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词条 1899 in the United States
释义

  1. Incumbents

      Federal Government    Governors    Lieutenant Governors  

  2. Events

     January  February  March  April  May  June  July  August  September  October  November  December  Undated  Ongoing 

  3. Births

  4. Deaths

  5. See also

  6. References

  7. Further reading

  8. External links

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Events from the year 1899 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal Government

  • President: William McKinley (R-Ohio)
  • Vice President: Garret Hobart (R-New Jersey) (until November 21), vacant (starting November 21)
  • Chief Justice: Melville Fuller (Illinois)
  • Speaker of the House of Representatives: Thomas Brackett Reed (R-Maine) (until March 4), David B. Henderson (R-Iowa) (starting December 4)
  • Congress: 55th (until March 4), 56th (starting March 4)

Governors

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  • Governor of Alabama: Joseph F. Johnston (Democratic)
  • Governor of Arkansas: Daniel Webster Jones (Democratic)
  • Governor of California: James Budd (Democratic) (until January 4), Henry Gage (Republican) (starting January 4)
  • Governor of Colorado: Alva Adams (Democratic) (until January 10), Charles Spalding Thomas (Democratic) (starting January 10)
  • Governor of Connecticut: Lorrin A. Cooke (Republican) (until January 4), George E. Lounsbury (Republican) (starting January 4)
  • Governor of Delaware: Ebe W. Tunnell (Democratic)
  • Governor of Florida: William D. Bloxham (Democratic)
  • Governor of Georgia: Allen D. Candler (Democratic)
  • Governor of Idaho: Frank Steunenberg (Democratic)
  • Governor of Illinois: John Riley Tanner (Republican)
  • Governor of Indiana: James A. Mount (Republican)
  • Governor of Iowa: Leslie M. Shaw (Republican)
  • Governor of Kansas: John W. Leedy (Populist) (until January 9), William E. Stanley (Republican) (starting January 9)
  • Governor of Kentucky: William O. Bradley (Republican) (until December 12), William S. Taylor (Republican) (starting December 12)
  • Governor of Louisiana: Murphy James Foster, Sr. (Democratic)
  • Governor of Maine: Llewellyn Powers (Republican)
  • Governor of Maryland: Lloyd Lowndes, Jr. (Republican)
  • Governor of Massachusetts: Roger Wolcott (Republican)
  • Governor of Michigan: Hazen S. Pingree (Republican)
  • Governor of Minnesota: David M. Clough (Republican) (until January 2), John Lind (Democratic) (starting January 2)
  • Governor of Mississippi: Anselm J. McLaurin (Democratic)
  • Governor of Missouri: Lon Vest Stephens (Democratic)
  • Governor of Montana: Robert Burns Smith (Democratic)
  • Governor of Nebraska: Silas A. Holcomb (Democratic) (until January 5), William A. Poynter (Democratic) (starting January 5)
  • Governor of Nevada: Reinhold Sadler (Silver)
  • Governor of New Hampshire: George A. Ramsdell (Republican) (until January 5), Frank W. Rollins (Republican) (starting January 5)
  • Governor of New Jersey: David Ogden Watkins (Republican) (until January 17), Foster MacGowan Voorhees (Republican) (starting January 17)
  • Governor of New York: Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) (starting January 1)
  • Governor of North Carolina: Daniel Lindsay Russell (Republican)
  • Governor of North Dakota: Joseph M. Devine (Republican) (until January 3), Frederick B. Fancher (Republican) (starting January 3)
  • Governor of Ohio: Asa S. Bushnell (Republican)
  • Governor of Oregon: William Paine Lord (Republican) (until January 9), T. T. Geer (Republican) (starting January 9)
  • Governor of Pennsylvania: Daniel H. Hastings (Republican) (until January 17), William A. Stone (Republican) (starting January 17)
  • Governor of Rhode Island: Elisha Dyer, Jr. (Republican)
  • Governor of South Carolina: William Haselden Ellerbe (Democratic) (until June 2), Miles Benjamin McSweeney (Democratic) (starting June 2)
  • Governor of South Dakota: Andrew E. Lee (Populist)
  • Governor of Tennessee: Robert Love Taylor (Democratic) (until January 16), Benton McMillin (Democratic) (starting January 16)
  • Governor of Texas: Charles A. Culberson (Democratic) (until January 17), Joseph D. Sayers (Democratic) (starting January 17)
  • Governor of Utah: Heber Manning Wells (Republican)
  • Governor of Vermont: Edward Curtis Smith (Republican)
  • Governor of Virginia: James Hoge Tyler (Democratic)
  • Governor of Washington: John Rankin Rogers (Populist)/(Democratic)
  • Governor of West Virginia: George W. Atkinson (Republican)
  • Governor of Wisconsin: Edward Scofield (Republican)
  • Governor of Wyoming: William A. Richards (Republican) (until January 2), DeForest Richards (Republican) (starting January 2)

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Lieutenant Governors

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  • Lieutenant Governor of California: William T. Jeter (Democratic) (until January 3), Jacob H. Neff (Republican) (starting January 3)
  • Lieutenant Governor of Colorado: Jared L. Brush (Republican) (until January 10), Francis Patrick Carney (Populist) (starting January 10)
  • Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut: James D. Dewell (Republican) (until January 4), Lyman A. Mills (Republican) (starting January 4)
  • Lieutenant Governor of Idaho: George F. Moore (Democratic) (until January 2), J. H. Hutchinson (Democratic) (starting January 2)
  • Lieutenant Governor of Illinois: William Northcott (Republican)
  • Lieutenant Governor of Indiana: William S. Haggard (Republican)
  • Lieutenant Governor of Iowa: James C. Milliman (Republican)
  • Lieutenant Governor of Kansas: Alexander M. Harvey (Populist) (until January 9), Harry E. Richter (Republican) (starting January 9)
  • Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky: William Jackson Worthington (political party unknown) (until December 12), John Marshall (Republican) (starting December 12)
  • Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana: Robert H. Snyder (Democratic)
  • Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts: Winthrop M. Crane (political party unknown)
  • Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: Thomas B. Dunstan (Republican) (until month and day unknown), Orrin W. Robinson (Republican) (starting month and day unknown)
  • Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota: John L. Gibbs (Republican) (until January 3), Lyndon A. Smith (Republican) (starting January 3)
  • Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi: J. H. Jones (Democratic)
  • Lieutenant Governor of Missouri: August Bolte (Democratic)
  • Lieutenant Governor of Montana: Archibald E. Spriggs (political party unknown)
  • Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska: James E. Harris (Democratic) (until January 5), Edward A. Gilbert (Republican) (starting January 5)
  • Lieutenant Governor of Nevada: James R. Judge (political party unknown)
  • Lieutenant Governor of New York: Timothy L. Woodruff (Republican)
  • Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina: Charles A. Reynolds (Republican)
  • Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota: vacant
  • Lieutenant Governor of Ohio: Asa W. Jones (Republican)
  • Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania: Walter Lyon (Republican) (until January 17), John P. S. Gobin (Republican) (starting January 17)
  • Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island: William Gregory (Republican)
  • Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina: Miles Benjamin McSweeney (Democratic) (until June 2), Robert B. Scarborough (Democratic) (starting June 2)
  • Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota: Daniel T. Hindman (Republican) (until month and day unknown), John T. Kean (Republican) (starting month and day unknown)
  • Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee: John Thompson (Democratic) (until month and day unknown), Seid Waddell (Democratic) (starting month and day unknown)
  • Lieutenant Governor of Texas: George Taylor Jester (Democratic) (until January 17), James Browning (Democratic) (starting January 17)
  • Lieutenant Governor of Vermont: Henry C. Bates (Republican)
  • Lieutenant Governor of Virginia: Edward Echols (Democratic)
  • Lieutenant Governor of Washington: Thurston Daniels (Populist)
  • Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin: Emil Baensch (Republican) (until January 2), Jesse Stone (Republican) (starting January 2)

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Events

January

  • January 1 – Queens and Staten Island merge with New York City.
  • January 10 – The Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity is founded at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois.
  • January 17 – The United States takes possession of Wake Island.

February

  • February 4 – The Philippine–American War begins as hostilities break out in Manila.
  • February 6 – Spanish–American War: A peace treaty between the United States and Spain is ratified by the United States Senate.
  • February 10 – Spanish–American War: The U.S. receives the Philippines, Samoa, Guam, and Puerto Rico as a result of the Treaty of Paris.
  • February 12–14 – Great Blizzard of 1899: Freezing temperatures and snow extend well south into North America, including southern Florida. It is the latest in a series of disasters to Florida's citrus industry.
  • February 14 – Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.

March

  • March 2 – In Washington State, USA, Mount Rainier National Park is established.
  • March 24 – George Dewey is made Admiral of the US Navy.

April

  • April 15 – Students at the University of California, Berkeley steal the Stanford Axe from Stanford University yell leaders following a baseball game, thus establishing the Axe as a symbol of the rivalry between the schools.

May

  • May 31 – The launch of the Harriman Alaska Expedition.

June

  • June 7 – Temperance movement crusader Carrie Nation enters a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas, and proceeds to destroy all the alcoholic beverages with rocks.
  • June 12 – New Richmond Tornado: A tornado completely destroys the town of New Richmond, Wisconsin, killing 117 people and injuring more than 200.
  • June 25 – Three Denver, Colorado newspapers publish a story (later proved to be a fabrication) that the Chinese government under the Guangxu Emperor is going to demolish the Great Wall of China.
  • June 30 – Mile-a-Minute Murphy earns his famous nickname this day, after he becomes the first man to ride a bicycle for one mile in under a minute on Long Island.

July

  • July 17 – America's first juvenile court is established in Chicago.
  • July 19 – The Newsboys Strike takes place when the Newsies of New York City go on strike (strike lasts until August 2).
  • July 30 – The Harriman Alaska Expedition ends successfully.

August

  • August 3 – The John Marshall Law School is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
  • August 10 – Major Taylor wins the world 1-mile professional cycling championship in Montreal, securing his place as the first African American world champion in any sport.[1]
  • August 17 – A hurricane makes landfall in North Carolina's Outer Banks, completely destroying the town of Diamond City.

September

  • September 6 – Open Door Policy is a term in foreign affairs initially used to refer to the United States policy established in the late-nineteenth century and the early-twentieth century, as enunciated in Secretary of State John Hay's Open Door Note,
  • September 14 – Henry H. Bliss becomes the first person to be killed by a motor vehicle in the United States. Upon disembarking from a streetcar in New York City, an electric-powered taxicab strikes and crushes him and he dies from his injuries the following morning.

October

  • October 30 – The Augusta High School Building is completed in Augusta, Kentucky; Augusta Methodist College shuts down.

November

  • November 4 – The Alpha Sigma Tau Sorority is founded in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
  • November 8 – The Bronx Zoo opens in New York City.
  • November 21 – Vice President Garret Hobart dies in office.

December

  • December 2 – Philippine–American War – Battle of Tirad Pass: ("The Filipino Thermopylae") General Gregorio del Pilar and his troops are able to guard the retreat of Philippine President Emilio Aguinaldo before being wiped out.
  • December 25 – The 6.7 {{M|w|link=y}} San Jacinto earthquake shook the Inland Empire area of Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), causing six deaths and $50,000 in damage.

Undated

  • The North Carolina General Assembly incorporates the town of Manteo, which was originally laid out as the Dare county seat in 1870.
  • Gold is discovered in Nome, Alaska.
  • Public Archives Commission established.[2]

Ongoing

  • Gay Nineties (1890–1899)
  • Progressive Era (1890s–1920s)
  • Lochner era (c. 1897–c. 1937)
  • Philippine–American War (1899–1902)
  • Boxer Rebellion (1899-1901) Boxer Rebellion#Allied intervention.2C the Boxer War.2C and the aftermath

Births

  • January 9 – John A. Danaher, U.S. Senator from Connecticut 1939–1945 (died 1990).
  • January 17 – Al Capone, gangster and crime boss (died 1947).
  • February 22
    • Dwight Frye, actor (died 1943).
    • George O'Hara, silent film actor and screenwriter (died 1966).
  • February 27 – Charles H. Best, medical scientist (died 1978 in Canada).
  • April 11 – Percy Lavon Julian, African American research chemist (died 1975).
  • April 28 – Mary Loveless, née Hewitt, immunologist (died 1991).
  • April 29 – Duke Ellington, jazz musician and composer (died 1974).
  • May 10 – Fred Astaire, né Austerlitz, dancer and singer (died 1987).
  • May 15 – Leonard B. Jordan, U.S. Senator from Idaho 1962–1973 (died 1983).
  • June 4 – Arthur Barker, son of Ma Barker and a member of the Barker-Karpis gang (died 1939)
  • July 7
    • Anna Baetjer, toxicologist (died 1984).
    • Claude P. Dettloff, photographer (died 1978 in Canada).
  • July 6 – Susannah Mushatt Jones, African American supercentenarian, oldest (confirmed) living person 2015–2016 (died 2016).
  • July 17 – James Cagney, film actor (died 1986).
  • July 21
    • Hart Crane, poet (died 1932).
    • Ernest Hemingway, fiction writer and journalist (died 1961).
  • July 23 – Carl G. Fenner, botanist (died 1991).
  • September 9 – Neil Hamilton, actor (died 1984).
  • November 5 – Margaret Atwood Judson, historian and author (died 1991).
  • November 22 – Hoagy Carmichael, composer and singer (died 1981).
  • December 20 – John Sparkman, U.S. Senator from Alabama 1946–1979 (died 1985).
  • December 25 – Humphrey Bogart, film actor (died 1957).
  • Caroline F. Ware, historian and New Deal activist (died 1990).

Deaths

  • January 26 – Augustus Hill Garland, U.S. Senator from Arkansas 1885–1889 (born 1832).
  • March 1 – Philip W. McKinney, 41st Governor of Virginia (born 1832).
  • March 18 – Othniel Charles Marsh, paleontologist (born 1831).
  • March 19 – Patrick Walsh, Irish-born U.S. Senator from Georgia 1894–1895 (born 1840).
  • April 10 – Horace Tabor, U.S. Senator from Colorado in 1883 (born 1830).
  • April 24 – Richard J. Oglesby, U.S. Senator from Illinois 1873–1878 (born 1824).
  • June 7 – Augustin Daly, dramatist and theater manager (born 1838).
  • July 18 – Horatio Alger, Jr., Unitarian minister and author (born 1832).
  • August 8 – Lucy Pickens, socialite, known during and after her lifetime as the "Queen of the Confederacy" (born 1832)
  • August 22 – Caspar Buberl, Bohemian-born sculptor (born 1834).
  • September 9 – James B. Eustis, U.S. Senator from Louisiana 1876–1879 and 1885–1891 (born 1834).
  • September 12 – Cornelius Vanderbilt II, businessman (born 1843).
  • October 5 – James Harlan, U.S. Senator from Iowa 1865–1866 (born 1820).
  • October 18 – Gussie Davis, African American songwriter (born 1863).
  • October 28 – Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-born inventor (born 1854).
  • October 30 – William H. Webb, shipbuilder and philanthropist (born 1816).
  • November 21 – Garret Hobart, 24th Vice President of the United States from 1897 to 1899 (born 1844).
  • November 25 – Robert Lowry, Baptist minister and hymn writer (born 1826).
  • December 22 – Dwight L. Moody, preacher and publisher (born 1837).

See also

  • List of American films of the 1890s
  • Timeline of United States history (1860–1899)

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Professional Information|url=http://www.majortaylor.com/page3.html|publisher=The Major Taylor Society|accessdate=2012-01-23}}
2. ^{{cite web |title=Milestones of the U.S. Archival Profession and the National Archives, 1800-2011 |publisher =U.S. National Archives and Records Administration |accessdate=22 August 2016 |url=https://www.archives.gov/about/history/milestones.html }}

Further reading

  • {{citation |year=1905 |via=HathiTrust |title= Statistician and Economist |publisher=Louis P. McCarty |location=San Francisco |chapter=Domestic Chronology |pages = 227–347 |chapterurl= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b3142275?urlappend=%3Bseq=239 }}. (Covers events May 1898-June 1905)

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