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Levi Lincoln Jr. (DR) 24DR, 16F DR majority 7F, 6DR 1824 Marcus Morton (DR) Edward D. Bangs (NR) 28DR, 12F DR majority 1825 vacant [a] NR majority NR majority Elijah H. Mills (NR) James Lloyd (NR) 12NR, 1J Adams/ Calhoun (NR) Levi Lincoln Jr. (NR) Thomas L. Winthrop (DR) 1826 NR majority NR majority Nathaniel Silsbee (NR) 1827 Joseph Sewall (NP ...
William Claflin (March 6, 1818 – January 5, 1905) was an American politician, industrialist, and philanthropist from Massachusetts. He served as the 27th governor of Massachusetts from 1869 to 1872 and as a member of the United States Congress from 1877 to 1881.
Claflin doctrine is a U.S. law doctrine which states that a trust cannot be modified or terminated, even if all beneficiaries agree, if to do so would be contrary to a material purpose of the settlor. Material purposes include spendthrift, support, and discretionary trusts. The rule takes its name from the 1899 Massachusetts case Claflin v.
Wood-frame "Wigwam" building specially designed for the 1860 Republican Convention in Chicago. By 1860 the dissolution of the Whig Party in America had become an accomplished fact, with establishment Whig politicians, former Free Soilers, and a certain number of anti-Catholic populists from the Know Nothing movement flocking to the banner of the fledgling anti-slavery Republican Party.
includes: "'To One or Another of These Parties Every Man Belongs;": 1820–1865 by Joel H. Silbey; "Change and Continuity in the Party Period: 1835–1885" by Michael F. Holt; "The Transformation of American Politics: 1865–1910" by Peter H. Argersinger; "Democracy, Republicanism, and Efficiency: 1885–1930" by Richard Jensen; "The Limits of ...
Dayton was nominated on the first formal vice-presidential ballot, defeating former Congressman Abraham Lincoln of Illinois and several other candidates. The Republican ticket carried several Northern states in the general election, but the Democratic ticket of James Buchanan and John C. Breckinridge won the 1856 election.
Claflin family; Mamie Claflin (1867–1929), American temperance and suffrage leader; Tennessee Celeste Claflin (1844–1923), American suffragist; Victoria California Claflin, birth name of Victoria Woodhull, American suffragist
Lincoln power station was shut-down on 21 March 1977. [15] It was derelict for over 25 years and finally demolished in 2007. [ 16 ] The site is currently (2020) derelict; although there is an operational 132 kV electricity substation east of the site.