For something I'm working on, I'm trying to figure out politicians who had been bought by Standard Oil, or any other large monopoly at the time. So far, I've only been able to find Matthew S. Quay and Joseph B. Foraker. Anything helps.
Didn't pork-barrel spending/special interests occur then as in now? Politicians whose main donors were Standard Oil..?For something I'm working on, I'm trying to figure out politicians who had been bought by Standard Oil, or any other large monopoly at the time. So far, I've only been able to find Matthew S. Quay and Joseph B. Foraker. Anything helps.
I know that they did do this back then, and that it wasn't uncommon, but I'm looking specific names of politicians who received bribes or other similar things from Standard Oil or any other of the large monopolies.Didn't pork-barrel spending/special interests occur then as in now? Politicians whose main donors were Standard Oil..?
Anyone in a close reelection race might think twice before rejecting Standard Oil funds, though.
I think maybe Joshua R. Giddings would probably be the best option. If not him, than Nathaniel P. Banks, Galusha Grow, or Elihu B. Washburne could all work.I'm trying to find a Whig-Free Soil Speaker of the House for my early Civil War timeline. One that wasn't part of the convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Any good suggestions.
Doubt it; the Reconquista was or at least seemed to be founded on religious intolerance. Demonization of Muslims was used to get knights and other soldiers to join the Spanish Christians to take Muslim-controlled areas of Spain.Would it be possible to have a reconquista that ended up with a multi-faith society?
Wouldn't Spain be absolutely creamed in that war? Really long supply lines combined with industrialized or almost-industrialized Japan...Any timeline or good threads discussion Spanish Japanese war in 1890s?
Wouldn't Spain be absolutely creamed in that war? Really long supply lines combined with industrialized or almost-industrialized Japan...
Protect the Republic of Venice up into the 20th Century. I don't know how but I want it.
My understanding of Byzantine history is very poor but it is my understanding that the Emperor's got deposed quite a lot. So I'd guess probably, and who knows what comes after that.After playing CK2 I find quite an interesting scenario. What will happen if one of the Byzantine emperors (post great schism) converted to Catholicism. I am not familiar with the history of the area but I think it could be an interesting scenerio. I wonder if he will be deposed or not.
Depends on how hard you are willing to look, in the national archives or navies own archives you could probably find them. If you are looking for an online resources however I have not been able to find one, but Wiki articles for individual ships may have something.Strange question on US Navy ship naming...
In 1869, a man named Adolph Borie served as Secretary of the Navy under President US Grant for a few months... during that time, he had many of the vessels of the US Navy renamed. He disliked the Indian names (which were quite popular), believing them hard-to-pronounce, and replaced them largely with names from Graeco-Roman mythology... many of them frankly seeming more appropriate for the RN . As soon as he was out of office (that same year), his successor George Robeson promptly changed them most of them back to their original names, or gave them new names altogether.
Does ANYBODY know where to find a full list of the US Navy vessels renamed in 1869?
Seems like I found a USN archive page once that had a fairly comprehensive list, but like an idiot I forgot to bookmark it The Wiki articles are good, but there were an awful lot of ships and ship classes in commission immediately following the ACW!Depends on how hard you are willing to look, in the national archives or navies own archives you could probably find them. If you are looking for an online resources however I have not been able to find one, but Wiki articles for individual ships may have something.