American politician, 28th Vice President of the United States (born 1854)

Thomas R. Marshall

Thomas Riley Marshall was the 28th vice president of the United States from 1913 to 1921 under President Woodrow Wilson. A prominent lawyer in Indiana, he became an active and well-known member of the Democratic Party by stumping across the state for other candidates and organizing party rallies that later helped him win election as the 27th governor of Indiana. In office, he attempted to incorporate items from his progressive agenda into the Constitution of Indiana, but was blocked by the Indiana Supreme Court.

Born

1854

March 14

Died

1925

Era

1850s

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1925 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

1074 Battle of Mogyoród: Dukes Géza and Ladislaus defeat their cousin Solomon, King of Hungary, forcing him to flee to Hungary's western borderland.
1590 Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguenots defeat the forces of the Catholic League under Charles, Duke of Mayenne, during the French Wars of Religion.
1647 Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm.
1663 According to his own account, Otto von Guericke completes his book Experimenta Nova (ut vocantur) Magdeburgica de Vacuo Spatio, detailing his experiments on vacuum and his discovery of electrostatic repulsion.

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The world in 1925

When Thomas departed

april 10 The Russian city of Tsaritsyn is renamed Stalingrad to honor the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, Soviet Communist Party General Secretary, who had guided the defense of Tsaritsyn during the Russian Civil War in 1920.
april 16 During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
april 17 The Communist Party of Korea (CPK) was founded in Japanese-ruled Korea (Chōsen) in Keijō (now Seoul) by Kim Yong-bom and Pak Hon-yong.
april 19 Colo-Colo, the most successful and popular soccer football team in the South American nation of Chile, was founded at the El Llano Stadium in San Miguel, Santiago, by footballer David Arellano and some of his teammates who had also left the Deportes Magallanes club.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on March 14

Albert Einstein 1879–1955 German-American physicist, engineer, and academic (born 1879) Aaron Brown 1980–2024 American journalist and academic (born 1948) Alexandru Macedonski 1854–1920 Romanian author and poet (died 1920) Castro Alves 1847– Brazilian poet and playwright (died 1871) Dan Avidan 1979– American musician and internet personality Kevin Williamson 1965– American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Koča Popović 1908– Yugoslav politician and Divisional Commander of the First Proletarian Division of the Yugoslav Partisans (died 1992) Kristian Bush 1970– American singer-songwriter and guitarist Paul Ehrlich 1854–1915 German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1854)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1854

Alexandru Macedonski 1854–1920 Romanian author and poet (died 1920) Emil von Behring 1854–1917 German physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1917) Karl Kautsky 1854–1938 Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theologian (died 1938) Maud Howe Elliott 1854–1948 American novelist (born 1854) Oscar Wilde 1854–1900 Irish playwright, novelist, and poet (born 1854) Paul Ehrlich 1854–1915 German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1854) Victor Babeș 1854– Romanian physician and biologist (died 1926)

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