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 History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Medill, a Democrat, was elected as a representative to the state legislature in 1835 for four consecutive terms.
William Medill devoted his life to public service and was known as a man of strict integrity and high character.
Medill Elementary School was named for William Medill who was born in New castle County, Delaware in 1802.
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 Ohio Historical Society | Ohio Governors
William Medill was born at Whitely Creek Hundred in New Castle County, Delaware, in February of 1802.
After graduation in 1825, Medill read, law on a part-time basis in the office of Judge Black in New Castle, and was admitted to the bar in Delaware in the summer of 1830.
Medill was chosen as a delegate to the state constitutional convention held in 1850-51.
www.ohiohistory.org /onlinedoc/ohgovernment/governors/medill.html   (1107 words)

  
 Medill School of Journalism - About Medill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
His father, William Medill, immigrated to America in 1819, settling in an area that was later awarded to Canada by the Ashburton treaty of 1842.
Joseph Medill was born on April 6, 1823, in a village near St. John, in the present province of New Brunswick.
Medill had able colleagues, some of whom were better writers than he ever became, but it was he who gave the paper its impetus and direction.
www.medill.northwestern.edu /medill/about/medill_history   (800 words)

  
 William Medill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Medill served in the Ohio General Assembly from 1835 to 1838.
Medill served as Commissioner of Indian Affairs during the Polk administration.
He served as acting governor after the resignation of Reuben Wood and was elected governor for the 1854 - 1856 term.
ohiobio.org /governors/medill.htm   (87 words)

  
 The McKinneys Of Summer Hill And Their Neighbors - Joseph Medill
William Medill's family were all Presbyterians, and Margaret Corbett's family were Episcopalians, The couple departed for North America soon after their marriage.
The Medill School of Journalism http://www.medill.nwu.edu/ is one of the leading journalism schools in the world,providing education in print, broadcast and digital journalism, as well as integrated marketing communications, to approximately 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students.
Medill was the grandfather of Robert R. McCormick, who succeeded him as publisher of the Tribune, a post he held until his death in 1955.
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 THE COLONEL: The Life and Legend of Robert R. McCormick 1880-1955
If the adult Joseph Medill often behaved as if he had a personal pipeline to heaven, he came by his self-assurance the hard way, having assumed responsibility for two sisters and three younger brothers as their father's health declined and his attempts to farm the scrubby hill country of northeastern Ohio proved unprofitable.
In Medill's Tribune, the word Nation was always capitalized and the United States referred to in the singular, as an integrated federal republic and not the loose confederation of sovereign states enshrined in Jeffersonian dogma.
To one of Medill's outlook, the greatest crime of all was slavery, and the worst offender sat in the White House.
www.chron.com /content/chronicle/ae/books/9798/10/12/mccormickch1.html   (4377 words)

  
 William Medill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Born in New Castle County, Delaware,Medill was elected to the Ohio House ofRepresentatives, where he served from 1835 - 1838,serving as Speaker of the House from 1836 - 1837.
After briefly serving in the office of the Postmaster General, Medill was appointed by President Polk as Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Medill was re-elected in his own right in 1853, butwas defeated in a bid for a second full term in 1855 by the anti-slavery Salmon P. Chase.
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 Handbook of Texas Online: MEDILL, TX   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Medill, on Farm Road 2648 thirteen miles northeast of Paris in northeastern Lamar County, was first settled around the time of the Civil War.
When the post office was reestablished the same year, the community was renamed Medill, in honor of William Medill, assistant postmaster general in 1845.
In 1990 Medill was a dispersed rural community with an estimated population of fifty.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/MM/hnm29.html   (250 words)

  
 Lt. Governor History
In 1850, attorney William Medill of Lancaster convened the state's second constitutional convention.
Medill was elected president of the assembly by the delegates.
Nearly a decade after Medill left office, the first Lieutenant Governor was called upon to take over the reins of the Governor's Office due to the death of a sitting Governor.
ltgovernor.ohio.gov /history.htm   (1643 words)

  
 UNION COUNTY, OHIO - 1883 HISTORY - CHAPTER XII - CLAIBOURNE TOWNSHIP   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
William Hamilton was one of the early pioneers of Claibourne Township and for a period of almost thirty years one of the foremost men of Union County.
William and John Wynegar, two brothers, in 1837, came from Highland County and settled on adjoining farms in the wilderness, about three miles west of Richwood, south of the Summersville road.
Samuel Graham, accompanied by Rev. William Hamilton, hauled the wheat in a wagon to Granville, in Licking County, and traded it for a stove.
www.heritagepursuit.com /Union/Untp12.htm   (19915 words)

  
 Journal of the executive proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America, 1848-1852 : a machine readable ...
William M. Caldwell to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 25th of July, 1848, at which time he was promoted to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Lieutenant John B. Dale.
William B. Scott to be Navy agent for the navy-yard at the city of Washington, D. C., and for the Navy Department, for four years from the eighth day of October, 1848, at which time he was reappointed, his former commission having expired.
I nominate William J. McCormick to be a justice of the peace for the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia.
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 Rogers/Steeler/Ickleberry Family
William Medill the new Commissioner of Indian Affairs in October 1845 reported to President Polk that Ross’s government was not protection the lives and property of the Old Settlers, and the Treaty party.
Believing that the civil strife was out of control Medill recommended that there was no possible way to reconcile the 3 parties and that the only solution was to provide a territorial division of the country into two separate Nations.
What William Steeler said was he couldn’t find out for sure if Anna was a Baldridge or married one after George Washington Rogers.
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 University of Delaware: AGNES P. MEDILL BOYS & GIRLS LIBERTY CLUBS OF DELAWARE
Agnes P. Medill was born in Newark, Delaware, on September 8, 1887, and died on August 8, 1985 at the Episcopal Home in Hockessin, Delaware.
She may also have been related to William Medill, a native of Newark who later served in the U.S. Congress and as governor of Ohio in the 1850s.
Agnes Medill attended National Conferences of Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs in 1918 and 1919, and many of the school children she worked with went with her to Camp Vail in Springfield, Massachusetts, for a national or regional gathering.
www.lib.udel.edu /ud/spec/findaids/medill.htm   (568 words)

  
 Chronicles of Oklahoma
Wapanucka Academy was established by the terms of a contract between William Medill, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in behalf of the Chickasaws, and Walter Lowrie on the part of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church United States (Old School), of which Mr.
Medill, he insisted that payment should only be made for the number of children actually in the school, although the contract gave the selection of the scholars to Trustees appointed by the Council.
Medill however, insisted on the experiment being tried, stating at the same time, that if any loss were incurred, or difficulty should arise in carrying it out, the Department would always be disposed to do full justice in the premises.
digital.library.okstate.edu /Chronicles/v012/v012p402.html   (9058 words)

  
 Vol. 82, pg 46, Ohio History
William Medill's tenure as Commissioner of Indian Affairs in the Polk administra-
Medill's background was typical for a politician of his day.
Medill became known in the state as a follower of the Van Buren wing of the
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 Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
William McCormick was the younger brother of Cyrus McCormick, who patented the revolutionary agricultural tool, the McCormick Reaper.
William Medill was Joseph Medill’s brother and Colonel McCormick’s great-uncle.
Major Medill was mortally wounded during the Gettysburg's Campaign and died in 1863 in a hospital at Fredericksburg, Maryland.
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 Guillermo Medill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Llevado en condado nuevo del castillo, Delaware, Medill fue elegido a la cámara de Ohio de representantes, en donde él sirvió a partir de 1835-1838, sirviendo como altavoz de la casa a partir de 1836-1837.
Después brevemente de servir como el segundo general auxiliar del postmaster, Medill fue designado por presidente Polk como comisión de asuntos indios.
Medill fue reelegido en la su propia derecha en 1853, pero derrotado en una oferta para un segundo término completo en 1855 por la contra-esclavitud P. de color salmón Chase.
www.yotor.net /wiki/es/gu/Guillermo%20Medill.htm   (227 words)

  
 Lalor, Cyclopaedia of Political Science, V.3, Entry 8, OHIO: Library of Economics and Liberty
In 1850 Wood, a democrat, was elected governor by a vote of 133,093 to 121,105 whig, and 13,802 free-soil; and in 1853 the vote for Medill, democrat, was 147,663 to 85,820 whig, and 50,346 free-soil.
Its first state convention was held at Columbus, July 13, 1854; and its nominee for governor, Chase, was elected in 1855 by a vote of 146,641 to 131,091 for Medill, and 24,310 for Trimble (American).
—In 1873 the democrats nominated for governor William Allen, who had not been in political life since his retirement from the senate in 1849, and he defeated Governor Noyes by a vote of 214,654 to 213,837, and 20,387 scattering.
www.econlib.org /library/YPDBooks/Lalor/llCy778.html   (2147 words)

  
 Brown, Jill (Acting Warden) v. Payton, William - Medill School of Journalism - On the Docket
Medill Home > Graduate Journalism > Special Programs > On the Docket > 2004-2005 Term > Brown, Jill (Acting Warden) v.
Chief Justice William Rehnquist did not participate in consideration of the case, due to illness.
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 CD Baby: WILLIAM MYLAR: Real Mylar
William Mylar is the original "Folk Wave" artist, featuring an eclectic electric/acoustic sound and a marvelous voice.
William Mylar invented Folk Wave to describe his eclectic electric/acoustic sound and animated solo performances in the late 70's and early 80's.
William Mylar continues to perform solo and with his band.
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 Ohio Historical Society / Resources / Searchable Databases / Fundamental Documents
The counties of Butler, Preble and Darke, shall constitute the first subdivision; Montgomery, Miami and Champaign the second; and Warren, Clinton, Greene and Clark, the third subdivision of, the second district, and together shall form such district.
The counties of Shelby, Auglaize, Allen, Hardin, Logan, Union and Marion shall constitute the first subdivision; Mercer, Van Wert, Putnam, Paulding, Defiance, Williams, Henry and Fulton, the second; and Wood, Senaca, Hancock, Wyandot and Crawford, the third subdivision of the third district, and, together, shall form such district.
The counties of Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Erie and Huron shall constitute the first subdivision; Lorain, Medina and Summit the second, and the county of Cuyahoga, the third subdivision of the fourth district, and, together, shall form such district.
www.ohiohistory.org /onlinedoc/ohgovernment/constitution/cnst1851.html   (6156 words)

  
 MJH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
William H. Simmons, The Notices of East Florida (Charleston: Printed for the Author by A.E. Miller, 1822; reprint, Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1973), 44 (page references are to reprint edition).
William Duval to Gad Humphreys, Tallahassee, 5 January 1825, cited in Sprague, The Origin, Progress, and Conclusion of the Florida War, 34-35.
William Armstrong to T. Hartley Crawford, Choctaw Agency, 6 March 1844, enclosing P.M. Butler to T. Hartley Crawford, Cherokee Agency, 28 February 1844, M234, Roll 800.
www.umich.edu /~historyj/papers/fall2004/nelsonnotes.htm   (6155 words)

  
 8th Illinois History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
William Gamble, an Irish immigrant with prior English and American dragoon experience, was largely responsible for training the men.
Scouts sent out from the 8th as well as the 3rd Indiana were the first to enter the town about 11 am on June 30, 1863.
As Medill proudly recalled of the operation, the 8th "saved a whole brigade of our infantry and a battery from being captured and cut to pieces.
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 William Medill Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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 Shearer Named to Professorship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The professorship honors William F. Thomas, a graduate of Medill holding both bachelor's (BSJ 50) and master's degrees (MSJ 51) in journalism.
Thomas reflected on a career path that was influenced by his time at Medill: "The honor and pleasure I derive from this professorship is extraordinarily enhanced when I reflect that I owe Medill both my choice of careers and whatever success resulted.
Dean Loren Ghiglione stated: “Medill is honored that one of only four endowed professorships at the school is named after alumnus Bill Thomas, who helped make The Los Angeles Times, then an ordinary newspaper, into one of America’s greatest.
www.northwestern.edu /univ-relations/media_relations/releases/2003_08/shearer_text.html   (508 words)

  
 Read All About It   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
According to Medill's fire narrative, he quickly upgraded the equipment, which the Tribune used at night, the Evening Journal during the afternoon.
They were able to get four buggies from the Sherman House stables, but no horses, so they hauled the load themselves, three men to a buggy, first over the State Street bridge and then west across the North Branch of the river.
Medill's partner William Bross soon found out that his word alone was worthless in purchasing furnishings for the new space, and that he had to ask a series of friends for cash so he could do so.
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 TREATY WITH TEE MEXOMD[EE, 1848   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Medill, a commissioner duly appointed for that purpose, and the Menomonee tribe of Indians, by the chiefs,
It is stipulated and solemnly agreed that the peace and friendship now so happily subsisting between the Government and people of the United States and the Menomonee Indians shall be perpetual.
In testimony whereof, the said William Medill, Commissioner as aforesaid, and the chiefs, headmen, and warriors of the said Menomonee tribe of Indians, have hereunto set their hands and seals, at the place and on the day and year aforesaid.
www.uwec.edu /history/Apush/Projects/Numbers/Treaty/Menominee_1848.html   (841 words)

  
 Inventory of the James Josiah Webb Correspondence, 1852-1864   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Webb was well-connected into the social and political life of New Mexico, despite his frequent and lengthy absences from the state.
Included are two letters to Samuel Ellison, secretary, translator, and interpreter for Governors William Carr Lane, David Meriwether, and Abraham Rencher, concerning the gubernatorial elections of 1857.
The most recent letter in the collection was sent by Captain W.R. Shoemaker to Webb in 1864; the contents of this letter are unclear due to the poor condition of the letter itself.
libxml.unm.edu /oanm/nmu/nmu1mss232sc.html   (893 words)

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