Political Conventions and Election Outcomes Chronicle
The article lists key events from national conventions and governor elections. It notes Roosevelt and Taft nominations, Bryan and Watson nominations, Kern and Chafin tickets, and Taft’s 327 electoral vote victory. Governors Deneen Marshall Warner Davidson Hughes reelected in several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luwhpaulps Witt
David
Rose
Minayor
Milwaukee
Wisseed
T. Crittenden, Jr
Kansas City
Roosevelt
Chicago
Wm. H. Taft
United States
Jas. S. Sherman
Ely
Frank H. Hitchcock
William Jennings Bryan
Denver
Colo
Thomas
Watson
Atlanta
John Worth Kern
Indiana
Inogene W. Chafin
A. S. Watkins
Ada
Ohio
Cincinnati
Thos. L. Hisseen
Massachusetts
J. T. Graves
Georgia
Independence Party
Jas. F. Sherman
Willam Jennings Bryan
J. W. Kern
A. Deneen
Illinois
A. Marshall
Fred M. Warner
Michigan
James A. Davidson
Wisconsin
Chas. E. Hughes
New York
Notable 1900s Crime and Political Scandals Timeline
A chronological digest lists cases and trials across states. Acquittals and convictions include George Pettibone in Boise for murder, I F Heinz surrendering over $400,000 in check over-certification, San Francisco graft charges lifted for Mayor Schmitz, Harry K. Thaw found not guilty by sanity, and multiple lynchings and mob actions in Mississippi, Kentucky, Illinois, and Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
George Pettibone
Steunenberg
I—F. A. Heinz
Mayor Schmitz
San Francisco
Court of Appeals
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Hargis
Kentucky
Beach Hargis
Dora McDonald
Webster Guerin
Shippy
Chicago
Hawkinsville
California Supreme Court
Schmitz
van Cleave
Miss
Harry Orchard
Caldwell
Wermerchist Silverstein
Union Square
New York
Belle Gunness
la Porte
Ind
Gunness
Daniel Cooper
Cadillac
Mich
Belf
Willson
Caleb Powers
James Howard
Willam Goebel
Sabine County
Tenn
Guiseppe Alia
Leo Heinrichs
Denver
Canon City
Col
Russellville
Springfield
Richardson
Ill
Willam Donegan
United States
Edward W. Carmack
Robert Cooper
Nashville
Tiptonville
Ray Lamphere
State
Laporte
Abe Ruef
Charles E. Davis
Frederick Austin
H. E. Agar
Princeton
Harlingen
Tex
Elmer Hill
Monticello
Ceresco
Governors and Senators Inaugurated and Major 1910s U S Moves
A dated record of political shifts with inaugurations and senate elections across states. Curtis Guild Jr begins a third term as Massachusetts governor. John Sharp Williams elected U S senator. Wetmore and Bradley chosen for U S Senate. various appointments and resignations noted. A ship subsidy bill advances. Roosevelt messages on labor, tariffs, and child employment. Taft reshuffles War. Venezuela-US tensions deepen. naval and currency bills move through Congress. December sessions review secret service criticisms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Guild, Jr
Massachusetts
Mississippi
John Sharp Williams
United States Senate
Sen
Wetmore
Rhode Island
Gov
Bradley
J. B. McCreary
Gary
United States
South Carolina
Senate
South America
Philippines
Australia
China
Japan
C. E. Littlefield
Roosevelt
Congress
John W. Stewart
Redfield Proctor
D. J. Hill
Germany
Hall Milton
Bryan
Ambassador Tower
Dr. Hill
Edwin Norris
Montana
House of Representatives
House
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Lafollette
Taft
Luke E. Wright
Sleeper
Caracas
Luke Wright
Venezuela
Senor Veloz-Gollicoa
Secretary of Navy
Victor H. Metcalf
Truman H. Newberry
Albert B. Cummins
Iowa
W. B. Allison
Pacific
Houses
Jubilant Year of Disasters and Dreadful Losses Across States
A chronological roll of large scale calamities throughout the year lists January through December disasters. Included are fatal fires in Boyerton and Collinwood, cyclones in Alabama, floods in Virginia Kentucky and West Virginia, deadly tornadoes across Texas Oklahoma and Wisconsin, prairie fires in the Dakotas and British Columbia, coal mine explosions in Marianna and Haileyville, and a fatal aircraft accident at Fort Meyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collinwood
Hanna
Wyo
Union Pacific
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Chelsea
Mass
South Dakota
Texas
Nebraska
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Henry County
Madison
Wis
Oklahoma
Belleview
Springfield
Louisville
Richfield
Fort Crook
Gilllam
Alfalfa County
Kla
Farnie
Coal Creek
Michael
B. C
Augusta
Haileyville
Okla
Thomas FE. Svitridge
Orville Wright
Fort Meyer
Minnesota
Metz
Mich
Presque Isle
Alpes
Michigan
Marianna
Panama Canal
Vaudreuil
Can
Providence
R. I
West Toledo
Pinole
Cal
Spring Valley
N. Y
Natchez
Miss
Laquin
Ellsworth
Helena
Ark
Ypsilanti
Chicago
Fort Wayne
Ind
New Aveline
Brooklyn
Newport
Ore
Kellen
New York
Lookout Colliery
Mount Lookout
Wryo
Clarendon
San Pedro
Tennessee
Annapolis
Knobwoster
Cleveland
Williamstown
Youngstown
Cleelum
Wash
Columbia City
Deer Isle
Young’s Point
Mont
Sugar Ridge
Scappoose
Gre
Fort Collins
Col
New Orleans
Barrie
Arkansas
Cape Ray
Soo City
Lake Superior
Duluth
Bank Failures and Closures Sweep Across Cities in 1920 List
A chronological rundown details bank failures and receiverships nationwide. State Bank of Rockyford California and Traders and Mechanics Bank of Pittsburgh close. New York firms face trusteeship and government actions. Several banks liquidated or placed in receivership, with indictments and trials of financiers noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Bank
Rockyford
Cal
New York
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Western Bank and Trust Co
Dallas, Tex
Texas Saving Bank
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Capital State Bank
Boise
Idaho
Traders and Mechanics’ Bank
Pitts- Aires Pa
National Bank of North America
New Amsterdam National Bank
Capital
Mechanics and Traders’ Bank
Oriental Bank of New York
W. B. Ridgely
Reorganized National Bank of Commerce
Kansas City
International and Great Northern Railroad Co
Gould
BE. R
Thomas
O. F. Thomas
Provident Savings Life Assurance Society
People’s National Bank
Aspin, Col
Pike County Bank and Trust Co
Macomb City
Miss
Bank of
Warsaw
Ind
Helen Bank
Dover
National Deposit Bank
Philadelphia
Farmers and Merhants’ Banking Co
Cleveland
United States Court of Appeals
Chicnago
Lirst National Bank
Belle Plaine
Minn
J. G. Lund
A. O. Brown & Co
A. Booth & Co
Union National Bank
Summerville
Charles W. Morse
Alfred H. Curtis
National Bank of America
C. W. Morse
Curtis
Eldred Bank
Eldred
National Exchange Bank
Springfield
W. O. Oldham
State Savings Bank
H. B. McDaniel
Springport
Mich
Somersworth
N. H
First National Bank
Thomas F. Ryan
Henry W. Poor
Massive fires plague cities with multi‑million dollar losses
A historic ledger lists numerous urban fires across the United States and beyond with totals ranging from hundreds of thousands to several millions. Notable blazes include Parker building New York losses of 5 million and Chicago loop damage of 1.7 million, plus strikes in Portland Maine and multiple towns, showing widespread destruction across months and years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker
New York
MecNeil & Higgins
Portland
Chicago “Loop
Coburn
Indianapolis
Ind
Nelson Morris Packing Plant
Kansas City
Twin Lakes
Minn
George Gould
Lakewood
N. J
Berlin
N. H
Peoria
Ill
Tampa
Fla
Big Timber
Mont
Leland
Springfield
Lynchburg
Richmond
Antipolo
Notable Obituaries and Distinguished Figures, 1880s-1890s
A chronological list of eminent individuals with locations and ages, including doctors, theologians, editors, and politicians. Notables such as Dr Nicholas Senn in Chicago, Rabbi Bernhard Felsenthal in Chicago, Grover Cleveland in Princeton, and Claus Spreckels in San Francisco are mentioned with roles, cities, and ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Senn
Chicago
Bernhard Felsenthal
America
Edmund Clarence Stedman
New York
Dated Disaster Toll Listed Across U S and Canada
A long OCR fragment records numerous accidental deaths and disasters from Jan to Dec across multiple states and provinces. Entries note drownings, explosions, train wrecks, collisions, capsizings, fires, and other fatal incidents involving individuals, ships, mines, and industries in places such as Kansas Virginia Pennsylvania New York Ohio California Illinois and Ontario Quebec Arkansas and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Emory Smith
Philadelphia Press
Russia
Philadelphia
Morris J. Jessup
New York
Edward Alexander McDowell
Louise de la Ramee
Florence
Italy
John Coburn
Indianapolis
Ind
Francois Marie Benjamin Richard
Paris
Howard
Glencoe
Dennis O' Sullivan
Columbus
Asbury C. Latimer
South Carolina
Washington
D. C
C. S. Noyes
Washington Star
Pasadena
Cal
James Oliver
South Bend
Indiana
Charles Quarles
Milwaukee
B. M. Cutcheon
Michigan
Ypsilanti
Mich
Ferdinand Shoemaker
Akron
United States
J. N. Camp
West Virginia
Baltimore
Charles M. Rae
Navy
J. H. Rowell
Illinois
Bloomington
John Sparks
Nevada
Carson City
D. S. Dickerson
A. S. Crowinshield
Stephen Lee
United Confederate Veterans
Vicksburg
Miss
James K. Jones
Arkansas
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Hempstead
Supreme Court
J. W. Wright
A. A. Wiley
Alabama
Hot Springs
W. B. Leeds
Rock Island Railway
Grover Cleveland
Princeton
N. J
W. H. Parker
South Dakota
Deadwood
Murat Halstead
Cincinnati
Joe Chandler Harris
Uncle Remus
Atlanta
Henry C. Potter
Cooperstown
N. Y
Louis E. Snow
St. Louis
California
James HA. Budd
Stockton
William B. Allison
Dubuque
Bronson Howard
Avon by-the-Sea
W. F
Ilas
Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Henry Glass
Paso Robles
Frank P. Sargeant
A. W. Corliss
Denver
Leslie Carter
Chicago
J. A. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Scranton
William Astor
America
T. E. Palma
Santiago
Cuba
J. M.miller
United States Naval Home
Joseph B. Coghlan
Raleigh
Manila
New Rochelle
Henry Jacobson
Leavenworth
Kan
Orlando J. Smith
Dobbs Terry
Claus Spreckels
Sugar King
San Francisco
Davey
Louisiana
New Orleans
Turmoil Across Nations Marks Early 1900s World Crisis
A sweeping chronology lists political resignations, assassinations attempts, battles, earthquakes, floods and disasters. From Portugal and Britain to China, Persia, Japan and Europe, leaders fall, armies clash, mines explode, and kingdoms shift as nations endure upheaval and tragedy.
Notable sports and records from the year 1900s era
A chronicle listing varied sports events and deaths across 1900s years. Highlights include Abel Attel draw with Owen Mo, ex world champions Hanlon and Dixon deaths, ski records set by Venson and 122 ft marks, boxing milestones with Burns and Papke, Olympic results, and Detroit Chicago pennant outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen Moran
Abel Attel
Edward Hanlon
Toronto
Can
George Dixon
Pugilist
New York
J. E. Venson
Eckie Ranard
John “Mangseth
A. Wengler
Chicago
Cincinnati
Venson
Mark
Tommy Burns
Jem Roche
Dublin
Evenson
Calvin Demarest
Billlard
Frank Gotch
George Hackenschmidt
Henry Chadwick
Brooklyn
Harvard
Yale
Nelson
Jon Gans
Frisco
Tercedes
France
Thomas J. Brice
Columbus Baseball Club
Flanagan
America
Sheppard
Sheridan
Rose
John J. Hayes
United Kingdom
Sweden
Canada
South Africa
Greece
Norway
Germany
Italy
Hungary
Australia
Finland
Squires
Sydney
Billy Papke
Sanley Ketchel
Los Angeles
Cal
Handy
St. Louis
Gans
Irrisco
Detroit
Jimmy Britt
Johnny Summers
London
Dorando Pietri
Madison Square Garden
Stanley Ketchel
San Francisco
National Baseball Commission
Klein and
Joinstone
New York-Chicago
Jack Johnson
Atlantic battleship fleet multiple global movements
A chronological United States era record lists ship movements and legal rulings from January to March and thereafter. It notes the Atlantic battleship fleet's arrivals and sailings, court decisions on railroad rights and school desegregation, notable marriages and divorces, a Wright brothers aviation milestone, political graft arrests, and other public notices across several states.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Polticil
People’s .Ary
Thomas E. Watson
Samuel Www Iillinams
Hany
Muncieluo
Thomas Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Southern Railway
Samuel. Gompers
Zelclivee Aver
Pittsburg
St. Loui Brewery
T. L. Lewis
Minneapolis, Minn
Pensatoon
Florida
Pensacola
Frank Morrison
Bucks
Circuit Court of District of Columbia
Boyerton
Tyler
Mossville
Sosa
Bervice
Nancie
Busioss
Sali Cook
Omaha Packing Co
South Omaha
Neb
Morris Packing Plant
Three Rivers
Que
Port Chester U
Boston
Cottonwood
Armour ‘Elevators
Burlington Railroad
New York Central
East Buffalo
Darby
Aede
Nev
Armoury Wool House
Chicago Stock Yards
Cosmosdale
Pittsboro
Plate A Company
Rock Island
Denver Col
Beavenay Pa
Indianola
Mises
Bardstown
Ravis
Grover, Cleveland
Kickapoo
Vinegar Bend
Ala
Jimtown
Hedaford City
Hawk’s Nest
Vad
Wesson
Northumberland
South Carrollton
Liskard, Ont
Portugal
Franco
Carlos
Luiz Philippe
Lisbon
Manuel II
Porto
Kaiser
Wilhelm
Admiral de Amaral
Luiz
Stoessel
St. Petersburg
Port Arthur
Shah of Persia
Teheran
San Juan de Sabinas
Mexico
Pekin
Bahia
Brazil
Smirnoff
Fock
Matsu
Hideyoshi
Colpeta
Hadakode
Nicholas
Duke de Chaulnes
Theodora Shonts
Gladiator
St. Paul
Isle of Wight
Notre Dame de Salette
Ontario
Persia
Matsushima
Pescadores Islands
Bykhoff
Mohileff
Manuel
Antwerp
Francois Coppee
Kiang-Li
Redevers Buller
Guanajuato
Mex
Australian
Vusovo
Port Au Prince
Hayti
Said Pasha
Turkey
Sultan
Central
Bulgaria
Ferdinand
Crete
Victorien Sardou
Emperor of
Peking
Prince Chun
Pu Wui
Tsze Hsi An
Prince Pu-Wi
Sardinia
Valetta
Malta
Chefoo
Nord Alexis
Haiti
Gen. Legitime
Pu-Yi
Simon
Goe Naives
Castro
Anton Simon
Gomez
Fallieres
Baron Cotte
Tialy
Sicily
Reggio di Caalabria
Cosenza
Catanzaro
Calabria
Messina
Tania
Supreme Court of the United States
Herald Square
Maddalena Bay
North Carolina
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Husband
San Diego
Mac. C. Wood
Thomas C. Platt
Miss Wood
Baxter P. Fullerton
Presbyterian Church of United States
Agnew-Hart
H. M. Nevins
Grand Army of the Republic
W. L. Gilman
Roxbury
Women’s Relief Corps
Wilbur Wright
le Mans
Standard Oil
United States’ Circuit Court of Appeals
Don Juan Barrios
Guatemala
l—National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Edgewater
Kansas Supreme Court
American Tobacco Company
United States Circuit Court
Standard, Republic and
Waters-Pieres Oil
Missouri
Virginia City
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