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Charles Dick, for whom the Militia Act of 1903 was named.. The Militia Act of 1903 (32 Stat. 775), [1] also known as the Efficiency in Militia Act of 1903 or the Dick Act, was legislation enacted by the United States Congress to create what would become the modern National Guard from a subset of the militia, and codify the circumstances under which the Guard could be federalized.
The 1902 State of the Union Address was given on Tuesday, December 2, 1902, by the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt. It was the second address by Roosevelt. It was the second address by Roosevelt.
The 1902 United States elections elected the 58th United States Congress, and occurred in the middle of Republican President Theodore Roosevelt's first term, during the Fourth Party System. Roosevelt had become president on September 14, 1901, upon the assassination of his predecessor, William McKinley .
Cherokee Nation v. Hitchcock, 187 U.S. 294 (1902) was a US Supreme Court case that decided the US Congress has the power to pass legislation that controls the actions and property of tribal states without their consent. [1]
The 1902 United States House of Representatives elections were held for the most part on November 4, 1902, with Oregon, Maine, and Vermont holding theirs early in either June or September. They occurred in the middle of President Theodore Roosevelt 's first term, about a year after the assassination of William McKinley in September 1901.
The Biologics Control Act of 1902, also known as the Virus-Toxin Law, was the first law that implemented federal regulations of biological products such as vaccines in the United States. [1] It was enacted in response to two incidents involving the deaths of 22 children who had contracted tetanus from contaminated vaccines . [ 2 ]
Commonly referred to as the "Guardianship Convention", the Convention of 1902 relating to the settlement of guardianship of minors, along with the other Conventions in 1902, was the Hague Conference's first effort at addressing international family law.
John Coit Spooner, United States Senator from Wisconsin. The First Spooner Act of 1902 (also referred to as the Panama Canal Act, 32 Stat. 481) [1] was written by a United States senator from Wisconsin, John Coit Spooner, enacted on June 28, 1902, and signed by President Roosevelt the following day.