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See also:THURMAN, See also:- ALLEN, BOG OF
- ALLEN, ETHAN (1739–1789)
- ALLEN, GRANT CHARLES GRANT BLAIRFINDIEI, (1848–1899)
- ALLEN, JAMES LANE (1850– )
- ALLEN, JOHN (1476–1534)
- ALLEN, or ALLEYN, THOMAS (1542-1632)
- ALLEN, WILLIAM (1532-1594)
- ALLEN, WILLIAM FRANCIS (183o-1889)
ALLEN GRANBERY (1813-1895) , See also:American jurist and statesman, was See also:born at See also:Lynchburg, See also:Virginia, on the 13th of See also:November 1813. In 1819 he removed with his parents to See also:Chillicothe, See also:Ohio, where he attended the See also:local See also:academy for two years, studied See also:law in the See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office of his See also:uncle, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Allen,' and in 1835 was admitted to the See also:bar, becoming his uncle's law partner. He began to take an active See also:part in politics in 1844, and in 1845-1847 was a Democratic representative in See also:Congress, where he advocated the See also:Wilmot Proviso. From 1851 to See also:February 1856 he was an See also:associate See also:justice of the See also:state supreme See also:court, and from See also:December 1854 was See also:chief justice. He was Democratic See also:candidate for See also:governor of Ohio in 1867, and was defeated by See also:Rutherford B. See also:Hayes by a See also:majority of less than 3000 votes; but the Democrats gained a majority in both branches of the state legislature, and Thurman was elected to the See also:United States See also:Senate, where he served from 1869 until 1881—during the 46th Congress (1879-1881) as See also:president See also:pro tempore. Here he became the recognized Democratic See also:leader and in 1879-1881 was chairman of the judiciary See also:committee. He contested the constitutionality of the See also:Civil Rights See also:Bill, opposed the resumption of specie payments, advocated the See also:payment of the public See also:debt in See also:silver and supported the Bland-See also:Allison See also:Act. He introduced the Thurman Bill, for which he was chiefly responsible, which became law in May 1878, and readjusted the See also:government's relations with the See also:bond-aided Pacific See also:railways. Thurman was a member of the Electoral See also:Commission of 1877, and was one of the American delegates to the See also:international monetary See also:conference at See also:Paris in 1881. In 1876, 188o and 1884 he was a candidate for the _presidential nomination, and in 1888 was nominated for See also:vice-president on the See also:ticket with Grover Cleve-See also:land, but was defeated in the See also:election. He died at See also:Columbus, Ohio, on the 12th of December 1895.
End of Article: THURMAN, ALLEN GRANBERY (1813-1895)
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