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October 30 – James S. Sherman, 27th vice president of the United States from 1909 to 1912 (born 1855) November 25 – Isidor Rayner, U.S. senator from Maryland from 1905 to 1912 (born 1850) November 28 – Walter Benona Sharp, oil pioneer (born 1870) December 18 – Will Carleton, poet (born 1845) December 29 – Philip H. Cooper, admiral ...
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In 1913, following the electoral victory of the Democrats in 1912, there was a significant reduction in the average tariff on manufactured goods from 44% to 25%. However, the First World War rendered this bill ineffective, and new "emergency" tariff legislation was introduced in 1922, after the Republicans returned to power in 1921.
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
The Territory of Arizona is admitted to the Union as the State of Arizona (the 48th state) on February 14, 1912 The District of Alaska is reorganized as the Territory of Alaska , August 24, 1912 The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect, February 3, 1913
The evolution of United States standard time zone boundaries from 1919 to 2024 in five-year increments. Plaque in Chicago marking the creation of the four time zones of the continental US in 1883 Colorized 1913 time zone map of the United States, showing boundaries very different from today Map of U.S. time zones during between April 2, 2006, and March 11, 2007.
1912 – New Mexico and Arizona become states; 1912 – Girl Scouts of the USA was started by Juliette Gordon Low; 1912 – Theodore Roosevelt shot, but not killed, while campaigning for the presidency; October 30, 1912 – Vice President Sherman dies; 1912 – U.S. presidential election: Woodrow Wilson elected president, Thomas R. Marshall, vice
November 5 - Taft finishes third in the 1912 presidential election behind Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt. December 3 - Taft delivers the 1912 State of the Union Address. [51] December 15 - US Ambassador to the UK Whitelaw Reid dies at the age of 75. [52] December 21 - Taft embarks on the USS Arkansas to visit the Panama Canal.