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| | John Brown (abolitionist) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Brown was born in Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut. | | | Brown was charged with murdering four whites and a black, with conspiring with slaves to rebel, and with treason against Virginia. | | | Brown wrote a Provisional Constitution that would create a government for a new state in the region of his invasion. |
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| | Ohio (state) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Ohio (state) |
| | Along with Pennsylvania, Ohio was the nation's leading manufacturer of steel and was at the centre of the car industry throughout much of the 20th century. | | | The governor is Ohio's chief executive, elected to a four-year term, along with the lieutenant governor, secretary of state, treasurer of state, auditor of state, and attorney general. | | | Ohio's state constitution Ohio's first constitution was drafted and ratified in 1802. |
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| | PENNSYLVANIA - LoveToKnow Article on PENNSYLVANIA |
| | A state institution for feebleminded of western Pennsylvania at Polk, Venango county, was opened in 1897 (act of 1893), and the eastern Pennsylvania state institution for feeble-minded and epileptic at Spring City, Chester county, was opened in 1908 (act of 1903). | | | favor of Pennsylvania in 1782 by a court of arbitration appointed by the Continental Congress. | | | The Pennsylvania portion of the younger Appalachian ridges and valleys, known as the central province of the state, embraces the region between the South Mountains, on the south-east, and the crest of the Alleghany plateau or Alleghany Front, on the north-west. |
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| | Tim Murphy (congressman) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Prior to his Congressional tenure, Murphy served in the Pennsylvania State Senate. | | | Pennsylvania Congressional Delegation serving in the 109th United States Congress | | | Timothy Murphy (born September 12, 1952) is an American politician who currently serves in the House of Representatives for the 18th Congressional District of the state of Pennsylvania (map). |
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| | John Morton (politician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | He became Associate Judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 1774, and was elected to the Continental Congress, where he was chairman of the committee which reported the Articles of Confederation. | | | John Morton (1724-1777) from Chester, Pennsylvania, Delaware was the delegate who cast the deciding vote in favor of the United States Declaration of Independence. | | | Morton was elected to the Provincial Assembly where he served from 1756-1775. |
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http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Morton_(Pennsylvania)
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| | ★ New York State Information - Encyclopedia Article |
| | New York State's borders touch (clockwise from the northwest) two Great Lakes (Erie and Ontario, which are connected by the Niagara River), the provinces of Ontario and Quebec in Canada, three New England states (Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut), the Atlantic Ocean, and two Mid-Atlantic states (New Jersey and Pennsylvania). | | | Pennsylvania, whose staff is the second largest, only had 2,947, and California only 2,359. | | | The court system in New York is notable for its "backwards" naming: the state's trial court is called the New York Supreme Court, while the highest court in the state is the New York Court of Appeals. |
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| | Pennsylvania -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
| | Pennsylvania's entire judicial system is under the supervision of the (additional info and facts about Supreme Court of Pennsylvania) Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, which is also the final appellate court for both the Superior Court and the Commonwealth Court. | | | Pennsylvania is divided into 60 judicial districts, each of which has district judges (formerly called justices of the peace) who mainly preside over minor criminal offenses and small civil claims. | | | Pennsylvania Germans, including the (An American follower of the Mennonite religion) Amish and the (A member of an Anabaptist movement in Holland noted for its simplicity of life) Mennonites, dominate the area around the cities of Lancaster, York, and Harrisburg, with smaller numbers extending northeast to the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton area and up the Susquehanna River valley. |
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| | John Brown and the Harpers Ferry Raid |
| | John Brown was born in Connecticut in 1800 and became interested in the abolitionist movement around 1835. | | | Brown was taken to the Jefferson County seat of Charles Town for trial. | | | John Brown, still recovering from a sword wound, stood trial at the Jefferson County Courthouse on October 26. |
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| | Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Genealogical Records Information |
| | Nichols and Related Families of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virgina, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Delaware. | | | Bedwell Family of Alabama, Mississippi, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Delaware. | | | Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, 1757-1885: Upper Milford Reformed Congregation |
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| | Northampton County, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Northampton County is a county located in the state of Pennsylvania. | | | Northampton is one of the six counties in Pennsylvania which has adopted a home rule charter. | | | , and it is located in the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania. |
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| | The American Experience John Brown's Holy War People & Events John Brown |
| | Brown was found guilty of murder, treason, and of inciting slave insurrection. | | | Brown was taken to Charlestown, Virginia, where he was tried and convicted of treason to the state of Viriginia. | | | Brown moved to the black community of North Elba, New York, in 1849. |
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| | PHMC: Governors of Pennsylvania |
| | Although it can be said that Martin was the last Pennsylvania governor born in a log cabin, his parents were well-to-do farmers and sheepherders who descended from Scotch-Irish immigrants in the mid-1600s in New Hampshire on his father's side and from nineteenth century German immigrants on his mother's side. | | | After studying law, Martin was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in1905 and began his practice of law in Waynesburg, the same year he was promoted to captain. | | | In the Pennsylvania primary, Martin received more than 45,000 write-in votes for president, the largest in history for a Pennsylvania governor until William Scranton in 1964. |
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| | Pennsylvania General Assembly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Under the Pennsylvania Constitution, the Assembly must meet in City of Harrisburg and can only move if given the consent of both chambers. | | | The Pennsylvania General Assembly is the U.S. state of Pennsylvania's legislative branch, seated at the state's capital, Harrisburg. | | | The Pennsylvania general elections are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in every even-numbered year. |
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| | The *rner Genealogy Project William Arner (Felix, Ulrich). |
| | Beltz, born about 1840; married to Leah ______ who was born about 1844 in Pennsylvania. | | | Mertz, born 04 January 1816; died 25 November 1892; married first to Catherine Gross who was born about 1824 in Pennsylvania and died 1868; married second about 1873 to Amanda J. Sell (daughter of Nathan and Sarah Sell) who was born about March 1850 in North Whitehall. | | | Mertz, born 29 November 1818; married to Francis Brinker (son of Solomon and Elizabeth Brinker) who was born about 1816 in Pennsylvania. |
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| | Pennsylvania |
| | Ashland, Pennsylvania Ashland is a borough located in 2000 census, the borough had a total population of 3,283. | | | Brady Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania Brady Township is a township located in 2000 census, the township had a to... | | | Brady Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania Brady Township is a township located in 2000 census, the township had a... |
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| | John Morton |
| | Some time after, he was elevated to a seat on the bench, in the superior court of Pennsylvania. | | | Morton, however, was a man of firmness and decision, and, in the spirit of true patriotism, he enrolled his vote in favor of the liberty of his country. | | | Morton was appointed sheriff of the county in which he lived, an office which he continued to hold for the three following years, and the duties of which he discharged with great satisfaction to the public. |
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| | John Brown: The Conspirators Biographies |
| | John A. Kagi was born at Bristolville, Trumbell county, Ohio, March 15, 1835; and was killed October 17, 1859. | | | Owen Brown, born November 4, 1824, at Hudson, Ohio, was John Brown's third son, and his stalwart, reliable lieutenant both in Kansas and at Harper's Ferry. | | | Watson Brown, born at Franklin, Ohio, October 7, 1835, married Isabella M. Thompson in September, 1856, and died of his wounds at Harper's Ferry on October 18, 1859. |
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| | Executive Mansion 2 |
| | But Governor Duff, on March 18, 1950, appointed him as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. | | | Casey was a delegate to the Pennsylvania State Constitutional Convention in 1967 where he served as First Vice President. | | | Martin was only the third Governor of Pennsylvania to be elected to the U.S. Senate in the company of William Findlay, in 1821, and William Bigler, in 1855. |
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| | Senator Dent Submits Resignation Letter From Pennsylvania Senate |
| | Senator Dent served four two-year terms in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives prior to his election to serve in the state Senate. | | | HARRISBURG -- State Senator Charles W. Dent today wrote the "closing chapter" of his 14-year career as a member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly as he submitted his resignation from the Pennsylvania State Senate. | | | As you know, I was recently elected to the United States Congress for the 15th Congressional District of Pennsylvania. |
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| | History of Lycoming County Pennsylvania edited by John F. Meginness; ©1892 |
| | JOHN P., a native of Columbia county, Pennsylvania, was born in 1812 and about 1839 he settled in Delaware township, Northumberland county, where he engaged in the hotel business for three years. | | | JOHN A. is a son of Jacob and Morey A. (Lundy) Bobst, and was born October 27, 1841, in Mifflin township, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania. | | | JOHN P., farmer, is a son of John and Josephine W. (Bastian) Bubb, natives and old residents of the Nippenose valley, and was born April 15, 1848, in the old brick house near the canal in Pine Creek township, and just inside of the line of Clinton county, Pennsylvania. |
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| | Pennsylvania State Senate |
| | Pennsylvania needs to encourage municipalities to merge services and authorities and to begin speaking with a regional voice. | | | Qualifications: Member, 1996-2003, Pennsylvania House of Representatives; member, 2003-present, Senate of Pennsylvania. | | | Qualifications: Received more than 90 state and national awards for dedication on behalf of families, children and seniors from service as a state senator and representative. |
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| | The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Brown, J. |
| | Brown, John F. — of Elkins, Randolph County, W.Va. Republican. | | | Brown, John W. — of Kansas, Edgar County, Ill. Republican. | | | Brown, John G. — of Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Mont. Republican. |
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| | hill - Name Index - Generated by Personal Ancestral File |
| | ALDEN, William b.1823 - Of, Tomstown, Franklin, PENNSYLVANIA | | | CLEM, Minnie Dallas b.1881 -, Fairview, Franklin, PENNSYLVANIA | | | BIDDINGER, Ann Elizabeth b.1801 -, Quincy, Franklin, PENNSYLVANIA |
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| | History |
| | Townships are among the oldest political subdivisions of Pennsylvania. | | | Townships were laid out by action of the local justices of the peace sitting as the county court of quarter session, subdividing the county for purposes of road maintenance, administering poor relief, conducting elections and collecting taxes. | | | Townships were also created by a special act of the General Assembly until this practice was prohibited by the Constitution of 1874. |
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| | Cool Things - John Brown Pike - Kansas State Historical Socity |
| | In 1859, Brown showed up at Blair's door with the needed funds to purchase 954 pikes and requested that they be forwarded to Chambersburg, Pennsylvania (Brown had other firearms shipped there as well). | | | Brown's army of 20 slaves took a few hostages from the community and captured the arsenal in October of 1859. | | | Brown often resorted to violence in an effort to ensure that Kansas Territory became a free state. |
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| | List of Governors of Pennsylvania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The office of Pennsylvania governor was created by the Pennsylvania Constitution of 1790. | | | Under the state's constitution of the time, the Speaker of the Senate should have become Governor upon Shunk's resignation. | | | * Following Governor Shunk's resignation due to illness, an interregnum of 17 days occurred before Governor Johnston was sworn in, during which time the office was vacant. |
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| | President Pierce appointed him governor of the controversial Kansas Territory in 1856, where he served for six months. | | | Governor Geary died unexpectedly of a heart attack at age 53 on February 8, 1873, two weeks after leaving office. | | | In his annual message in 1871, Geary recommended sweeping reforms that were not popular with party factions, but he triumphed to the extent that a convention convened in 1872-73, bringing about a new state constitution by 1874. |
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| | Pennsylvania Governor, Lieutenant Governor Races |
| | EDUCATION: Pennsylvania Act 120 municipal police training; Act 44 Pennsylvania state constable; associate's degree criminal justice; B.A. in philosophy of law; master's in business administration; two certificates of training, U.S. Justice Department: crime prevention for law enforcement and business and investigation and prosecution of hate crime. | | | The lieutenant governor is president of the Senate but has no vote except in case of a tie. | | | In case of death, conviction or impeachment, failure to qualify, resignation or other disability of the governor, the powers, duties and salary of the office are assumed by the lieutenant governor for the remainder of the term or until the disability is removed. |
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