| 词条 | John Silva Meehan |
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| name = John Silva Meehan | image = silva meehan.jpg | alt = | caption = John Silva Meehan | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1790|02|06}} | birth_place = New York, New York | death_date = {{Death date and age|1863|04|24|1790|02|06}} | death_place = Washington, D.C. | nationality = American | other_names = | known_for = Librarian of Congress | occupation = }} John Silva Meehan (6 February 1790 – 24 April 1863)[1] was an American printer and publisher. He was the fourth Librarian of the United States Congress from 1829 to 1861. Meehan, a United States Democratic party member, was appointed Librarian of Congress by President Andrew Jackson, replacing in the post the Whig-activist George Watterston, who opposed Jackson. However, Meehan’s tenure was a conservative one and he and his Congressional supporters advocated limits on the size of the Library. Many of the Library’s functions were transferred to other government agencies. When a fire destroyed 35,000 volumes in 1851, including two-thirds of the materials originally provided by President Thomas Jefferson, the money provided by Congress for restoration was used solely for replacing lost materials and not for expansion. Meehan did provide a small collection of periodicals for Congressional perusal which, under later Librarians, became the periodicals division.[2] Meehan served under nine presidents. Despite Congressional opposition, President Abraham Lincoln replaced Meehan with a Republican supporter, John G. Stephenson.[3][4] References{{Portal|Libraries}}1. ^{{cite web|title=John Silva Meehan (1790-1863)|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7406025|website=findagrave.com|accessdate=4 March 2016}} {{Librarians of Congress}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Meehan, John Silva}}2. ^{{cite web|last1=Cole|first1=John Y.|title=Jefferson's Legacy: A Brief History of the Library of Congress -- Librarians of Congress|url=https://www.loc.gov/loc/legacy/librs.html|publisher=Library of Congress|accessdate=15 December 2008|date=30 March 2006}} 3. ^{{cite journal|last1=McDonough|first1=John|title=John Silva Meehan: A Gentleman of Amiable Manners|journal=The Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress|date=January 1976|volume=33|pages=3–28}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Interments in the Historic Congressional Cemetery|url=http://bytesofhistory.org/Cemeteries/DC_Congressional/Obits/M/Obits_Meehan.pdf|website=Bytes of History|accessdate=4 March 2016|date=1 June 2002}} 9 : 1790 births|1863 deaths|Librarians of Congress|American printers|American publishers (people)|19th-century printers|19th-century publishers (people)|People from New York City|New York (state) Democrats |
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