Notable Men Declined the Vice Presidency in U.S. History
The article surveys past vice presidential nominees who declined or were forced to withdraw, noting figures such as John C Calhoun, John Langdon, Elbridge Gerry, and Chester A Arthur. It discusses the two thirds rule origin in Jacksonian politics, and examines age patterns, succession questions, and debates over granting a cabinet seat to the vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Calhoun
John Langdon
New Hampshire
James Madison
Elbridge Gerry
Massachusetts
Bmilas Wright
New York
Martin van Buren
George M. Dallas
Pennsylvania
Wright
Ring
Henry Clay
Benjamin Fitzpatrick
Alabama
Douglas
Benjamin F. Butler
Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
William P. Frye
Maine
Garfield
Frye
New York State
Mr. Arthur
William Rufus King
George Clinton
Thomas A. Hendricks
Levi P. Morton
Henry Wilson
Henry G. Davis
Judge Parker
Allen G. Thurman
Mr. Cleveland
Jackson
Baltimore
van Buren
United States Bank
United States
Senate
Mr. Roosevelt
Panama
Mr. Taft
Mexico
Washington
Chicago
Arthur
Grant
Bryan
Roosevelt
Roscoe Conkling
Middle West
Northwest
Seymour
McKinley
New York City
McClellan and
Pendleton
Harrison and
Reid
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Senator Lodge
Philadelphia
Theodore Roosevelt
Lodge
Senator Platt
Serena Payne
Representative Payne
Donelson Caffrey
Louisiana
Buckner
Indianapolis
Cleveland and Hendricks
W. F. Vilas
Franklin Pierce
W. R. King
John W. Davis
Indiana
Jefferson Davis
Illinois
Confederacy
Buchanan
Breckinridge
Cincinnati
Pierce
Cass
John B. Ward
Georgia
Dixon
New York Times
Stupidity of the Africans recounts by Stanley
An excerpt from Youth's Companion cites Sir Henry M. Stanley's Autobiography describing central African natives as incredibly stupid. It recalls a canoe misadventure where two men paddle apart and blame each other, plus a Congo river incident where a bowman grabs grass to slow the boat, causing raftwise chaos and extra toil for the crew.
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Central Africa
Sir Henry M. Stanley
Stanley
Congo
Terrible Mine Experience Told by Retired Prospector
An old Chicago miner recalls a night spent in a western Mexico silver shaft. A collapse and candlelight fear left him with hair that turned from brown to white, while a dangerous rescue and near deaths tested courage during a perilous descent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Barney Dolge
Mexico
Barney
Doyle
Representative Hubbard Faces Rowdy Reception
Representative Elbert Hubbard of Iowa spoke to a hall filled with boys and young men armed with tin pans clubs and cowbells. He felt unappreciated as he prepared to address the assembly and defend his district in Congress.
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Hubbard
Elbert Hubbard
Iowa
Congress
Strawberry Tunnel and Utah reclamation feat highlighted
The article notes the Strawberry Tunnel as a premier reclamation project piercing a mountain to divert a river and reclaim 60 000 acres in Utah. It reports workers in Wasatch snow at high altitude digging around the clock and delivering a brief relay from Camp Quint on June 13. It also describes America’s first commercial nitrogen fertilizer plant in Nitro, South Carolina, using electric furnaces to convert air nitrogen to nitric acid for nitrate of lime, with plans for a larger plant by the Southern Electro Chemical Co.
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Reclamation Service
Washington
Wasatch Mountains
Utah Lake
Wasatch Range
Strawberry River
Gulf of California
Colorado River
Colorado Drainage
Utah Valley
Strawberry Tunnel
Spanish Fork
Diamond Switch
Denver & Rio Grande
Cleveland
St. Louis
P. A. Collins
Boston
Chicago
Garfield
Arthur
Charleston
Caleb Cushing
Massachusetts
Baltimore
Douglas
Johnson
Georgia
Seceders
Breckinridge
Lane
Lincoln
Hamlin
George Ashman
Horace Greeley
Oregon
Hamilton
Philadelphia
Fremont
Dayton
Henry S. Lane
Indiana
Utah
Camp Quinton
Southern Electro- Chemical Company
Crocodile Rule in Borneo Dyak Beliefs and Attacks
The article describes crocodiles on Borneo rivers as a common danger to Dyak communities. It notes villagers often ignore the reptiles until a life is taken, then revenge follows. Dyaks associate attacks with broken taboos or divine punishment and use ritualized crocodile catching to punish the offender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borneo
Dyaks
Chambers Journal
Time difference hoax targets New York Paris
A Philadelphia Record quips about a hoax asking the time difference between New York and Paris. The punchline suggests one can align times with clever methods, implying a joke rather than a factual claim.
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New York
Paris
Philadelphia Record
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North Carolina
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Stevenson
W. L. ‘Wilson
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