15 October 1904) was born in Ithaca in Tompkins County, New York.
He was the eldest son of Ezra Cornell, the founder of Cornell University.
This page was last modified 02:39, 7 Jul 2004.
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 Guide to the Ezra Cornell Papers, 1746-1888
Ezra Cornell to Alonzo B. Cornell admonishing him for revealing elements of slothful behavior.
Ezra Cornell to the Editor of the Herald concerning disputed invention of the telegraph.
Ezra Cornell to Alonzo B. Cornell with advice, instruction, and entreaties concerning the latter's study habits.
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 NYSDEC Law Enforcement - ECO History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
They were also authorized to bring actions and proceedings in the name of the people of the State to recover penalties to punish any parties for the violation of these statutes and laws.
On July 1, 1880, then Governor Alonzo B. Cornell appointed the first eight New York State Game Protectors.
The force grew from a budget of $6,000 in 1880 to a 1990 level of 305 sworn police officers and a budget of over 12 million dollars.
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 Alonzo B. Cornell - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Alonzo B. Cornell - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
This page was last modified 20:29, 10 May 2005.
This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Alonzo B. Cornell contains research on
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 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Cornell
Sage Chapel, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. Cornell, Charles G. — of New York,
Cornell, E. — of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kan. Republican.
Sage Chapel, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. Cornell, F. Shepard — of New York.
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 AllRefer.com - Roscoe Conkling (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
But in 1878, President Hayes, an advocate of civil service reform, removed two Conkling lieutenants, Chester A. Arthur and Alonzo B. Cornell, from the management of the New York customhouse in defiance of Conkling, who claimed that a Senator had the right to control federal patronage in his state.
Conkling was reelected, and another lieutenant, Thomas C. Platt, became his colleague in the Senate, while Cornell won the governorship.
Conkling headed the third-term movement for Grant in 1880 and placed him in nomination at the Republican national convention.
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They afterward quarrelled over their respective claims to credit, but in 1838-1841 telegraph lines secured by their patents were set up on the Great Western and two other English railways.
Alonzo B. Cornell, son of the founder of Cornell University, at one time Governor of New York, was intimately connected with electrical and telegraphic affairs for many years; therefore on the subject here presented he speaks with professional authority.
(1846) THE ACQUISITION OF CALIFORNIA, Henry B. Dawson In the history of the United States, the acquisition of California, carrying with it that of New Mexico, was a peculiar and unusual event, and one of immense significance in the expansion and development of the Republic.
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 Rutherford B. Hayes
Born in Delaware, Ohio on October 4, 1822, Rutherford B. Hayes grew up in a brick house with his mother, Sophia Hayes and his uncle Sardis Birchard (his father died a two months before he was born).
One of the officials he dismissed was Chester A. Arthur, collector of the port of New York, who was later to become the twenty-first President of the United States.
The other official he dismissed, Alonzo B. Cornell, became governor of New York in 1879.
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 Overview and History of the Flower-Sprecher Veterinary Library in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell ...
In a 1930 paper on the Library, Professor Simon Henry Gage recalled a story originally told by Charles Ezra Cornell, Ezra Cornell's grandson, trustee of the University, and Secretary of the College Council (Gage, p.346-347).
A number of individuals served as part-time librarians in conjunction with their other duties, such as College Clerk, until 1923 when Miss Williams was appointed as the first full time librarian.
Charles Ezra Cornell (1897-1902) Ralph Minthorne Brown (1902) Arthur Malcolm Bean (1903) Philena B. Fletcher (1904-1907) Grace Elinor Kinney (1907) Helena Haight (1908) Allen J. Thomas (1908-1911) Francis B. vanZandt (1911-1922) Clayton E. DeCamp (1922) E.
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 The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Cornell, Alonzo B. @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Cornell, Alonzo B. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition; 9/9/2005
CORNELL, ALONZO B. [Cornell, Alonzo B.], 1832-1904, American businessman and politician, b.
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