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5 days ago · He and William Livingston tied on the first ballot and Livingston later won the race by one vote. As a consolation prize, Stockton was offered the post of Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, but he declined the offer.
3 days ago · Independence Day, annual celebration of nationhood in the United States, commemorating the passage of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
5 days ago · Wed, July 3, 2024, 9:35 PM EDT · 7 min read. Editor's note: In honor of Independence Day — this year, we mark 248 years since the United States parted with Great Britain — we present the nation's founding document, the Declaration of Independence. America can — and must — ensure that all its people, created equal, can embrace their ...
2 days ago · In November 1784, Morris resigned from his government positions. Rather than finding a successor for Morris, Congress established the three-member Board of Treasury, consisting of Arthur Lee, William Livingston, and Samuel Osgood.
1 day ago · We celebrate July 4, 1776, but we do so because of the failure of an initiative undertaken by the Second Continental Congress on July 5, 1775. On that date Congress approved the sending of an "Olive Branch Petition" to the King in a last-ditch attempt to end the war through negotiation with…
4 days ago · Grangemouth: Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he has already had discussions on securing oil refinery jobs. Why the spirit of Edinburgh Festival Fringe seems irretrievably broken
1 hour ago · Workers finished emergency repairs to dam on Lake Livingston before rain arrived. ... an additional 125 have been canceled out of Houston's William P. Hobby Airport, or about 60% of its outbound ...
