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1876 In The United States
Events from the year 1876 in the United States. Incumbents Federal Government * President: Ulysses S. Grant ( R-Illinois) * Vice President: ''vacant'' * Chief Justice: Morrison Waite (Ohio) * Speaker of the House of Representatives: Michael C. Kerr ( D-Indiana) (until August 19), Samuel J. Randall ( D-Pennsylvania) (starting December 4) * Congress: 44th Events January–March * February 2 – The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs is formed at a meeting in Chicago, Illinois; it replaced the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. Morgan Bulkeley of the Hartford Dark Blues is selected as the league's first President. * February 22 – Johns Hopkins University is founded in Baltimore, Maryland. * February/March – ''The Harvard Lampoon'' humor magazine is founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts. * March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the telephone (patent #174,466). * March 10 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Government Of The United States
The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) is the national government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, composed of 50 states, a city within a federal district (the city of Washington in the District of Columbia, where most of the federal government is based), five major self-governing territories and several island possessions. The federal government, sometimes simply referred to as Washington, is composed of three distinct branches: legislative, executive, and judicial, whose powers are vested by the U.S. Constitution in the Congress, the president and the federal courts, respectively. The powers and duties of these branches are further defined by acts of Congress, including the creation of executive departments and courts inferior to the Supreme Court. Naming The full name of the republic is "United States of America". No other name appears in the Constitution, and this i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
