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unusual facts about United States Senate elections, 1838



Adolf Pfister

In 1838 he obtained civic rights in Württemberg, and as a priest of the Diocese of Rottenburg, he was pastor first in Dotternhausen; 31 January 1839, at Rosawangen; 11 May 1841, at Risstissen; from 1851 also school inspector in Ehingen.

American Journal of Science

The editorship long remained in the family of Professor Silliman, as he was assisted by his son, Benjamin Silliman, Jr., from 1838.

Andersson Island

The island was first named by the French Antarctic Expedition in 1838, who called it le Rosamel in honor of Vice Admiral Claude Charles Marie du Campe de Rosamel, French Naval Minister.

Banded houndshark

The first scientific description of the banded houndshark was authored by German biologists Johannes Peter Müller and Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, based on a dried specimen from Japan, in their 1838–41 Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen.

Bazaine

Pierre-Dominique Bazaine (1786-1838), French mathematician and military engineer

British Iron Company

Attwood then appealed to the House of Lords where a final verdict in his favour was given in March 1838.

Charles Long, 1st Baron Farnborough

He died here on 17 January 1838, leaving to the National Gallery fifteen artworks by Rubens, Vandyck, Canaletto, Teniers, Mola, Cuyp, and others.

Christian Gobrecht

He also designed the Gobrecht Dollar, which was struck in small quantities from 1836 to 1838 and later inspired the Flying Eagle cent.

Daniel S. Mitchell

Born in 1838 in York County, Maine, Mitchell began his photographic career as an errand boy in a daguerreotype gallery in Maine at the age of nine.

Deinacrida heteracantha

It was redescribed under the synonymous name Hemideina gigantea by Colenso (1881), based on a specimen collected 'in a small low wood behind Paihia, Bay of Islands', in 1838.

Eduard Clam-Gallas

He was the eldest son of Count Christian Christoph Clam-Gallas (1771–1838), patron of Beethoven, and Countess Josephine Clary-Aldringen (1777–1828).

Franklin J. Moses

Franklin J. Moses, Jr. (1838-1906), Governor of South Carolina from 1872 to 1874, son of the above

George Edward Post

George Edward Post (1838-1909) was a professor of surgery at the Syrian Protestant College in Beirut, now the American University of Beirut (AUB).

Gorkhatri

The Sikhs converted the site into the residence and official headquarters of their mercenary general Paolo Avitabile who was governor of Peshawar from 1838-1842.

Herbert Cozens-Hardy, 1st Baron Cozens-Hardy

He was born in Letheringsett, Norfolk in 1838, the second son of William Hardy Cozens-Hardy and was educated at Amersham School.

History of the Jews in Pittsburgh

There are no reliable records of the beginnings of the Jewish community; but it has been ascertained that between 1838 and 1844 a small number of Jews, mostly from Baden, Bavaria, and Württemberg, settled in and around Pittsburgh.

Jacob Worth

Jacob Worth (May 1, 1838 New York City – February 21, 1905 Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas) was an American politician from New York.

Jerris Leonard

He ran against United States Senator Gaylord Nelson in the 1968 United States Senate election and was defeated.

Joel Adams

Joel's great grandson Warren Adams (1838-1884) was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Confederate States Army and was in command of the First South Carolina Infantry Regiment at Battery Wagner.

Journal of Natural History

The journal was formed by the merger of the Magazine of Natural History (1828–1840) and the Annals of Natural History (1838–1840; previously the Magazine of Zoology and Botany, 1836–1838) and Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History).

Laura de Force Gordon

Laura de Force Gordon (née Laura de Force; August 17, 1838, North East, Pennsylvania – April 5, 1907, Lodi, California) was an American lawyer, editor, and a prominent campaigner for women’s rights in the American West.

Leverett Saltonstall I

Elected as a Whig to the 25th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Stephen C. Phillips, and then reelected to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses, serving from December 5, 1838, to March 3, 1843.

Liege Hulett

Sir James Liege Hulett (17 May 1838 – 1928) was a sugar magnate and philanthropist in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, originally from Kent, England.

Montagu Bertie, 5th Earl of Abingdon

Lord Abingdon's first wife was Emily Gage (d. 28 August 1838), daughter of General the Honourable Thomas Gage and Margaret Kemble, 27 August 1807.

Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Bridge No. 1

In 1838, the PW&B built the first permanent bridge here to complete the first direct rail link from Philadelphia to Wilmington, Delaware, and Baltimore, Maryland.

Pierre-Chéri Lafont

After several years at the Nouveautis and the Vaudeville, on the burning of the latter in 1838 he went to England, and married, at Gretna Green, Jenny Colon, from whom he was soon divorced.

Prillar-Guri

Pillarguri first appears in written form in Sagn, samlede i Gudbrandsdalen om Slaget ved Kringen, 26de August 1612 written during 1838 by Hans Peter Schnitler Krag, the minister in Vågå.

Raffaele de Ferrari

Raffaele was born at Genoa from an aristocratic family, he was a senator of the Kingdom of Sardinia and had the title of Duke of Galliera from 18 September 1838 at the behest of Pope Gregory XVI.

Richard Miles

Richard Pius Miles (1791–1860), Roman Catholic Bishop of Nashville, 1838–1860

Riverdale Park, Maryland

After Rosalie Stier Calvert died in 1821 and George Calvert in 1838, their son, Charles Benedict Calvert, took over the plantation.

Robert Kelleher

It was his second run against Baucus, whom he also challenged in the 2002 Senate race on the Green party ticket (2.3%).

Roderick Rose

Roderick Rose (born Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada May 15, 1838; died Jamestown, North Dakota, September 10, 1903) was a Canadian-born American educator, lawyer, politician, and judge.

Scuba set

After having travelled to England and discovered William James' invention, the French physician Manuel Théodore Guillaumet, from Argentan (Normandy), patented in 1838 the oldest known regulator mechanism.

Sir Gerard Noel, 2nd Baronet

Sir Gerard Noel Noel, 2nd Baronet (17 July 1759-25 February 1838), of Welham Grove in Leicestershire and Exton Park in Rutland, known as Gerard Edwardes until 1798, was an English Member of Parliament.

Stanisław Rehman

Stanisław Rehman (1838–1899), was a city councillor in Kraków, Poland.

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United States Senate elections, 1834

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United States Senate elections, 1890

As this election was prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment, Senators were chosen by State legislatures.

United States v. More

Jefferson's party also took control of Congress in the House and Senate elections.

Viscose

French scientist and industrialist Hilaire de Chardonnet (1838–1924)— who invented the first artificial textile fiber, artificial silk—created viscose.

Wayne Sowell

Wayne Sowell was the Democratic candidate for Alabama in the United States Senate election of 2004.

William Alexander Aitken

In 1836 he had a major disagreement with Ramsay Crooks, and in 1838 he was discharged for mismanagement.

William Annesley

William Annesley, 3rd Earl Annesley (1772–1838), Irish noble and British Member of Parliament

William H. Noble

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1838 to the Twenty-sixth Congress.

William L. May

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1838 to the Twenty-sixth Congress.

William Mackintosh

William M'Intosh (also spelt McIntosh; 1838-1931), Scottish physician and marine zoologist

Yanchep National Park

Lieutenant George Grey travelled through the area in 1838 and made note of the remarkable caves he found in the area.


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