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Wyatt Outlaw (c. 1820 – February 26, 1870) was an American politician and the first African-American to serve as Town Commissioner and Constable of the town of Graham, North Carolina.
Holden supplied him with a list of suspects to arrest—created with information given by Republicans in Caswell and Alamance—and ordered Kirk to personally assume command in Caswell County. [51] Holden also made plans to convene a military tribunal—composed of men selected by him and Kirk—to try those arrested later in the month.
William Woods Holden (November 24, 1818 – March 1, 1892) was an American politician who served as the 38th and 40th governor of North Carolina. He was appointed by President Andrew Johnson in 1865 for a brief term and then elected in 1868.
Governor of North Carolina: William Woods Holden ; Governor of Ohio: Rutherford B. Hayes ; Governor of Oregon: George L. Woods ; Governor of Pennsylvania: John W. Geary ; Governor of Rhode Island: Ambrose Everett Burnside (until May 25), Seth Padelford (starting May 25)
William Dixon (September 25, 1850 – March 9, 1913) was an American scout and bison hunter active in the Texas Panhandle. He helped found Adobe Walls , fired a buffalo rifle shot at the Second Battle of Adobe Walls , and for his actions at the Buffalo Wallow Fight became one of eight civilians to be awarded the U.S. Medal of Honor .
1 Life and career. 2 Architectural works ... Bristol, RI (1816) - Also attributed to John Holden Greene. Washington Bank Building, Dixon House Sq., Westerly, RI (1836 ...
1869 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1869th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 869th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 19th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1860s decade. As of the start of ...
The Slaughter-House Cases, 83 U.S. (16 Wall.) 36 (1873), was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision which ruled that the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution only protects the legal rights that are associated with federal U.S. citizenship, not those that pertain to state citizenship.