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June 18 – Posse Comitatus Act signed into law to limit the powers of the federal government of the United States in using the United States Army to enforce domestic policy within the U.S. July 12 – Yellow fever epidemic begins in New Orleans. It will eventually kill 4,500 people.
The 1878 State of the Union address was delivered by the 19th president of the United States, Rutherford B. Hayes, to the 45th United States Congress on December 2, 1878, in the House Chamber of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. Presiding over the joint session was Speaker of the House, Samuel J. Randall, and Vice President William A. Wheeler.
1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1878th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 878th year of the 2nd millennium, the 78th year of the 19th century, and the 9th year of the 1870s decade. As of the start ...
The Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law (18 U.S.C. § 1385, original at 20 Stat. 152) signed on June 18, 1878, by President Rutherford B. Hayes that limits the powers of the federal government in the use of federal military personnel to enforce domestic policies within the United States.
Members of the 46th United States Congress were chosen in this election. Democrats won control of the Senate for the first time since the start of the Civil War . In the House , Democrats and Republicans both lost seats to the Greenback Party and a group of independent Democrats, with the Democrats retaining only a plurality. [ 3 ]
The 1878–79 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between June 3, 1878, and September 3, 1879. [d] Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before or after the first session of the 46th United States Congress convened on March 18, 1879.
1878 elections in the United States by state (42 C) 1878 in American sports by state (9 C) A. 1878 in Alabama (2 C) 1878 in Arizona Territory (3 C) 1878 in Arkansas ...
Fort Worth was in the path of totality for the July 29, 1878, total eclipse. The Star-Telegram described what happened when total darkness hit the city. 1878 was the last total eclipse in Texas.