Congressman Wallace person
also known as: Wallace
Summary: Congressman from Indiana who voted for the $30,000 telegraph appropriation and subsequently lost re-election.
Completeness: 90/100 Grade A
- Editor summary
- Sourced claims (≥3)
- Multiple primary sources
- Coordinates
- Operating / life dates
- Wikidata authority— Link a Wikidata QID to unlock automatic enrichment from authority records.
- Published story
- Alternate names
Next steps to raise the score:
- Wikidata authority: Link a Wikidata QID to unlock automatic enrichment from authority records.
📖 Tell Me the Story:
Claims (7)
elected_to
Congress from Indiana
cited from A GATLING GUN (1891)in the legal way. They were accordingly
married by the presiding judge. Subsequently,
they pleaded guilty to the charge preferred
against them and were duly sentenced to six
months in territorial penitentiary, the sentence
being suspended on g…
Congress
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-04-24 (1891)in the legal way. They were accordingly
married by the presiding judge. Subsequently,
they pleaded guilty to the charge preferred
against them and were duly sentenced to six
months in territorial penitentiary, the sentence
being suspended on g…
ran_for
re-election
cited from A GATLING GUN (1891)A GATLING GUN
Dr. Gatling, the gun inventor, was in
Washington when Morse’s wire stretched a few
miles out into the country and back again. The
inventor of the telegraph had not then reached
the discovery of the ground connection. He
thought he …
voted_for
cited from A GATLING GUN (1891)
A GATLING GUN
Dr. Gatling, the gun inventor, was in
Washington when Morse’s wire stretched a few
miles out into the country and back again. The
inventor of the telegraph had not then reached
the discovery of the ground connection. He
thought he …
the money
cited from And Wallace stood up like a man, said he… (1891)And Wallace stood up like a man, said he
voted for the money, and tried to explain why.
Then the old Whigs shook their heads and
said: “Wallace, we can’t vote for you if you
appropriation for telegraph
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-04-24 (1891) · +1 morein the legal way. They were accordingly
married by the presiding judge. Subsequently,
they pleaded guilty to the charge preferred
against them and were duly sentenced to six
months in territorial penitentiary, the sentence
being suspended on g…
voted_money_for
cited from are guilty of such a piece of folly as that… (1891)
are guilty of such a piece of folly as that. You
ought to be put in a strait-jacket.” The strong
Whig district gave Bill Brown 15000 majority
because Wallace voted the money which gave
the world telegraphy.
Mentioned by (2)
Sources (5)
A GATLING GUN
1891 · newspaper · public-domain
A GATLING GUN ↗
1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details
And Wallace stood up like a man, said he…
1891 · newspaper · public-domain
are guilty of such a piece of folly as that…
1891 · newspaper · public-domain
Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-04-24
1891 · newspaper · public-domain