Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

RANDALL, SAMUEL JACKSON (1828-189o)

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 885 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

RANDALL, See also:SAMUEL See also:JACKSON (1828-189o) , See also:American politician, was See also:born in See also:Philadelphia, See also:Pennsylvania, on the loth of See also:October 1828. He was educated in the public See also:schools and in the University See also:Academy, Philadelphia. In 1858–1859 he was a Democratic member of the See also:state See also:Senate. During the See also:Civil See also:War he served as a private in the See also:Union See also:army for ninety days in 1861, and two years later took See also:part in the See also:Gettysburg See also:campaign as a volunteer. From 1863 until his See also:death he was a Democratic representative in See also:Congress. During the session of 1874–1875 he first gained a See also:national reputation by the masterful manner in which he prevented the Republican See also:majority from passing the Force See also:Bill or Federal See also:Election See also:law. Under his leadership discipline and party See also:harmony were established among the Democrats for the first See also:time after the Civil War. He was See also:speaker of the See also:House from See also:December 1876 to See also:March 1881, during a See also:period marked by rancorous debates concerning the disputed See also:Hayes-See also:Tilden presidential election. With the disappearance of the Reconstruction questions and the emergence of the See also:tariff issue, however, his See also:influence began to wane. As the See also:leader of the Protectionist wing of the party he was superseded by the tariff reform See also:advocates, such as See also:John G. See also:Carlisle, See also:William R. See also:Morrison, and See also:Roger Q.

See also:

Mills, Carlisle defeating him for the speakership in 1883. He died in Washing-ton, D.C., on the 13th of See also:April 1890.

End of Article: RANDALL, SAMUEL JACKSON (1828-189o)

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
RAND 		[next]
RANDAN

Site © 2006 - Net Industries