See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

HENRY See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

WINTER See also:

• DAVIS (or DAVYS), JOHN (1550 ?-16o5)
• DAVIS, ANDREW JACKSON (1826—1910)
• DAVIS, CHARLES HOWARD (1857- )
• DAVIS, CUSHMAN KELLOGG (1838-1900)
• DAVIS, HENRY WILLIAM BANKS (1833- )
• HENRY WINTER DAVIS (1817-1865)
• DAVIS, JEFFERSON (1808–1889)
• DAVIS, THOMAS OSBORNE (1814–1845)

DAVIS (1817-1865)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• ANNAPOLIS

Annapolis, See also:

• MARYLAND

Maryland, on the 16th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1817 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, Rev See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• LYON, MARY MASON (1797-1849)
• LYON, NATHANIEL (1818-1861)

Lyon See also:

• DAVIS (or DAVYS), JOHN (1550 ?-16o5)
• DAVIS, ANDREW JACKSON (1826—1910)
• DAVIS, CHARLES HOWARD (1857- )
• DAVIS, CUSHMAN KELLOGG (1838-1900)
• DAVIS, HENRY WILLIAM BANKS (1833- )
• DAVIS, HENRY WINTER (1817-1865)
• DAVIS, JEFFERSON (1808–1889)
• DAVIS, THOMAS OSBORNE (1814–1845)

Davis (1975-1836), was a prominent See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant Episcopal clergyman of Maryland, and for some years See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of St See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John's See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College at Annapolis . The son graduated at See also:

• KENYON, LLOYD KENYON, 1ST BARON (1732-1802)

Kenyon College, See also:

• GAMBIER
• GAMBIER, JAMES GAMBIER, BARON (1756-1833)

Gambier, See also:

• OHIO

Ohio, in 1837, and from the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of the university of See also:

• VIRGINIA
• VIRGINIA, or VERGINIA
• VIRGINIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Virginia in 1841, and began the practice of law in See also:

• ALEXANDRIA
• ALEXANDRIA (Arab. Iskenderia)

Alexandria, Virginia, but in 185o removed to See also:

• BALTIMORE
• BALTIMORE, GEORGE CALVERT, 1ST BARON (C. 1580—1632)

Baltimore, Maryland, where he won a high position at the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar . See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early becoming imbued with strong See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-See also:

• SLAVERY

slavery views, though by See also:

• INHERITANCE

inheritance he was himself a slave holder, he began political See also:

• LIFE

life as a Whig, but when the Whig party disintegrated, he became an " American " or " Know-Nothing," and as such served in the See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of Representatives from 1855 to 1861 . By his See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent course in See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress he won the respect and esteem of all political See also:

• GROUPS
• GROUPS, THEORY

groups . In the contest over the speakership at the opening of the See also:

• THIRTY

Thirty-See also:

• SIXTH

Sixth Congress (1859) he voted with the Republicans, thereby incurring a See also:

• VOTE

vote of censure from the Maryland legislature, which called upon him to resign . In 186o, not being quite ready to ally himself wholly with the Republican party, he declined to be a See also:

• CANDIDATE

candidate for the Republican nomination for the See also:

• VICE

vice-See also:

• PRESIDENCY

presidency, and supported the See also:

• BELL
• BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
• BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
• BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
• BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
• BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
• BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
• BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
• BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
• BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
• BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
• BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)

Bell and See also:

• EVERETT
• EVERETT, ALEXANDER HILL (1790-1847)
• EVERETT, CHARLES CARROLL (1829-1900)
• EVERETT, EDWARD (1794–1865)

Everett See also:

• TICKET (O. Fr. esliquet, also estiquette, mod. etiquette, from Ger. sleeken, to stick up)

ticket . He was himself defeated in this See also:

• YEAR

year for re-See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election to Congress . In the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter of 186o-1861 he was active on behalf of See also:

• COMPROMISE (pronounced compromize; through Fr. from Lat. compromittere)

compromise See also:

• MEASURES

measures . Finally, after President See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln's election, he became a Republican, and as such was re-elected in 1862 to the national House of Representatives, in which he at once became one of the most See also:

• RADICAL (Lat. radix, a root)

radical and aggressive members, his views commanding especial See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention owing to his being one of the few representatives from a slave See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . From See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1863 to See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1865 he was chairman of the See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee on See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign affairs; as such, in 1864, he was unwilling to leave the delicate questions concerning the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French occupation of See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico entirely in the hands of the president and his secretary of state, and brought in a See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report very hostile to See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, which was adopted in the House, but fortunately, as it proved later, was not adopted by the See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

Senate . With other radical Republicans Davis was a See also:

• BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter opponent of Lincoln's plafi for the reconstruction of the See also:

• SOUTHERN

Southern States, and on the 15th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1864 he reported from committee a See also:

• BILL

bill placing the See also:

• PROCESS

process of reconstruction under the See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control of Congress, and stipulating that the Confederate States, before resuming their former status in the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union, must disfranchise all important See also:

• CIVIL

civil and military See also:

• OFFICERS

officers of the Confederacy, abolish slavery, and repudiate all debts incurred by or with the See also:

• SANCTION (Lat. sanctia, from sancire, to decree or ordain)

sanction of the Confederate See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government .

In his speech supporting this measure Davis declared that until Congress should " recognize a government established under its auspices, there is no government in the See also:

• REBEL, JOHANN PETER (176o-1826)

rebel states See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save the authority of Congress." The bill—the first formal expression by Congress with regard to Reconstruction—did not pass both Houses until the closing See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours of the session, and failed to receive the approval of the president, who on the 8th of See also:

• JULY

July issued a See also:

• PROCLAMATION (Lat. proclamare, to make public by announcement)

proclamation defining his position . Soon afterwards, on the 5th of August 1864, Davis joined See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

Benjamin F . See also:

• WADE (or WAAD), SIR WILLIAM (1546-1623)
• WADE, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1800-1878)
• WADE, GEORGE (1673-1748)
• WADE, SIR THOMAS FRANCIS (1818-1895)
• WADE, THOMAS (18o5-1875)

Wade of Ohio, who had piloted the bill through the Senate, in issuing the so-called " Wade-Davis Manifesto," which violently denounced President Lincoln for encroaching on the domain of Congress and insinuated that the presidential policy would leave slavery unimpaired in the reconstructed states . In a debate in Congress some months later he declared, " When I came into Congress ten years ago this was a government of law . I have lived to see it a government of See also:

• PERSONAL

personal will." He was one of the radical leaders who preferred See also:

• FREMONT
• FREMONT, JOHN CHARLES (1813-1890)

Fremont to Lincoln in 1864, but subsequently withdrew his opposition and supported the President for re-election . He early favoured the enlistment of negroes, and in July 1865 publicly advocated the See also:

• EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension of the See also:

• SUFFRAGE (Lat. suffragium)

suffrage to them . He was not a candidate for re-election to Congress in 1864, and died in Baltimore, Maryland, on the 3oth of December 1865 . Davis was a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of scholarly tastes, an orator of unusual ability and See also:

• GREAT

great eloquence, tireless and fearless in fighting political battles, but impulsive to the See also:

• VERGE (Lat. virga, a rod)

verge of rashness, impractical, tactless and autocratic . He wrote an elaborate political See also:

• WORK

work entitled The See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of Ormuzd and See also:

• AHRIMAN (Gr. 'Apecµavios in Aristotle, or 'Apeiµav+7s in Agathias; in the Avesta, Angr3 Mainyush)—" the Destructive Spirit ")

Ahriman in the Ninteenth See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

Century (1853), in which he combated the Southern contention that slavery was a divine institution . See The Speeches of Henry Winter Davis (New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, 1867), to which is prefixed an oration on his life and See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character delivered in the House of Representatives by Senator J . A . J .

Creswell of Maryland .