Evarts, William Maxwell, 1818-1901. William M. Evarts letter, 1879 Jan. 27. - View Resource (original) (raw)

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United States. Department of State

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The Department of Foreign Affairs was established by an act of July 27, 1789 (1 Stat. 28) and redesignated the Department of State by an act of September 15, 1789 (1 Stat. 68). It was the agency of the United States created by law to assist the President in the formulation and execution of the Nation's foreign policy, and in the conduct of foreign affairs and of certain domestic affairs. The Department made plans for peace and security among all nations, participated in the United Nations and o...

Evarts, William Maxwell, 1818-1901

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William Maxwell Evarts (February 6, 1818 – February 28, 1901) was an American lawyer and statesman from New York who served as U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Attorney General and U.S. Senator from New York. He was renowned for his skills as a litigator and was involved in three of the most important causes of American political jurisprudence in his day: the impeachment of a president, the Geneva arbitration and the contests before the electoral commission to settle the presidential election of 18...

Pruden, Octavius Longworth, 1842-1902

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Presidential secretary. From the description of Note with portrait of Octavius Longworth Pruden, 1899. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449448 Octavius Longworth Pruden, a Civil War veteran, was an assistant secretary to the U.S. presidents for almost thirty years, beginning in 1872 during the Grant administration. James Atkins was a lawyer and U.S. Customs House collector in Savannah, Ga. From the description of Octavius L. Pruden letter, 1883 Dec. 18. (Historic...

Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893

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Rutherford B. Hayes was born in Delaware, Ohio, in 1822 and earned degrees from Kenyon College and Harvard Law School before starting a career as a lawyer in Cincinnati. Hayes served as a major general in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War and was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1864. Hayes then was elected Governor of Ohio and later served one term as President of the United States (1877-1881) before retiring to his home in Fremont, Ohio, where he died in 1893.President of the Uni...