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William H. Hatch
William Henry Hatch (September 11, 1833 – December 23, 1896) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Missouri. He was the namesake of the Hatch Act of 1887, which established state agricultural experiment stations for the land-grant colleges. Hatch is also the namesake of University of Missouri#Residential life, Hatch Hall, a Residence Hall at the University of Missouri. Early life William Henry Hatch was born on September 11, 1833 near Georgetown, Kentucky. Hatch attended the schools of Lexington, Kentucky, and studied law at a law office in Richmond, Kentucky, Richmond. He was admitted to the bar in Kentucky in 1854. Career Hatch practiced law for one year in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. Hatch moved to Hannibal, Missouri, in 1856 and opened a law office with a partner named Campbell. He was elected as Circuit Attorney of the Missouri Circuit Courts, Sixteenth Judicial Circuit of Missouri in 1858 and 1860. By 1862, Hatch enlisted with the Confe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missouri's 12th Congressional District
The 12th congressional district of Missouri was a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in Missouri from 1873 to 1953. List of members representing the district References Election Statistics 1920–presentClerk of the House of Representatives * * Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present Former congressional districts of the United States Congressional districts of Missouri, 12 Constituencies established in 1873 1873 establishments in Missouri Constituencies disestablished in 1933 1933 disestablishments in Missouri Constituencies established in 1935 1935 establishments in Missouri Constituencies disestablished in 1953 1953 disestablishments in Missouri {{US-Congress-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hatch Monument Plaque
Hatch or The Hatch may refer to: Common meanings Biology *Hatch, to emerge from an egg *Hatch(ing), the process of egg incubation Portals *Hatch, a sealed or secure door of a ship, submarine, aircraft, spacecraft, or automobile *Hatch, a sluice gate *Hatch, a trapdoor, a door on a floor or ceiling Places Antarctica *Hatch Islands, Wilkes Land, Antarctica * Hatch Plain, Coats Land, Antarctica Australia *The Hatch, New South Wales, a suburb within Port Macquarie-Hastings Council England *Hatch, Bedfordshire, a hamlet *Hatch Beauchamp, Somerset *Hatch Park, a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Kent * East Hatch and West Hatch, hamlets within the parish of West Tisbury, Wiltshire *West Hatch, hamlet and civil parish in Somerset United States * Hatch, Idaho, an unincorporated community * Hatch, Missouri, an unincorporated community *Hatch, New Mexico, a village *Hatch, Utah, a town *Hatch Airport, an airport in Stayton, Oregon People with the name *Hatch (surname) *Harrison H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Smith Morrill
Justin Smith Morrill (April 14, 1810December 28, 1898) was an American politician and entrepreneur who represented Vermont in the United States House of Representatives (1855–1867) and United States Senate (1867–1898). He is most widely remembered for the Morrill Land-Grant Acts that provided federal funding for establishing many of the United States' public colleges and universities. Originally a Whig, after that party became defunct Morrill was one of the founders of the Republican Party. A native of Strafford, Vermont, Morrill was educated in the schools of Strafford, Thetford Academy and Randolph Academy. He worked as a merchant's clerk in Maine and Vermont, then embarked on a business career. In partnership with Jedediah H. Harris, Morrill owned and operated several stores in towns throughout Vermont. The success of his stores enabled Morrill to invest profitably in a farm, banks, railroads, and real estate. Morrill was active in politics as a Whig, and was elected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hatch, Missouri
Hatch is an unincorporated community in Ralls County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. History A post office called Hatch was established in 1883, and remained in operation until 1905. The community has the name of William H. Hatch William Henry Hatch (September 11, 1833 – December 23, 1896) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Missouri. He was the namesake of the Hatch Act of 1887, which established state agricultural experiment statio ... (1833–1896), a U.S. Representative from Missouri. References Unincorporated communities in Ralls County, Missouri Unincorporated communities in Missouri {{RallsCountyMO-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bright's Disease
Bright's disease is a historical classification of kidney diseases that are described in modern medicine as acute or chronic nephritis. It was characterized by swelling and the presence of albumin in the urine, and was frequently accompanied by high blood pressure and heart disease. Signs and symptoms The symptoms and signs of Bright's disease were first described in 1827 by the English physician Richard Bright, after whom the disease was named. In his ''Reports of Medical Cases'', he described 25 cases of dropsy ( edema) which he attributed to kidney disease. Symptoms and signs included: inflammation of serous membranes, hemorrhages, apoplexy, convulsions, blindness and coma. Many of these cases were found to have albumin in their urine (detected by the spoon and candle-heat coagulation), and showed striking morbid changes of the kidneys at autopsy. The triad of dropsy, albumin in the urine, and kidney disease came to be regarded as characteristic of Bright's disease. Sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott County, Kentucky
Scott County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 57,155. Scott County is part of the Lexington–Fayette, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Native Americans inhabited the Scott County area from perhaps 15,000 years ago. Evidence has been identified that belongs the Adena culture (800 B.C. - 800 A.D.), including several significant Adena mounds. The area was explored by American explorers as early as 1774. One of the earliest settlers was John McClelland from Pennsylvania, who built McLelland's Fort overlooking the Georgetown spring. During the American Revolution, pro-British Native Americans attacked McLelland's Fort in 1777, causing the settlement to be abandoned. Six years later, a new and permanent settlement was founded by Robert and Jemima Johnson, who built Johnson Station (later called Great Crossing), near the north fork of Elkhorn Creek, about five miles west of today's Georget ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustavus Woodson Smith
Gustavus Woodson Smith (November 30, 1821 – June 24, 1896), more commonly known as G.W. Smith, was a career United States Army officer who fought in the Mexican–American War, a civil engineer, and a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He briefly commanded the Army of Northern Virginia from May 31 until June 1, 1862, following the wounding of General Joseph E. Johnston at the Battle of Seven Pines, and before General Robert E. Lee took command. Smith later served as Interim Confederate Secretary of War and in the Georgia state militia. Early life and Mexico Smith was born in Georgetown, Kentucky, and was a brother-in-law of Horace Randal and a distant relative of John Bell Hood. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point as a brevet second lieutenant in 1842. Smith finished eighth out of 56 cadets while at West Point. He entered the Army Corps of Engineers afterward, and was promoted to second lieutenant o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states that had seceded. The central cause of the war was the dispute over whether slavery would be permitted to expand into the western territories, leading to more slave states, or be prevented from doing so, which was widely believed would place slavery on a course of ultimate extinction. Decades of political controversy over slavery were brought to a head by the victory in the 1860 U.S. presidential election of Abraham Lincoln, who opposed slavery's expansion into the west. An initial seven southern slave states responded to Lincoln's victory by seceding from the United States and, in 1861, forming the Confederacy. The Confederacy seized U.S. forts and other federal assets within their borders. Led by Confederate President Jefferson Davis, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confederate States Army
The Confederate States Army, also called the Confederate Army or the Southern Army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fighting against the United States forces to win the independence of the Southern states and uphold the institution of slavery. On February 28, 1861, the Provisional Confederate Congress established a provisional volunteer army and gave control over military operations and authority for mustering state forces and volunteers to the newly chosen Confederate president, Jefferson Davis. Davis was a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, and colonel of a volunteer regiment during the Mexican–American War. He had also been a United States senator from Mississippi and U.S. Secretary of War under President Franklin Pierce. On March 1, 1861, on behalf of the Confederate government, Davis assumed control of the military situation at Charleston, South C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missouri Circuit Courts
The Missouri Circuit Courts are the state trial courts of original jurisdiction and general jurisdiction of the state of Missouri. Jurisdiction The Missouri Constitution provides for the Circuit Courts in Article V, Judicial Department. List of circuits There are 46 judicial circuits, each with various divisions, including associate circuit, small claims, municipal, family, probate, criminal, and juvenile. Each circuit covers at least one of Missouri's 114 counties and one independent city, St. Louis. *1st Judicial Circuit – Clark County, Schuyler County, Scotland County *2nd Judicial Circuit – Adair County, Knox County, Lewis County *3rd Judicial Circuit – Grundy County, Harrison County, Mercer County, Putnam County *4th Judicial Circuit – Atchison County, Gentry County, Holt County, Nodaway County, Worth County *5th Judicial Circuit – Andrew County, Buchanan County *6th Judicial Circuit – Platte County *7th Judicial Circuit – Clay County *8t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrodsburg, Kentucky
Harrodsburg is a home rule-class city in Mercer County, Kentucky, United States. It is the seat of its county. The population was 9,064 at the 2020 census. Although Harrodsburg was formally established by the House of Burgesses after Boonesborough and was not incorporated by the Kentucky legislature until 1836,Commonwealth of Kentucky. Office of the Secretary of State. Land Office. "Harrodsburg, Kentucky". Accessed 30 July 2013. it is usually considered the oldest city in Kentucky and has been honored as the oldest permanent American settlement west of the Appalachians. History Harrodstown (sometimes Harrod's Town) was laid out and founded by James Harrod on June 16, 1774. Harrod led a company of adventurers totaling 31 men, beginning May 25 at Fort Redstone in Pennsylvania down the Monongahela and Ohio Rivers in canoes and through a series of other rivers and creeks to the town's present-day location. Later that same year, amid Dunmore's War, Lord Dunmore sent two men to w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richmond, Kentucky
Richmond is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Madison County, Kentucky, United States. It is named after Richmond, Virginia, and is home to Eastern Kentucky University. In 2019, the population was 36,157. Richmond is the fourth-largest city in the Bluegrass region (after Louisville, Lexington and Covington) and the state's sixth-largest city. It is the ninth largest population center in the state with a Micropolitan population of 106,864. The city serves as the center for work and shopping for south-central Kentucky. In addition, Richmond is the principal city of the Richmond-Berea, Kentucky Micropolitan Area, which includes all of Madison and Rockcastle counties. History Richmond was founded in 1798 by Colonel John Miller from Richmond, Virginia. A British American, Miller served with the rebels in the Revolutionary War. According to lore, he was attracted to the area by its good spring water and friendly Native Americans. With the original county seat of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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