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Ex parte Crow Dog, 109 U.S. 556 (1883), is a landmark [1] [2] decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that followed the death of one member of a Native American tribe at the hands of another on reservation land. [fn 1] Crow Dog was a member of the Brulé band of the Lakota Sioux.
The Danville Massacre, also known as the Danville Riot, was a deadly assault on African Americans at a Danville, Virginia market November 3, 1883 and continued for several days after with violent attacks continuing until after the election.
Events from the year 1883 in the United States. Incumbents. Federal government. President: Chester A. Arthur (R-New York) Vice President: vacant;
This investigation result had been tainted by bribery, while an 1876 investigation managed to shut down the Star Route frauds temporarily. A resurgence of graft stealthily took place in 1878 during the Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes, continuing into the Garfield Administration. In April 1880, another Congressional investigation was launched.
1st: December 3, 1883 – July 7, 1884 2nd : December 1, 1884 – March 3, 1885 The 48th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives .
Maine's congressional delegation is calling for the Army to investigate the events that lead up to the October mass shooting - the deadliest in the state's history - by one of its reservists.
The 1883 law only applied to federal jobs: not to the state and local jobs that were the main basis for political machines. Ethical degeneration was halted by reform in civil service and municipal reform in the Progressive Era, which led to structural changes in administrative departments and changes in the way the government managed public ...
The letters, signed by more than a dozen members of L.A.’s congressional delegation, request details on the “precise failures” that led to the erroneous alerts.