resign. The Forty-first Congress expires; Forty-second organized. Alabama Claims $12,830,384. Expenses of the United States census reported at $3,287,600. The Apportionment Bill passed by Congress. 1872-Tax and Tariff Bill passed diminishing Revenue. Ratio of Representation fixed at 181,425; Representatives limited to 293. General Amnesty Bill signed. $15,500,000 awarded the United States by Geneva Tribunal. Emperor William of Germany decides the San Juan Question in favor of the United States. Salary Retroactive Act passed. First repeal of the Franking privilege. Federal officers are forbidden to hold State Offices. Suspension of the Bank of Jay Cook & Co., causes a financial panic. Modoc War. 1874-Political excitement in Louisiana. Grant vetoes the Finance Bill. United States Senate passes Civil Rights Bill. Currency Bill vetoed. Fillmore and Sumner die. 1875-Senate ratifies the Treaty with Hawaii. Civil Rights Bill passed. New Treaty with Belgium concluded. Financial trouble continued. Louisiana Legislative hall taken possession of by United States troops. Colorado admitted as a State. 1876-Centennial Bill appropriating $15,000,000 passed. Secretary Belknap impeached by the House, acquitted by the Senate. Postal Treaty with Japan. Termination of the English Extradition Treaty announced. 1877-Electoral Commission decided in favor of Hays. Spanish Extradition Treaty announced. Federal troops recalled from the South. Nez Perces War. 1878-Silver Bill. Halifax Fishing Award; Ben Butler opposes it. 1879-Specie payment. Negro exodus begins. Ute War. 1880-Election of Garfield as President, the October election in Ohio and Indiana virtually deciding the issue in advance. 1881-Assassination of President Garfield by Charles J. Guiteau; Vice-President Arthur succeeds him. Resignation of Senators Conkling and Platt, of New York. 1882-Extended trial and final conviction of Guiteau, who set up the plea that his assassination of President Garfield was due to an irristible pressure from Deity. Nomination of Roscoe Conkling to the Supreme Court. Blaine's eulogy on Garfield. The Mormon issue revived by Edmunds' Bill; Chinese issue revived by bill to prevent their immigration for twenty years. California and Nevada make a holiday of Saturday, March 4, and devote it to mass meetings, which said "the Chinese must go." March 1, Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, makes a great speech against Chinese Bill; Senator Miller, of California, replies. 1883-Jefferson Davis replies to ex-Judge Jeremiah S. Black's article on "Secession Secrets." Death of ex-Attorney-General Black. 1884-Nomination of James G. Blaine, and John A. Logan, at Chicago, for President and Vice-President, who were defeated by Grover Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks. Death of Hon. Charles J. Folger, Secretary of the Treasury. 1885-General Ulysses S. Grant, exPresident of the United States, died at Mt. McGregor, July 22d, after a lingering and most painful illness of many months. Death of Vice-President Thomas A. Hendricks, and election of Hon. John Sherman as Acting Vice-President of the United States. 1886-Marriage of Grover Cleveland and Miss Frances Folsom at the Executive Mansion; and death of General George B. McClellan, General Winfield Scott Hancock, ex-Governor Samuel J. Tilden-all three of whom had been nominated for President of the United States; McClellan in 1864, Tilden in 1876, and Hancock in 1880. 1887-High License Campaign in Pennsylvania; liquor men resisted and formed Personal Liberty Leagues; Republicans contended for High License and Sunday Laws, and won by 46,000 majority. Death of General Philip Sheridan. In December, at opening of Congress, President Cleveland sent in an Annual Message devoted alone to Revenue Reform; Mr. Blaine wired an answer from Paris in favor of Protection, and in this way the issue was opened. Cleveland on Tariff for Revenue platform; 1888-Re-nomination of President Harrison on a Protective platform. A brilthe Republicans nominated General Benjamin liant campaign followed and resulted in a Republican victory. Warner Miller led a High License battle for Governor of New York; beaten by Governor Hill by 18,000 majority. Delaware elected Anthony Higgins, a Republican, for United States Senator. of North and South Dakota, Montana and 1889-Admission by Congress as States Washington, making 42 in all. The Panton. Representatives of nearly all the CenAmerican Congress assembled in Washingtral and South American governments attended. International Marine Conference also assembled. Race troubles in the Southern States. Death of Jefferson Davis. 1890-Death of Hon. William D. Kelly, known as "The Father of the House," after a service of thirty years in Congress. The McKinley Tariff Bill and the AntiLottery Bill become laws. Democratic "tidal wave in the fall elections, overturning the Republican majority in the House of Representatives and the State governments in many heretofore reliable Republican States. Harrison and nomination of Whitelaw dent and Vice-President. Act to elect President and Vice President by a direct vote of the people. Act to provide for collection, disbursement and safe keeping of public money Adams, John, inaugurated. 53 27 17 37 25 10 Admission of Missouri, to the Union, with an attempt to restrict slavery in its limit 47 23 24 American system lost. Amnesty.... Anti-Federal Party 32 199 6 Attempt to amend bill for admission of California by extension of Missouri Compromise Belknap, impeachment of.. Benton's speech. . . Bill for appropriating one year's Salary to the widow of Gen. Harrison . Calhoun, death of... Calhoun on causes of difference between himself and the President.. 200 104 Congress, 38th, 1st session Constitution ratified. Constitution, revision of articles of confederation Credit Mobilier.. Crittenden Compromise. |