John Pope was a United States Senator from Kentucky,a member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky,Secretary of State of Kentucky,and the third Governor of Arkansas Territory.
Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart was a prominent Virginia lawyer and American political figure associated with several political parties. Stuart served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly,as a U.S. Congressman (1841–1843),and as the Secretary of the Interior (1850–1853). Despite opposing Virginia's secession and holding no office after finishing his term in the Virginia Senate during the American Civil War,after the war he was denied a seat in Congress. Stuart led the Committee of Nine,which attempted to reverse the changes brought by Reconstruction. He also served as rector of the University of Virginia.
William Thomas Hamilton,a member of the United States Democratic Party,was the 38th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1880 to 1884. He also served in the United States Senate,representing the State of Maryland,from 1868–1874,and in the House of Representatives,representing the second district (1849–1853) and fourth district (1853–1855) of Maryland.
William Pinkney Whyte,a member of the United States Democratic Party,was a politician who served the State of Maryland as a State Delegate,the State Comptroller,a United States Senator,the 35th Governor,the Mayor of Baltimore,Maryland,and the State Attorney General.
Thomas Swann was an American lawyer and politician who also was President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad as it completed track to Wheeling and gained access to the Ohio River Valley. Initially a Know-Nothing,and later a Democrat,Swann served as the 19th Mayor of Baltimore (1856–1860),later as the 33rd Governor of Maryland (1866–1869),and subsequently as U.S. Representative ("Congressman") from Maryland's 3rd congressional district and then 4th congressional district (1869–1879),representing the Baltimore area.
Thomas George Pratt was a lawyer and politician from Annapolis,Maryland. He was the 27th governor of Maryland from 1845 to 1848 and a U.S. senator from 1850 to 1857.
David Stewart was an attorney and politician from Baltimore,Maryland. A Democrat,he was most notable for his service in the Maryland Senate and his brief service as an interim U.S. Senator from 1849 to 1850.
Thomas Holliday Hicks was a politician in the divided border-state of Maryland during the American Civil War. As governor,opposing the Democrats,his views accurately reflected the conflicting local loyalties. He was pro-slavery but anti-secession. Under pressure to call the General Assembly into special session,he held it in the pro-Union town of Frederick,where he was able to keep the state from seceding to join the Confederacy.
Robert Cary Long Jr. (1810–1849) was the son of a late 18th Century - early 19th Century famous architect Robert Cary Long Sr. of Baltimore,Maryland and was himself a well-known 19th Century architect. Like his father,Cary was based in Baltimore.
Francis Thomas was an American politician who served as the 26th Governor of Maryland from 1842 to 1845. He also served as a United States Representative from Maryland,representing at separate times the fourth,fifth,sixth,and seventh districts. He also served as United States minister to Peru from 1872 to 1875,and speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1829.
Johnson Newlon Camden was a prominent oilman,industrialist,banker,railroad tycoon,and politician who was estimated to be worth $25 million at the time of his unexpected death. Although both of his attempts to become governor of the new state of West Virginia failed,he did become United States Senator,representing West Virginia on two occasions.
Daniel Coleman DeJarnette Sr. was a prominent Virginia politician,serving in the United States Congress and then in the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War.
Henry Chapman was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1857 to 1859.
Hon. William Grafton Delaney Worthington IV (1785–1856) was an American lawyer,judge and state Governor,and Secretary of the Territory of East Florida.
The Know Nothing movement was a nativist political movement in the United States in the mid-1850s. The national political organization of the Know Nothings was officially known as the "Native American Party" prior to 1855;thereafter,it was simply known as the "American Party". Members of the movement were required to say "I know nothing" whenever they were asked about its specifics by outsiders,providing the group with its colloquial name.
The Brick House on the Pike,Elerslie,Three Brothers is a historic home located at Ellicott City,Howard County,Maryland,United States. It is a large two-story,side-passage,double-pile plan house constructed in two phases,a brick structure built by Caleb Dorsey replacing a wooden structure when he bought the property at the end of the 18th century,and the larger more formal section built by his son Charles Worthington Dorsey about 1817. Also on the property and contemporary with the main house are an ice house foundation,a stone stable or carriage house and three board-and-batten outbuildings dating from the late 19th or early 20th century. The early Federal features of the house were left essentially untouched in the alterations that took place about 1907,and have remained intact. Edward Hammond undertook this modernization after being given the house as a wedding present by the father of his wife,Reubena Rogers. Electricity,central heat,and a capacious front porch were added,and the roof of the older section of the house was raised,creating a full second floor with dormer windows. Public water,sewer,gas,and modernization of utilities were accomplished between 1995 and 2009 by Dr Edward Rogers,a direct descendant of Caleb Dorsey. The previous owners,the Lassotovitch,Hammond,Ligon,and Dorsey families are all related. Governor Thomas Watkins Ligon (1810–1881) of Maryland lived in the house,having married a Dorsey,before they moved to White Hall,nearby.
White Hall is a historic home located at Ellicott City,Howard County,Maryland,United States. It consists of three sections:the east wing,dating from the early 19th century,the center section,and the west wing. In 1890 the house was partially destroyed by fire and rebuilt in 1900. Three outbuildings remain on the White Hall property:a small square frame workshop;a smokehouse-privy;and springhouse.
Richland Farm is a historic home and farm complex located at Clarksville,Howard County,Maryland,United States. The main house is a log and frame house,the earliest section of which is presumed to date from 1719. The main block comprises three sections,with a large addition on the rear added in 1920. It features a one-story shed-roofed wrap-around porch supported by 22 Doric order columns. Also on the property are the Overseer's/Superintendent's House,Gardener's Cottage,wagon shed,tractor shed and smokehouse with board-and-batten siding,a bank barn,a stone spring house and “Barrack.”
The 1845 United States Senate special election in New York was held on January 18,1845 by the New York State Legislature to elect two U.S. Senators to represent the State of New York in the United States Senate. The regular 1845 United States Senate election in New York was held on February 4,1845,to elect a U.S. Senator to represent the State of New York in the United States Senate.
The 1850–51 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913,senators were chosen by state legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1850 and 1851,and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock. In these elections,terms were up for the senators in Class 1.
