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1874 – A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party. 1881 – Mapuche uprising of 1881: Mapuche rebels destroy the Chilean settlement of Nueva Imperial after defenders fled to the hills. [3]
November 3 – George S. Houston is elected the 24th governor of Alabama defeating David P. Lewis. November 4 – Democrats regain the U.S. House of Representatives for the first time since 1860. November 7 – Harper's Weekly publishes a political cartoon by Thomas Nast considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the ...
The statue of Simón Bolívar was inaugurated on November 7, 1874 in the center of the square with the ringing of bells and 21 guns. This is a replica of the statue by Adamo Tadolini located at the Bolivar Square in Lima, Peru. Cast by the Von Müller Foundry, Bolívar rides a horse standing on its hind legs, supported by the two tiered pedestal.
A political cartoon by Thomas Nast, published in Harper's Weekly on November 7, 1874, is considered the first important use of the symbol. [207] An alternate symbol of the Republican Party in states such as Indiana, New York and Ohio is the bald eagle as opposed to the Democratic rooster or the Democratic five-pointed star.
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1874 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1874th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 874th year of the 2nd millennium, the 74th year of the 19th century, and the 5th year of the 1870s decade. As of the start of 1874, the ...
Nellie Griswold Francis was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on November 7, 1874. [7] Her parents were Maggie Seay and Thomas Garrison Griswold, and she had a sister, Lula Griswold Chapman, who died in 1925. [7] [8] [9] Her grandmother was Nellie Seay (1814–1931), a house slave to Colonel Robert Allen, a Tennessee congressman. [10]
October 7, 1878 War between rival business/gang factions in Lincoln County, New Mexico. [19] Most fighting stops. [20] May 3, 1882 Chester A. Arthur: Gang violence in the Arizona Territory. [21] Gangs suppressed. [1] November 7, 1885; February 9, 1886 Grover Cleveland: Riots against Chinese citizens in the Washington Territory. Occurred in 1885 ...