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October 6 – The United States Naval War College is established in Newport, Rhode Island. November 4 – 1884 United States presidential election: Democratic governor of New York Grover Cleveland defeats Republican James G. Blaine in a very close contest to win the first of his non-consecutive terms.
From Hayes to McKinley: National Party Politics, 1877–1896. James Ford Rhodes (1920). History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 to the Roosevelt-Taft Administration (8 vols.). Summers, Mark Wahlgren. Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion: The Making of a President, 1884 (2000) online version "1884 Election Cleveland v.
The 48th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C., from March 4, 1883, to March 4, 1885, during the last two years of Chester A. Arthur's presidency.
March 4, 1877 – After only two days as president-elect and vice president-elect, Hayes becomes the 19th president and Wheeler becomes the 19th vice president; 1877 – Reconstruction ends; 1877 – Nez Perce War; 1878 – Bland–Allison Act; 1878 – Morgan silver dollars first minted; 1879 – Thomas Edison creates first commercially viable ...
July 23 – Ulysses S. Grant, 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877 (born 1822) August 10 – James W. Marshall , contractor, builder of Sutter's Mill (born 1810 ) September 3 – William M. Gwin , U.S. Senator from California from 1850 to 1855 and from 1857 to 1861 (born 1805 )
Rutherford B. Hayes was sworn in as the 19th president of the United States, and William A. Wheeler sworn in as the 19th vice president of the United States. Romualdo Pacheco of California takes office as the first Latino to serve in the United States Congress. March 13 – Chester Greenwood patents earmuffs.
November 4 – 1884 United States presidential election: Democratic governor of New York Grover Cleveland defeats Republican James G. Blaine in a very close contest, to win the first of his non-consecutive terms. November 15 – The Berlin Conference, which regulates European colonisation and trade in Africa, begins (ends February 26, 1885 ...
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