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Richard M. Bishop 1879 State of the State Address

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Title	Richard M. Bishop 1879 State of the State Address
Subject	Presidents and Politics; Ohio Government; Governors
Time Period	1870s
Place	Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
Description	This 23 page booklet contains the text of Governor Richard M. Bishop’s message to the adjourned session of the 63rd General Assembly on Jan. 6, 1879. Bishop, a Democrat, served as Ohio’s 34th governor from 1878 to 1880. Before serving as governor, Bishop was mayor of Cincinnati as well as a Democratic delegate to the Ohio Constitutional Convention. During his gubernatorial administration, the legislature jointly denounced the Redemption Act of 1875, which provided for the redemption of paper currency in gold, and approved the Bland-Allison Act, which allowed the coinage of silver. In addition, Bishop worked to address election bribery, blackmail, and state penal and welfare institutions.
Creator	Richard M. Bishop (Richard Moore), 1812 - 1893
Date of Original	January 6, 1879
Collection	Ohio Governors Collection
Source	PA Box 149 7
Format	manuscripts; speeches
Extent	23 pages
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
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Full Text	ANNUAL MESSAGE or THK pjt r*v 'if 7 GOVERNOR OF OHIO, TO THR SIXTY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THK ADJOURNED SESSION, COMMENCING JANUARY 6, 1870. COLUMBUS: NEVIN8 Sl MYERS, STATE PRINTERS. 1879"

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