Online Encyclopedia

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

MATTHEW STANLEY QUAY (1833-1904)

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 724 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

MATTHEW See also:STANLEY See also:QUAY (1833-1904)  , See also:American See also:political " See also:boss," was See also:born in Dillsburg, See also:York See also:county, See also:Pennsylvania, on the 3oth of See also:September 1833 . He graduated at See also:Jefferson See also:College (now See also:Washington and Jefferson College) in 185o and was admitted to the See also:bar in 1854 . He served in various capacities in the See also:Civil See also:War, and in 1865-1867 was a member of the- See also:state See also:House of Representatives, becoming secretary of the See also:commonwealth in 1873-1878 and again in 1879-1882, See also:recorder of See also:Philadelphia in 1878-1879, and state treasurer in 1886-1887 . He was chairman of the Republican See also:national executive See also:campaign See also:committee in 1888, and was a member of the See also:United States See also:Senate in 1887-1899 and again in 1901-1904 . For nearly twenty years he dominated the See also:government of Pennsylvania, and also played a very prominent See also:part in national affairs . In 1899 he was brought to trial on a See also:charge of misappropriating state funds, and, although he was acquitted, the feeling among the reform See also:element in his own party was so See also:bitter against him that the legislature was dead-locked and his re-See also:election was postponed for two years . He died on the 28th of May 1904 .

End of Article: MATTHEW STANLEY QUAY (1833-1904)
[back]
QUAY
[next]
QUEBEC

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." Paste it into a website, email, or other HTML document.