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Cyrus Hall McCormick portrait, held by the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Cyrus Hall McCormick was born on February 15, 1809, in Raphine, Virginia. He was the eldest of eight children born to inventor Robert McCormick Jr. (1780–1846) and Mary Ann "Polly" Hall (1780–1853). As Cyrus's father saw the potential of the design for ...
Cyrus Hall McCormick Sr., founder of the McCormick business dynasty. Robert McCormick Jr. (1780–1846) was an American inventor who lived in rural Virginia. [1] His maternal grandparents were Scottish immigrants, George Sanderson and Catharine (née Ross) Sanderson, and paternal grandparents were Thomas (1702–1762) and Elizabeth (née Carruth) McCormick, Presbyterian immigrants born in ...
Cyrus Hall McCormick Jr. (May 16, 1859 – June 2, 1936) was an American businessman. He was president of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company from 1884 to 1902. [1] His tenure was marked by bitter conflict with the union, culminating in the murder of two striking workers on May 3, 1886– the event which precipitated the Haymarket affair.
John Henry Manny (1825–1856) was the inventor of the Manny Reaper, one of various makes of reaper used to harvest grain in the 19th century. Cyrus McCormick III, in his Century of the Reaper, called Manny "the most brilliant and successful of all Cyrus McCormick's competitors," [1] a field of many brilliant people.
The origins of patent racism in the United States can be traced back to the country's founding and the institution of slavery.Enslaved individuals were legally prohibited from owning patents, effectively denying them recognition and economic benefits for their innovations. [2]
A McCormick spokesperson at that time said the news service’s projection seemed too early. However, McCormick, a forme ... The Associated Press called the race for Braun at 7:01 p.m. ET ...
McCormick’s effort to highlight his support for Israel is unique thus far in this year’s high-profile Senate contests, and it could become a test case for Republicans in fall general election ...
Cyrus McCormick invented the horse-drawn mechanical reaper at his family's farm in Rockbridge County, [8] and a statue of McCormick is located on the Washington and Lee University campus. [9] McCormick Farm is now owned by Virginia Tech and is a satellite agricultural research center. [10]