The Buckshot War was an event which occurred in 1838 in Philadelphia where control of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives depended upon the choice of a United States Senator. In the election, the Democratic party candidates for the Legislature were elected by small majorities; but their Congressional candidate was defeated. Thereupon the Democratic judges cast out 5000 Whig votes, claiming fraud. The Whig judges then issued certificates of election to both their Congressional and Legislative candidates, and these returns were accepted by the Whig Secretary of State. At the opening of the Legislature at Harrisburg on December the 4th 1838, armed partisans were present. The Whig Senate adjourned because of the mob, and in the House tow warring bodies assembled. The Whig Governor called on the militia, and tried, without effect, to obtain Federal aid. The Democratic House was finally recognised on December the 25th. Research Buckshot War
In America in 1827 a high tariff bill, known as the Woollen Bill, was introduced into Congress by Clay and his adherents. It passed the House, but was defeated in the Senate by the casting vote of the Vice-President. Accordingly the protectionist faction, in 1828, called a convention at Harrisburg. The delegates were chiefly from New England and the Middle States. The Harrisburg convention presented the cause of protection to the people, and decided to seek an increased duty, not only on woollens, but on other specified articles of manufacture. This resulted in the passage of the high tariff bill of 1828. Research Harrisburg Convention
The Winebrennerians (Church of God), are a Christian denomination organized in 1830 by John Winebrenner, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in order to advocate a more intense Christian life. They have a church government like that of the Presbyterians and hold views like those, partly of the Baptists, partly of the Methodists. Research Winebrennerians
Simon Cameron was an American politician. He was born in 1799 and died in 1889. He worked at the printers trade in his boyhood and youth. In 1822 he edited a newspaper in Harrisburg. He soon became interested and acquired wealth in banking and railroad construction and was for a time Adjutant-General of Pennsylvania. He was US Senator from Pennsylvania from 1845 until 1849, acting with the Democrats. Upon the repeal of the Missouri Compromise in 1854 he broke with that party and joined the Republican party upon its organization, by which he was elected to the US Senate in 1857. He was appointed by President Lincoln his first Secretary of War, a post he resigned in 1862 and was appointed Minister to Russia. He was again US Senator from 1867 until 1877. Research Simon Cameron
Harrisburg is the capital city of Pennsylvania, USA. It stands on the Susquehanna River. Harrisburg was laid out as a town in 1785 and called Louisbourg. In 1791 it was incorporated under its present name. It became the capital of Pennsylvania in 1812 and a city in 1860.
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