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The 1880 United States presidential election was the 24th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 2, 1880, in which Republican nominee James A. Garfield defeated Winfield Scott Hancock of the Democratic Party. The voter turnout rate was one of the highest in the nation's history.
Greenback (1860s money) Greenbacks were emergency paper currency issued by the United States during the American Civil War that were printed in green on the back. [1] They were in two forms: Demand Notes, issued in 1861–1862, [1] and United States Notes, issued in 1862–1865. [2] A form of fiat money, the notes were legal tender for most ...
The Greenback Party (known successively as the Independent Party, the National Independent Party and the Greenback Labor Party) was an American political party with an anti-monopoly ideology which was active from 1874 to 1889. The party ran candidates in three presidential elections, in 1876, 1880 and 1884, before it faded away.
An 1862 greenback five-dollar bill. The Greenback Party was a newcomer to politics in 1880, having first nominated candidates for national office four years earlier. [1] The party had arisen, mostly in the West and South, as a response to the economic depression that followed the Panic of 1873. [2]
Two Crossword rounds were played, each worth $500 and with the bonus square payouts in effect, and each was followed by a four-word Scrabble Sprint. The first Crossword winner set a time for the second one to beat, and the Sprint winner received $1,000 and advanced to a quarterfinal match played on Friday of that week.
Sally Hoelscher, USA TODAY. September 13, 2024 at 1:00 AM. There are spoilers ahead. You might want to solve today's puzzle before reading further! Cold Play. Constructors: Shannon Rapp & Will ...
United States Note. A United States Note, also known as a Legal Tender Note, is a type of paper money that was issued from 1862 to 1971 in the United States. Having been current for 109 years, they were issued for longer than any other form of U.S. paper money other than the currently issued Federal Reserve Note.
Coat of arms. Chase was born in Cornish, New Hampshire, on January 13, 1808, [2] to Janette Ralston and Ithamar Chase, who died in 1817 when Salmon was nine years old. His paternal immigrant ancestor was Aquila Chase from Cornwall, England, a ship-master who settled in Newbury, Massachusetts, about 1640, while his maternal grandparents Alexander Ralston and Janette Balloch were Scottish ...