Onslow Stearns

	Onslow Stearns Onslow Stearns (August 30, 1810 – December 29, 1878) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 32nd governor of New Hampshire. Biography Stearns was born in Billerica, Massachusetts on August 30, 1810. He attended the local schools of his hometown, and moved to Boston, where he clerked in several stores in preparation for a business career. After moving to Concord, Stearns established himself in business. Starting as a construction contractor in partnership with his brother, Stearns eventually became a manager and executive, and was active in several different railroads, including the Lowell and Nashua, Northern Railroad of New Hampshire, Vermont Central Railway, and Old Colony Railroad. In 1857 Stearns received the honorary degree of Master of Arts from Dartmouth College. Stearns became active in politics as a Republican, serving in the New Hampshire State Senate from 1862 to 1864. He served as the Senate's President pro tempore in 1863, and was a Deleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Walter Harriman (governor) Walter Harriman (April 8, 1817July 25, 1884) was an American minister, merchant, soldier, and politician who served as the 31st governor of New Hampshire. He was a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War. On July 23, 1866, the United States Senate confirmed President Andrew Johnson's May 31, 1866 nomination of Harriman for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers to rank from March 13, 1865. Early life and career Harriman was born in Warner, New Hampshire, where he was raised and educated. He taught school at a number of academies in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and New Jersey from 1835 through 1840. While teaching, he studied theology and in 1840 joined the Universalist Church. He later preached in Harvard, Massachusetts, and his native Warner. In 1849, Harriman entered politics as a Democrat and was elected to the New Hampshire Senate, serving through 1850. The following year, he resigned as a minister and opened a store in Warner, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	List Of Presidents Of The New Hampshire Senate The position of President of the New Hampshire Senate was created when the New Hampshire Senate was founded in 1784. References {{Years in New Hampshire Presidents of the New Hampshire Senate The position of President of the New Hampshire Senate The New Hampshire Senate has been meeting since 1784. It is the upper house of the New Hampshire General Court, alongside the lower New Hampshire House of Representatives. It consists of 24 m ... * 1784 establishments in New Hampshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Republican Party Governors Of New Hampshire Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or against monarchy; the opposite of monarchism Republicanism in Australia Republicanism in Barbados Republicanism in Canada Republicanism in Ireland * Republicanism in Morocco *Republicanism in the Netherlands Republicanism in New Zealand Republicanism in Spain Republicanism in Sweden Republicanism in the United Kingdom Republicanism in the United States Classical republicanism, republicanism as formulated in the Renaissance A member of a Republican Party: Republican Party (other) Republican Party (United States), one of the two main parties in the U.S. Fianna Fáil, a conservative political party in Ireland The Republicans (France), the main centre-right political party in France Republican Peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1878 Deaths Events January–March * January 5 – Russo-Turkish War – Battle of Shipka Pass IV: Russian and Bulgarian forces defeat the Ottoman Empire. * January 9 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy. * January 17 – Battle of Philippopolis: Russian troops defeat the Turks. * January 23 – Benjamin Disraeli orders the British fleet to the Dardanelles. * January 24 – Russian revolutionary Vera Zasulich shoots at Fyodor Trepov, Governor of Saint Petersburg. * January 28 – ''The Yale News'' becomes the first daily college newspaper in the United States. * January 31 – Turkey agrees to an armistice at Adrianople. * February 2 – Greece declares war on the Ottoman Empire. * February 7 – Pope Pius IX dies, after a 31½ year reign (the longest definitely confirmed). * February 8 – The British fleet enters Turkish waters, and anchors off Istanbul; Russia threatens to occupy Istanbul, but does not carry out the threat. * Feb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]