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January 21 – Thomas Bragg, U.S. Senator from North Carolina from 1859 to 1861, 2nd Confederate States Attorney General (born 1810) January 25 – Richard S. Ewell, Confederate general (born 1817) February 7 – James W. Grimes, U.S. Senator from Iowa from 1859 to 1869 (born 1816) March or April – Mercator Cooper, sea captain (born 1803)
The 1872–73 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between June 4, 1872, and April 7, 1873. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 43rd United States Congress convened on December 1, 1873.
Cession by North Carolina of a District in the Western Territory accepted. An Act to accept a cession of the claims of the state of North Carolina to a certain district of Western Territory. Sess. 2, ch. 6 1 Stat. 106 (chapter 6) 7: April 10, 1790: Patents for Useful Inventions. An Act to promote the progress of useful Arts. (Patent Act of 1790)
The election of 1872 also remains the only instance in U.S. history in which a major presidential candidate who won electoral votes died during the election process. This election set the record for the longest Republican popular vote win streak in American history, four elections, a record that was matched by the same party in 1908 .
Elections were held on November 5, 1872, electing the members of the 43rd United States Congress. The election took place during the Third Party System. The election took place during the Reconstruction Era, and many Southerners were barred from voting. Despite a split in the party, the Republicans retained control of the presidency and both ...
1872 Flint Boroughs by-election; 1872 Flintshire by-election; 1872 East Gloucestershire by-election; 1872 Galway County by-election; 1872 Kerry by-election; 1872 Kincardineshire by-election; 1872 Londonderry City by-election; 1872 Mallow by-election; 1872 North Nottinghamshire by-election; 1872 Northern West Riding of Yorkshire by-election ...
January 2, 1872 Arkansas 3rd: John Edwards (LR) Lost contested election February 9, 1872 Thomas Boles (R) February 9, 1872 Massachusetts 7th: George M. Brooks (R) Resigned May 13, 1872, after becoming judge of probate for Middlesex County: Constantine C. Esty (R) December 2, 1872 Texas 3rd: William T. Clark (R) Lost contested election May 13, 1872
The first North-West Territories government sat in 1872 after the Temporary North-West Council was appointed. The first North-West Territories government sat inside the territories at Fort Livingstone for the first time in 1876. Now in Saskatchewan. The government moved to Battleford in 1878. [8]