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Encyclopedia > Lorenzo Crounse

Lorenzo Crounse (b. 1834 – d. 1909) was a Nebraska republican politician best known as the 12th governor of Nebraska. State nickname: Cornhusker State Official languages English Capital Lincoln Largest city Omaha Governor Dave Heineman (R) Senators Chuck Hagel (R) Ben Nelson (D) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 16th 200,520 km² 0. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ...


Early life

Born in Schoharie County, New York on January 27, 1834, Crounse went on to a seminary in Charlotteville, New York. After teaching school for a while, he went on to become a lawyer. During the civil war he raised a battery of light artillery and became a captain in 1861. He served for a year, was wounded and resigned. Schoharie County is a county located in the state of New York. ... January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1834 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The American Civil War (1861–1865) was fought in North America within the United States of America, between twenty-four mostly northern states of the Union and the Confederate States of America, a coalition of eleven southern states that declared their independence and claimed the right of secession from the...


Political carrier

He moved to the Nebraska Territory in 1864, and became part of the territorial legislature and later on a delegate to the state's constitutional convention. He became a Justice of Nebraska state supreme court from 1867 to 1873, and after his term expired ran and got elected as a Republican to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses (1873-1877). He declined to run again in 1876 He became a internal revenue collector for the district of Nebraska in 1879, and then was appointed Assistant Secretary of the United States Treasury on April 27, 1891. He resignation on October 31, 1892 to become the 12th governor of Nebraska. He served until 1895, and then served briefly in the Nebraska state senate in 1901. He died in Omaha in 1909. Nebraska Territory was a historic, organized territory of the United States from May 30, 1854 until March 1, 1867 when Nebraska became the 37th U.S. state. ... John W. Snow, the current Secretary of the Treasury. ... Omaha is the name of some places in the United States: *Omaha, Nebraska (the most familiar one) Omaha, Georgia Omaha, Illinois Omaha, Texas It is also the name of a Native American tribe, after which the city in Nebraska is named; see Omaha (tribe). ...

Preceded by:
James E. Boyd
Governor of Nebraska
1893 – 1895
Succeeded by:
Silas A. Holcomb

James E. Boyd (1834 1906) was an Irish-born American politician. ... List of Nebraska Governors David Butler Republican 1867-1871 William H. James Republican 1871-1873 Robert Wilkinson Furnas Republican 1873-1875 Silas Garber Republican 1875-1879 Albinus Nance Republican 1879-1883 James W. Dawes Republican 1883-1887 John Milton Thayer Republican 1887-1892 James E. Boyd Democratic 1892-1893 Lorenzo...

References

  1. The Political Graveyard. Crounse, Lorenzo. URL accessed on January 4, 2006.
  2. Congressional Bioguide. Crounse, Lorenzo. URL accessed on January 4, 2006.

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Call v. State Bar (1955) 45 C2d 104 (1982 words)
Crounse believed that his father had been subjected to duress and undue influence, and he employed petitioner about June 4, 1951, to undertake an investigation to determine whether or not the will should be contested.
Crounse testified that on December 31 he sent petitioner a letter stating that he wanted to know the time limitation for contesting and also the progress which had been made on the case.
Not having received the petition by March 12, 1952, Crounse telephoned petitioner and was informed that petitioner had discovered his error as to the statute of limitations and that it was then too late to file a contest.
Lorenzo Crounse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (288 words)
Lorenzo Crounse (1834 – 1909) was a Nebraska Republican politician best known as the 12th Governor of Nebraska.
Born in Schoharie County, New York on January 27, 1834, Crounse went on to a seminary in Charlotteville, New York.
After teaching school for a while, he went on to become a lawyer.
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