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List of events
Events from the year 1893 in the United States .
Incumbents
Benjamin Harrison (
R -
Indiana ) (until March 4)
Grover Cleveland (
D -
New York ) (starting March 4)
Levi P. Morton (
R -
New York ) (until March 4)
Adlai E. Stevenson I (
D -
Illinois ) (starting March 4)
Governors and
lieutenant governors
Governors
Governor of Alabama :
Thomas G. Jones (
Democratic )
Governor of Arkansas :
James Philip Eagle (
Democratic ) (until January 10),
William Meade Fishback (
Democratic ) (starting January 10)
Governor of California :
Henry Markham (
Republican )
Governor of Colorado :
John Long Routt (
Republican ) (until January 10),
Davis Hanson Waite (People's) (starting January 10)
Governor of Connecticut :
Morgan G. Bulkeley (
Republican ) (until January 4),
Luzon B. Morris (
Democratic ) (starting January 4)
Governor of Delaware :
Robert J. Reynolds (
Democratic )
Governor of Florida :
Francis P. Fleming (
Democratic ) (until January 3),
Henry L. Mitchell (
Democratic ) (starting January 3)
Governor of Georgia :
William J. Northen (
Democratic )
Governor of Idaho :
N. B. Willey (
Republican ) (until January 2),
William J. McConnell (
Republican ) (starting January 2)
Governor of Illinois :
Joseph W. Fifer (
Republican ) (until January 10),
John Peter Altgeld (
Democratic ) (starting January 10)
Governor of Indiana :
Ira Joy Chase (
Republican ) (until January 9),
Claude Matthews (
Democratic ) (starting January 9)
Governor of Iowa :
Horace Boies (
Democratic )
Governor of Kansas :
Lyman U. Humphrey (
Republican ) (until January 8),
Lorenzo D. Lewelling (
Populist ) (starting January 8)
Governor of Kentucky :
John Y. Brown (
Democratic )
Governor of Louisiana :
Murphy James Foster, Sr. (
Democratic )
Governor of Maine :
Edwin C. Burleigh (
Republican ) (until January 4),
Henry B. Cleaves (
Republican ) (starting January 4)
Governor of Maryland :
Frank Brown (
Democratic )
Governor of Massachusetts :
William E. Russell (
Democratic )
Governor of Michigan :
Edwin B. Winans (
Democratic ) (until January 1),
John T. Rich (
Republican ) (starting January 1)
Governor of Minnesota :
William R. Merriam (
Republican ) (until January 9),
Knute Nelson (
Republican ) (starting January 9)
Governor of Mississippi :
John M. Stone (
Democratic )
Governor of Missouri :
David R. Francis (
Democratic ) (until January 9),
William Joel Stone (
Democratic ) (starting January 9)
Governor of Montana :
Joseph Toole (
Democratic ) (until January 1),
John E. Rickards (
Republican ) (starting January 1)
Governor of Nebraska :
James E. Boyd (
Democratic ) (until January 13),
Lorenzo Crounse (
Republican ) (starting January 13)
Governor of Nevada :
Roswell K. Colcord (
Republican )
Governor of New Hampshire :
Hiram A. Tuttle (
Republican ) (until January 5),
John Butler Smith (
Republican ) (starting January 5)
Governor of New Jersey :
Leon Abbett (
Democratic ) (until January 17),
George Theodore Werts (
Democratic ) (starting January 17)
Governor of New York :
Roswell P. Flower (
Democratic )
Governor of North Carolina :
Thomas Michael Holt (
Democratic ) (until January 18),
Elias Carr (
Democratic ) (starting January 18)
Governor of North Dakota :
Andrew H. Burke (
Republican ) (until January 3),
Eli C. D. Shortridge (
Democratic )/(
Independent ) (starting January 3)
Governor of Ohio :
William McKinley (
Republican )
Governor of Oregon :
Sylvester Pennoyer (
Democratic )
Governor of Pennsylvania :
Robert E. Pattison (
Democratic )
Governor of Rhode Island :
D. Russell Brown (
Republican )
Governor of South Carolina :
Benjamin Ryan Tillman (
Democratic )
Governor of South Dakota :
Arthur C. Mellette (
Republican ) (until January 3),
Charles H. Sheldon (
Republican ) (starting January 3)
Governor of Tennessee :
John P. Buchanan (
Democratic ) (until January 16),
Peter Turney (
Democratic ) (starting January 16)
Governor of Texas :
James Stephen Hogg (
Democratic )
Governor of Vermont :
Levi K. Fuller (
Republican )
Governor of Virginia :
Philip W. McKinney (
Democratic )
Governor of Washington :
Elisha Peyre Ferry (
Republican ) (until January 4),
John McGraw (
Republican ) (starting January 4)
Governor of West Virginia :
Aretas B. Fleming (
Democratic ) (until March 4),
William A. MacCorkle (
Democratic ) (starting March 4)
Governor of Wisconsin :
George W. Peck (
Democratic )
Governor of Wyoming :
Amos W. Barber (
Republican ) (until January 2),
John E. Osborne (
Democratic ) (starting January 2)
Lieutenant governors
Lieutenant Governor of California :
John B. Reddick (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Colorado :
William Story (
Republican ) (until January 10),
David Hopkinson Nichols (
Democratic ) (starting January 10)
Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut :
Samuel E. Merwin (
Republican ) (until January 4),
Ernest Cady (
Democratic ) (starting January 4)
Lieutenant Governor of Idaho :
John S. Gray (
Republican ) (until January 2),
F. B. Willis (
Republican ) (starting January 2)
Lieutenant Governor of Illinois :
Lyman Ray (
Republican ) (until month and day unknown),
Joseph B. Gill (
Democratic ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Indiana :
Francis M. Griffith (
Republican ) (until January 9),
Mortimer Nye (
Democratic ) (starting January 9)
Lieutenant Governor of Iowa :
Samuel L. Bestow (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Kansas :
Andrew J. Felt (
Republican ) (until January 8),
Percy Daniels (Populist) (starting January 8)
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky :
Mitchell Cary Alford (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana :
Charles Parlange (
Democratic ) (until month and day unknown),
Hiram R. Lott (
Democratic ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts :
William H. Haile (
Republican ) (until month and day unknown),
Roger Wolcott (
Republican ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Michigan :
John Strong (
Democratic ) (until January 1),
J. Wight Giddings (
Republican ) (starting January 1)
Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota :
Gideon S. Ives (
Republican ) (until January 3),
David M. Clough (
Republican ) (starting January 3)
Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi :
M. M. Evans (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Missouri :
Stephen Hugh Claycomb (
Democratic ) (until January 9), John B. O'Meara (
Democratic ) (starting January 9)
Lieutenant Governor of Montana :
John E. Rickards (
Republican ) (until month and day unknown),
Alexander Campbell Botkin (
Republican ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska :
Thomas J. Majors (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Nevada : Joseph Poujade (political party unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of New York :
William F. Sheehan (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina : vacant (until January 18),
Rufus A. Doughton (
Democratic ) (starting January 18)
Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota :
Roger Allin (
Republican ) (until January 3), Elmer D. Wallace (
Democratic ) (starting January 3)
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio :
Andrew L. Harris (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania :
Louis Arthur Watres (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island :
Melville Bull (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina :
Eugene B. Gary (
Democratic ) (until December 22),
Washington H. Timmerman (
Democratic ) (starting December 22)
Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota :
George H. Hoffman (
Republican ) (until January 3),
Charles N. Herreid (
Republican ) (starting January 3)
Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee :
William C. Dismukes (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Texas :
George Cassety Pendleton (
Democratic ) (until January 17),
Martin McNulty Crane (
Democratic ) (starting January 17)
Lieutenant Governor of Vermont :
F. Stewart Stranahan (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Virginia :
James Hoge Tyler (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Washington :
Charles E. Laughton (
Republican ) (until January 9),
F. H. Luce (
Republican ) (starting January 9)
Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin :
Charles Jonas (
Democratic )
Events
January–March
March 4:
Grover Cleveland , formerly the 22nd U.S. president, becomes the 24th president
Adlai Stevenson I becomes the 23rd U.S. vice president
April–June
1893
beer bottle , found in Arizona with a prohibition booklet wrapped around it.
July–September
July 1 – U.S. President
Grover Cleveland has a secret operation to remove
cancer in his mouth .
July 6 – The small town of
Pomeroy, Iowa is nearly destroyed by a tornado; 71 people are killed and 200 injured.
July 12 –
Frederick Jackson Turner gives a lecture titled "
The Significance of the Frontier in American History " before the
American Historical Association in
Chicago .
[2]
July 22 –
Katharine Lee Bates writes "
America the Beautiful ", after admiring the view from the top of
Pikes Peak , near
Colorado Springs .
August 27 – The
Sea Islands Hurricane hits
Savannah ,
Charleston , and the
Sea Islands , killing 1,000–2,000.
September 9 – First Lady
Frances Cleveland gives birth in the
White House to daughter
Esther Cleveland .
September 11–27 – The
World Parliament of Religions opens in Chicago.
September 11 – Standing ovation to Hindu monk Swami Vivekanda for his address in Response to the welcome at the
World Parliament of Religions in Chicago.
September 19 –
Swami Vivekananda delivers an inspiring speech on his paper at the
World Parliament of Religions in Chicago.
September 21 – Brothers Charles and Frank
Duryea drive the first gasoline-powered
motorcar in America on public roads in
Springfield ,
Massachusetts .
September 23 – The
Baháʼí Faith is first publicly mentioned in the United States at the
World Parliament of Religions in Chicago.
December 8 – The
National Education Association releases the final report from the
Committee of Ten at a conference at Columbia University, recommending standardization of the high school curriculum.
[3]
Undated
Ongoing
Births
January 11 –
Anthony M. Rud , writer (died
1942 )
January 12 –
Edward Selzer , film producer (died
1970 )
January 18 –
Thomas E. Martin , U.S. Senator from Iowa from 1955 to 1961 (died
1971 )
January 23 –
Frank Carlson , U.S. Senator from Kansas from 1950 to 1969 (died
1987 )
February 10 –
Jimmy Durante , actor, singer and comedian (died
1980 )
March 14 –
Arthur C. Davis , admiral (died
1965)
March 27 –
Lloyd Spencer , U.S. Senator from Arkansas from 1941 to 1943 (died
1981 )
April 20
April 23 –
Allen Dulles , Central Intelligence Agency director (died
1969 )
April 29 –
Harold Urey , chemist, recipient of
Nobel Prize in 1934 (died
1981 )
May 23 –
Ulysses S. Grant IV , geologist and paleontologist (died
1977 )
June 14 –
Siggie Nordstrom , model, actress, entertainer, socialite and singer (died
1980 )
June 24
June 26 –
Big Bill Broonzy , blues singer and composer (died
1958 )
July 12 –
John Gould Moyer , naval officer, 31st
Governor of American Samoa (died
1976 )
July 18
August 14 –
Carl Benton Reid , actor (died
1973 )
August 17 –
Mae West , film actress (died
1980 )
August 20 –
Robert Humphreys , U.S. Senator from Kentucky in 1956 (died
1977 )
August 22 –
Dorothy Parker , writer (died
1967 )
August 30 –
Huey Long , U.S. Senator from Louisiana from 1932 to 1935 (died
1935 )
August 31 –
Raymond E. Baldwin , U.S. Senator from Connecticut from 1946 to 1949 (died
1986 )
September 6 –
John W. Bricker , U.S. Senator from Ohio from 1947 to 1959 (died
1986 )
September 12 –
Frederick William Franz , President of Jehovah's Witnesses (died
1992 )
September 13 –
Larry Shields , musician (died 1953)
September 24 –
Blind Lemon Jefferson , blues and gospel singer-songwriter (died
1929 )
September 30 –
Lansdale Sasscer , U.S. Congressman from Maryland (died
1964 )
October 2 –
Lester Dragstedt , surgeon (died
1975 )
October 14
October 23 –
Gummo Marx , vaudevillian and theatrical agent (died
1977 )
November 10 –
John P. Marquand , novelist (died
1960 )
November 24 –
Fern Andra , actress (died
1974 )
December 1 –
Henry J. Cadbury , Quaker biblical scholar (died
1974 )
December 3 –
Walter Stuart Diehl , naval officer and aeronautical engineer (died
1976 )
Unknown –
Edward Joseph Renehan Sr. , banker (died
1953 )
Deaths
Rutherford B. Hayes
January 11 –
Benjamin Butler , major general of the
Union Army during the
American Civil War , and for his leader in the
impeachment of Andrew Johnson (born
1818 )
January 17 –
Rutherford B. Hayes , 19th president of the U.S. from 1877 to 1881 (born
1822 )
January 23 –
Phillips Brooks , Episcopal clergyman (born
1835 )
January 27 –
James G. Blaine , U.S. Senator from Maine from 1876 to 1881 and Secretary of State in 1881 and from 1889 to 1892 (born
1830 )
February 1 –
Joseph P. Comegys , U.S. Senator from Delaware from 1856 to 1857 (born
1813 )
February 10 –
Henry Churchill de Mille , American dramatist and playwright (born
1853 )
February 19 –
George E. Spencer , U.S. Senator from Alabama from 1868 to 1879 (born
1836 )
February 20 –
P. G. T. Beauregard , Southern military officer, politician, inventor, writer, civil servant, and the first prominent general of the
Confederate States Army during the
American Civil War (born
1818 )
March 2 –
Richard M. Bishop , 34th Governor of Ohio from 1878 to 1880 (born
1812 )
March 18 –
David H. Armstrong , Canadian-born U.S. Senator from Missouri from 1877 to 1879 (born 1812)
March 21 –
Mary Foot Seymour , American businesswoman and journalist (born
1846 )
March 22 –
Eli Saulsbury , U.S. Senator from Delaware from 1871 to 1889 (born
1817 )
March 28 –
Edmund Kirby Smith , career
United States Army officer who served with the
Confederates during the
American Civil War (born
1824 )
April 4 –
David Meriwether , U.S. Senator from Kentucky in 1852 (born
1800 )
June 7 –
Edwin Booth , actor (born
1833 )
June 21 –
Leland Stanford , U.S. Senator from California from 1885 to 1893 (born
1824 )
July 2 –
Georgiana Drew , comic actress (born
1856 )
July 17 –
Frederick A. Johnson , politician and banker. (born
1833 )
July 19 –
Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. , Georgia politician, attorney, historian and folklorist (born
1831 )
August 10 –
Robert Cornelius , pioneer of photography (born
1809 )
August 20 –
Brother Azarias , educator (born
1847 )
September 29 –
Willis Benson Machen , U.S. Senator from Kentucky from 1872 to 1873 (born
1810 )
October 18 –
Lucy Stone , social reformer (born
1818 )
November 11 –
Charles H. Bell , U.S. Senator from New Hampshire in 1879 (born
1823 )
November 22 –
James Calder , 5th president of the
Pennsylvania State University (born
1826 )
December 2 –
Pauline Cushman , actress and
Union spy (born
1833 )
December 7 –
David Jewett Waller Sr. , Presbyterian minister and businessman (born
1815 )
December 16 –
James Black , temperance movement leader (born
1823 )
See also
References
External links