Chester Bidwell Darrall plot inscription - Glenwood Cemetery - 2014-09-19 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Chester Bidwell Darrall plot inscription - Glenwood Cemetery - 2014-09-19 / Tim Evanson
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-継承 2.1 |
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| 説明 | Deatil of the headstone in the family plot which contains the grave of Chester Bidwell Darrall, at Glenwood Cemetery in Washington, D.C., in the United States.Darrall was born on June 24, 1842, near Addison, Pennsylvania. His parents died when he was six years old and he was raised by his large, extended family. He attended the local public schools, and was such a stellar student that at the age of 15 he was hired by the local school district to teach.He entered Albany Medical College in New York, graduating with an M.D. at the age of 20 in 1862. He immediately enlisted as an Assistant Surgeon in the 86th New York Volunteer Regiment. He was promoted to Surgeon, and discharged on June 27, 1865. He received an appointment in the regular Army, but resigned in 1867.Darrall settled in Ohio, but his health was poor and he moved to Louisiana. He set up business as a merchant and later engaging in sugar planting near Brashear (now Morgan City), Louisiana.Darrall sought and won election in April 1868 as a Republican to the Louisiana State Senate. That November, he sought election to the U.S. House of Representatives from the 3rd Louisiana congressional district. The election was marred by widespread violence and intimidation of voters by the Democrat, Adolph Bailey. Darrall contested the election, and a special committee of the House set aside the results and seated Darrall. (The Constitution gives the House the right to seat representatives, essentially giving it sole authority to determine the outcomes of disputed elections.)In a rematch in 1870, Darrall decisively defeated Bailey. He faced two challengers in 1872, and was re-elected by a wide margin. He next defeated Joseph A. Breaux in 1874. Serving on the House District Committee, and later the Committee on Education and Labor, Darrall increasingly aligned himself with the Radical Republicans who favored desegration and full political and civil rights for blacks.The election fo 1876, however, was far different. In the presidential election, Democrat Samuel J. Tilden of New York outpolled Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio in the popular vote, winning 184 electoral votes to Hayes's 165. But 20 election votes -- in Florida, Louisiana, South Carolina, and Oregon -- were in doubt. Facing an unprecedented constitutional crisis, Congress formed a 15-member Electoral Commission to settle the result. Five members were selected from the House, Senate, and Supreme Court. Democrats appeared to have won the vote of Justice David Davis, an Independent, by electing him a Senator from Illinois. But Davis immediately resigned from the Court, and was replaced on the commission by Justice Joseph P. Bradley, a Republican.A deal, known as the Compromise of 1877, was struck: The Electoral Commission would award all 20 electoral votes to Hayes. In return, Republicans agreed to withdraw federal troops from the South, ending Reconstruction (essentially ceding power in Southern states to Democrats).In Louisiana, massive Democratic turnout was expected. Democrat Joseph H. Acklen, the challenger, was expected to handily defeat Darrall as he rode the coattails of Tilden. The Republican political machine, led by Darrall, engaged in widespread voter intimidation and fraud. Darrall "won" the election, 15,626 votes to 13,533 votes, and was seated in the House at the start of the 45th Congress. But Acklen challenged the election. The House overturned Darrall's win on February 20, 1878, and seated Acklen. Acklen was re-elected in November 1878 with 48.7 pecent of the vote. Republican R. O. Herbert won 33.9 percent, and independent W. B. Merchant 17.3 percent.Darrall returned to his home in Morgan City. Acklen declined to run for re-election in 1880, and Darrall won election over Democrat J. S. Billiu 63.2 percent to 36.8 percent. Darrall was defeated for the Republican nomination in 1882 by William Pitt Kellogg. President Chester Arthur appointed Darrall the Registrar of the United States Land Office in New Orleans in 1883. Darrell left office in March 1885 when Republican Grover Cleveland took the oath of office as President. Darrall ran for his old congressional seat again in 1886, but lost to incumbent Edward James Gay (Democrat) by 55 to 43.6 percent.Darrall moved to Galveston, Texas, and became president of the W.G. Lown Coffee Company after returning to private life. He moved to Washington, D.C., in the summer of 1900. His family was still living in Galveston when the appalling Galveston Hurrican hit -- wiping out the city and killing 12,000 people. Darrall's wife and family, however, survived.Darrall spent the last years of his life writing books about combat medicine and surgery. He died on January 1, 1908, of unspecified causes. |
| 撮影日 | 2014-09-19 13:43:09 |
| 撮影者 | Tim Evanson , Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA |
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| 撮影地 | Washington, District of Columbia, United States 地図 |
| カメラ | NIKON D7100 , NIKON CORPORATION |
| 露出 | 0.004 sec (1/250) |
| 開放F値 | f/8.0 |
| 焦点距離 | 55 mm |