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  Virginia, state, United States. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Along with Massachusetts, Virginia was a leader in the movement that culminated in the American Revolution although, despite the burning oratory of Patrick Henry and the enlightened political writings of Thomas Jefferson and other brilliant native spokesmen, Virginia was never as politically discontent or radical as Massachusetts.
The Virginia leaders proposed (May, 1774) a congress of all the colonies, delegates were chosen at the First Virginia Convention (Aug.), and in September Virginia’s Peyton Randolph was elected president of the First Continental Congress.
Elsewhere in the state, especially in the west, antislavery sentiment was strong in the early 19th cent., and following the slave insurrection (1831) led by Nat Turner the house of delegates voted down a bill to abolish slavery by the narrow margin of seven votes.
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 Wisconsin's Official State Symbols   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Because of the number of different purebred cows in the state, each year the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection is required to establish an annual rotation among the state's breeds.
The trilobite became the state fossil in 1985.
Cranberries are grown in 20 of Wisconsin't 72 counties, primarily in the central part of of the state.
www.legis.state.wi.us /assembly/acc/kids/state.htm   (1201 words)

  
 International Cooperative Information Center: Famous Co-op People through the Ages   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
He was one of the first to state that consumers' cooperation included all joint purchasing and production of goods and services, no matter their nature, by ultimate users - whether by farmers of anyone else.
Returning to the States, he took steps to learn more about this concept and was soon involved in establishing, with help from Desjardins, the CU idea in his home State of MA.
Leader of co-ops in Spain - appointed to Chair of Cooperation at School of Social Studies in Madrid; a member of Spanish Inst.
www.wisc.edu /uwcc/icic/def-hist/history/famous.html   (12991 words)

  
 A Strategic Plan for Documenting Mental Health in New York State - Executive Summary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
State agencies and private institutions that deal with mental illness operate under strict legal and ethical codes to protect the privacy of individuals who are mentally ill or have official interaction with mental health service providers.
The State constitution of 1846 established a single Board of Prisons to oversee all State prisons, and in 1876 this board was replaced by the Office of Superintendent of State Prisons.
A State Board of Health was created in 1880 (Chapter 322) to undertake a variety of health-related activities, including researching diseases and their causes; promoting public health; supervising the registration of vital statistics; and investigating the effect of localities, employment, and other conditions on public health.
www.archives.nysed.gov /a/researchroom/rr_health_mh_recguide.shtml   (11491 words)

  
 1854   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
1851 1852 1853 - 1854 - 1855 1856 1857
February 14 - Texas is linked by telegraph with the rest of the United States, when a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas is completed.
February 28 - The United States Republican Party is organized in Ripon, Wisconsin.
www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/1/18/1854.html   (755 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: 1850s   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Neanderthal (Neandertal) is a small valley of the river Düssel in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, near the city of Mettmann.
In United States history, the term Colonial is used to refer to the period before US independence.
Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874) was the thirteenth (1850–1853) President of the United States and the second President to succeed to the office from the Vice Presidency on the death of the predecessor.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1850s   (2062 words)

  
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The Texas State Cemetery is located approximately one mile east of the State Capitol between Navasota and Comal streets and consists of 18 acres.
In December of 1851, Burleson died in Austin at the home of a friend, and the next day a Committee was convened in the House of Representatives to plan his funeral.
Thirty-five years after Johnston’s return to Texas and the state burial ground, the renowned artist Elisabet Ney was commissioned to construct a monument for the fallen hero.
www.cemetery.state.tx.us /html/history.htm   (1034 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Masonry (Freemasonry)
Findel states that the principal reason is to prevent Masonry from being dominated by a people whose strong racial attachments are incompatible with the unsectarian character of the institution.
The principal system in the United States (Charleston, South Carolina) is the so-called Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, organized in 1801 on the basis of the French Scottish Rite of perfection, which was established by the Council of the Emperors of the East and West (Paris, 1758).
In North America, especially in the United States, a characteristic feature of the outer work is the tendency toward display in the construction of sumptuous Masonic "temples", in Masonic processions, at the laying of cornerstones and the dedication of public buildings and even of Christian churches.
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 1849   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
February 28 - Regular steamboat service from the west to the east coast of the United States begins with the arrival of the SS California in San Francisco Bay.
Concequently the office of President of the United States of America is vacant for a single day.
Urban legend instead helds that David Rice Atchison, President pro tempore of the United States Senate was President for a single day.
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 1851   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
1848 1849 1850 - 1851 - 1852 1853 1854
January 23 - The flip of a coin determines whether a new city in Oregon is named after Boston, Massachusetts, or Portland, Maine, with Portland winning.
March 1 - Victor Hugo gives speech at the French national assembly and uses the phrase United States of Europe several times
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 Modern Era: II
The new order was to reconstitute a legendary ancient state in which the peasantry owned and tilled the land in common; slavery, concubinage, arranged marriage, opium smoking, footbinding, judicial torture, and the worship of idols were all to be eliminated.
From 1861 to 1894, leaders such as these, now turned scholar-administrators, were responsible for establishing modern institutions, developing basic industries, communications, and transportation, and modernizing the military.
The United States, which had not acquired any territorial cessions, proposed in 1899 that there be an "open door" policy in China, whereby all foreign countries would have equal duties and privileges in all treaty ports within and outside the various spheres of influence.
www-chaos.umd.edu /history/modern2.html   (1223 words)

  
 US Department Of State Post Report   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In 1851, slavery was abolished, 60,000 Negroes were freed, and tribute payments by the Indians were abolished.
Galo Plaza Lasso (former Secretary-General of the Organization of American States) was elected President in free elections in 1948 and was succeeded by Dr. Jose M. Velasco Ibarra who completed his presidential term, and, in turn, was succeeded by Dr. Camilo Ponce E., who also completed his presidential term.
The Universidad Andina is a 2002 recipient of a State Department “Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation” grant to assist with the preservation of Afro-Ecuadorian oral history.
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 1848   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
March 10 - The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican-American War.
May 29 - Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state.
November 7 - U.S. presidential election, 1848: Zachary Taylor is elected president in the first US presidential election held in every state on the same day.
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 Collections Pertaining to Women's History and Women's Issues - State Library & Archives of Florida   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Florida State Archives, under the Florida Department of State, is the official repository for the public records of the state of Florida.
The Florida State Society is the central organizing committee for the various local chapters of the DAR, a women's society of descendants of American Revolutionaries whose mission is to promote historical, educational and patriotic work.
Bolton's instrumental role in the fight for equal rights for women and other minorities in the state and country is well documented in these records which reflect her life's work.
dlis.dos.state.fl.us /barm/fsa/women'sguide.htm   (6171 words)

  
 1851 Online Research :: Information about 1851   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
1851 in topic: Art 1851 in architecture - Art - 1851 in literature - 1851 in music Other topics 1851 in Canada - 1851 in rail transport - 1851 in science - 1851 in South Africa - 1851 in sports
Lists of leaders: List of colonial governors in 1851 - List of state leaders in 1851
January 23 - The flip of a coin determines whether a new city in Oregon is named after Boston, Massachusetts, or Portland, Maine, with Portland, Oregon winning.
in-northcarolina.com /search/1851.html   (679 words)

  
 1793   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
January 9 - Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to fly in a balloon in the United States.
February 27 - The Giles resolutions are introduced to the United States House of Representatives asking the House to condemn Alexander Hamilton's handling of loans.
October 12 - The cornerstone of Old East, the oldest state university building in the United States, is laid in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on the campus of the University of North Carolina.
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 ben domenech online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The “lame duck” theory, essentially a description that attempts to associate the tenure restraints of a term-limited politician with the relative power balance in the relationship between the executive and the legislative branches, is mostly composed of broad generalizations as opposed to detailed political science theory.
His stock as a Republican leader is nearly nonexistent in national terms, and his failure to deal with the state’s fiscal troubles has left Virginia’s economy in the lurch, with more than a $1.2 billion budget shortfall.
His legacy in the state is decidedly mixed; and while he had once been a seriously considered candidate for the Vice Presidency, it is doubtful that Gilmore’s national profile will ever again place him in such standing.
www.bendomenech.com /2002_08_11_archive.html   (8873 words)

  
 BOOKS OF THE TIMES; Beware! Tree-Huggers Plot Evil to Save World - New York Times
The radical leaders of the environmentalists -- including the head of NERF, Nicholas Drake, an ascetic Ralph Nader type -- are ruthless control freaks (in another novel, they might well have been greedy corporate tycoons or power-mad politicians).
One subplot in ''State of Fear'' involves the disappearance or death of a wealthy contributor to NERF; another, a proposed lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency to be filed by a small Pacific island nation.
Among his stated beliefs: ''I suspect the people of 2100 will be much richer than we are, consume more energy, have a smaller global population and enjoy more wilderness than we have today.
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President of the United States of America is vacant for a single day.
President pro tempore of the United States Senate was President for a single day.
The Revolutions of 1848 in the German states end and fail.
en-cyclopedia.com /wiki/1849   (401 words)

  
 Kansas Historical Quarterly, 1931-1977
lists of contributors, book lists, errata, and other contents which are not formal articles).
Douglas C. McMurtrie, "The Shawnee Sun: The First Periodical Publication in the United States to be Printed Wholly in an Indian Language," p.
George H. Mayer, "Alf M. Landon, As Leader of the Republican Opposition, 1937-1940," p.
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 List of state leaders in 1833   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
1832 state leaders - Events of 1833 - 1834 state leaders - State leaders by year
Prime Minister - Otto Joachim, Minister of State of Denmark (1824-1842)
United States - Andrew Jackson, President of the United States (1829-1837)
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United States Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech in which he endorses the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war.
July 9 - President Zachary Taylor dies while in office and Millard Fillmore becomes the 13th President of the United States (he is inaugurated the next day).
California is admitted as the 31st U.S. state.
en-cyclopedia.com /wiki/1850   (270 words)

  
 archivists newsletter - BULLDOG, Maryland State Archives
He also lists the state and county records that are extant today at the Archives.
Each state was allowed only one vote on any issue, and that vote was cast by a state delegation consisting of at least three, and as many as eight, delegates.
List of sources for PG cemetery, church, census, tax list, and probate records, as well as family genealogies.
www.mdarchives.state.md.us /msa/refserv/bulldog/bull93/html/bull93.html   (19125 words)

  
 Impeachment of State Officials
On July 24, the House recessed after adopting a resolution stating that it was legally in session to consider impeaching state officers and it had authorized the speaker to appoint an investigatory committee.
The call was of doubtful legality as the state constitution only provided for the governor to call special sessions, but Ferguson removed all question by calling the legislature to meet for the purpose of making appropriations for the university.
He advocated annexing Cuba to the United States, invited two Cubans to be guests at the governor’s mansion, and became involved in their plans.
www.cga.ct.gov /2004/rpt/2004-R-0184.htm   (5737 words)

  
 State leaders by year - Gurupedia
This is a list of heads of state,
government leaders, and other rulers in any given year.
1850s: 1850 - 1851 - 1852 - 1853 - 1854 - 1855 - 1856 - 1857 - 1858 - 1859
www.gurupedia.com /h/he/heads_of_state_timeline.htm   (676 words)

  
 U.S. Senate: Senators Home > State Information > Tennessee
The Republican leader's office, S-230, is named for Howard H. Baker, Jr.; his portrait (on loan) by Herbert E. Abrams hangs in the conference room of the office.
President Andrew Johnson, who was impeached by the House of Representatives and subsequently acquitted in trial by the Senate, is the only president to have later returned to serve in the Senate.
State election results must be certified by the State's Secretary.
www.senate.gov /pagelayout/senators/one_item_and_teasers/tennessee.htm   (505 words)

  
 College Bowls 2000
Oklahoma made sure there would be no debate about which team should be No. 1, beating Florida State 13-2 in the Orange Bowl to finish as the nation's only unbeaten team.
Tim Duncan booted two field goals, Quentin Griffin ran for a TD after the Sooners forced a fumble and OU won its seventh national championship, and first since 1985.
Florida State's senior class leaves with a 56-6 overall record the last five years, but just one championship.
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 The Ultimate Reading List -- Classics That Endure -- June 1997 Education Reporter
Since the end of World War II, illustrated comics of literary classics have captured the imaginations of children and introduced them to Western civilization's most enduring stories.
The House of the Seven Gables (1851) Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Conspiracy of the Pontiac (1851) Francis Parkman
www.eagleforum.org /educate/1997/june97/list.html   (801 words)

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