1879 Chicago White Stockings season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1879 Chicago mayoral election
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1879, Democrat Carter Harrison Sr. defeated both Republican Abner Wright and socialist Ernest Schmidt in a three-way race. Harrison had a nearly nine point margin of victory.


1879 Chicago mayoral election
Two-term incumbent Monroe Heath (who, at the time, was the longest-serving mayor in the city's history) did not run for reelection.


1879 Chicago mayoral election
This was the first of six mayoral elections in which Harrison would ultimately compete, and the first of five of which he would win.


1879 Chicago mayoral election, Campaign
Harrison, who had also been approached by the Socialists and the Greenback Party to run on their tickets, ran as the Democratic Party nominee. Harrison's experience in national politics in congress appealed to conservative Democrats like Potter Palmer and Levi Leiter, and his liberal views on liquor consumption and gambling appealed to Democrats such as Michael C. McDonald.


1879 Chicago mayoral election, Campaign
After incumbent Republican Monroe Heath declined to seek reelection, the Republican Party nominated Wright. Wright, a member of the Chicago Board of Trade, would be criticized for having been an inadequate candidate, lacking in energy, charisma, and appearing overly-calculated.


1879 Chicago mayoral election, Campaign
The Chicago Tribune sided against Harrison, arguing that his election would constitute  "bummer restoration".


1879 Chicago mayoral election, Campaign
The previous year the Socialist Labor Party had experienced several successes, seeing the election of one of its nominees for Chicago alderman be elected in the Spring 1878 elections and three of its nominees for state legislature be elected in the Fall 1878 elections. Fresh off of these successes, the Socialist Labor Party fielded a full ticket of candidates for in municipal elections. Socialist. Their mayoral nominee Dr. Ernest Schmidt helped lead the party to more than double its vote share in the city's elections and see the election of an additional three aldermen. Schmidt had formerly been a Republican. Schmidt had a strong reputation of being "incorruptible". The Socialist Labor Party had proved particularly adept at attracting German Republican and liberal voters away from the Republican Party. They also attracted strong support from the city's Bohemian population.


1879 Chicago mayoral election, Campaign
After the municipal elections, some would blame the Socialist Labor Party for having a spoiler effect, having siphoned away would-be Republican supporters. The Illinois Staats-Zeitung wrote that, "The socialist have succeeded in deciding the election, to be sure not the advantage of their own candidates, but rather for the Democrats against the Republicans." Dr. Schmidt agreed that blame for the underperformance of the Republican ticket could be attributed to the Republican Party's loss of liberal German voters to the Socialist Labor Party. Nevertheless, others have cast doubt on the idea that Schmidt acted as a spoiler to Wright's campaign. It is in fact, quite possible that the socialist nominee had taken thousands of likely Democratic voters away from Harrison.


1879 Chicago mayoral election, Campaign
During the campaign, Harrison adopted a pet eagle, and would bring it with him on the stump. He would ride around town in a horse-drawn wagon, with his eagle, and with a banner attached to the wagon reading "Carter's Eagle and Victory". While derided by Republicans as a cheap campaign stunt, this levity was appreciated by many voters. This led to Harrison being affectionately nicknamed "the Eagle".


1879 Chicago mayoral election, Results
Harrison's victory ended what had been a period of Republican dominance in Chicago's mayoral elections.


1879 Chicago mayoral election, Allegations of fraud
At Wright's urging, the Chicago Tribune launched its own investigation into the election. The Tribune alleged that repeat voters had been transported across the city by Democrats to cast votes in various precincts. In addition, the Chicago Inter Ocean alleged that non-residents and non-citizens had cast votes. Other newspapers such as the Chicago Daily News published editorials criticizing Republicans for making these allegations.


1879 Chicago mayoral election, Allegations of fraud
Ultimately, Wright withdrew his allegations that fraud had taken pace.


1879 Cincinnati Reds season
The 1879 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the National League with a record of 43–37, 14 games behind the Providence Grays.


1879 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season
The Reds were hoping to build off a great 1878 season, in which the team finished in second place in the National League with a 37–23 record. In the off-season, the Reds announced that catcher Deacon White would become the player-manager. Cincinnati signed Ross Barnes to play shortstop. Barnes had missed most of the 1877 season and all of the 1878 season after falling ill. In his last full season in 1876, Barnes played with the Chicago White Stockings, and led the NL with a .429 batting average, 138 hits, 126 runs, 38 doubles, and fourteen triples.


1879 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season
King Kelly had a very solid season, hitting .348 with two home runs and 47 RBI, while another youngster, twenty-year-old Buttercup Dickerson, hit .291 with two home runs and a team high 57 RBI. Deacon White rebounded from a poor 1878 season by his standards, as he hit .330 with a homer and 52 RBI. On the mound, Will White led the NL with 75 starts, as he had a 43–31 record with a 1.99 ERA in his league high 680 innings pitched.


1879 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season, Season summary
Cincinnati started off hot, as they opened the season with a five-game winning streak. However, the club lost seven of their next eight games to fall under .500. Cincinnati had a mediocre 9–9 record after eighteen games, and player-manager Deacon White turned over his managerial duties to Cal McVey, who had been the Reds' player-manager in 1878. Cincinnati lost the first five games under McVey, however, the team began to play better, and ended the season with a 43–37 record, fifth in the league, and fourteen games behind the first-place Grays.


1879 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1879 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1879 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts


1879 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts


1879 City of Auckland West by-election
The 1879 City of Auckland West by-election was a by-election held  on 4 March 1879 in the City of Auckland West electorate during the 6th New Zealand Parliament. It was then a two-member electorate.


1879 City of Auckland West by-election
The by-election was caused by the resignation of the incumbent, Patrick Dignan, who had previously represented the electorate. He was a Catholic layman, and a supporter of denominational education.


1879 City of Auckland West by-election
David Goldie was elected. He supported secular education, and his victory was headlined "Another election victory for Secularists". Similarly the winner of the 1879 City of Nelson by-election was described as a "Secularist".


1879 City of Dunedin by-election
The 1879 City of Dunedin by-election was a by-election held  on 15 July 1879 in the City of Dunedin electorate in Dunedin during the 6th New Zealand Parliament.


1879 City of Dunedin by-election
The by-election was caused by the resignation of the incumbent, Robert Stout.


1879 City of Dunedin by-election
The winner of the by-election was William Downie Stewart Sr.


1879 City of Dunedin by-election
His opponent Charles Reeves "got the Catholic block vote" and religion in education was a factor in several by-elections in 1879 (e.g. in Auckland and Nelson).


1879 City of Nelson by-election
The 1879 City of Nelson by-election was a by-election held on 6 February 1879 in the City of Nelson electorate during the 6th New Zealand Parliament.


1879 City of Nelson by-election
The by-election was caused by the resignation of the incumbent MP John Sharp.


1879 City of Nelson by-election
The by-election was won by Acton Adams. He was described as the “Secularist” candidate; as with David Goldie in the 1879 City of Auckland West by-election; both favouring secular not denominational education.


1879 Clare by-election
The Clare by-election of 1879 was fought on 15 May 1879. The byelection was fought due to the resignation of the incumbent Home Rule MP, Bryan O'Loghlen, to become Attorney General of the Colony of Victoria. It was won by the Home Rule candidate James Patrick Mahon.


1879 Cleveland Blues season
The 1879 season was the National League debut for the Cleveland Blues. They finished the season 27–55, sixth in the eight-team National League.


1879 Cleveland Blues season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1879 Cleveland Blues season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1879 Cleveland Blues season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts


1879 Cockermouth by-election
The Cockermouth by-election of 1879 was fought on 16 April 1879. The by-election took place due to the death of the incumbent Liberal MP, Isaac Fletcher. It was won by the Liberal candidate William Fletcher.


1879 Coleridge by-election
The 1879 Coleridge by-election was a by-election held on 8 May 1879 in the Coleridge electorate in the Canterbury region of New Zealand during the 6th New Zealand Parliament.


1879 Coleridge by-election
The by-election was caused by the resignation of the incumbent MP Cathcart Wason on 14 April 1879.


1879 Coleridge by-election
The by-election was won by George Hart. He was unopposed, and "little interest was taken in the election".


1879 Columbia football team
The 1879 Columbia football team represented Columbia University in the 1879 college football season.


1879 Cork County by-election
The Cork County by-election of 1879 was fought on 17 February 1879. The byelection was fought due to the death of the incumbent Home Rule MP, McCarthy Downing. It was won by the Home Rule candidate David la Touche Colthurst.


1879 Cork County by-election
The main issues were Home Rule and fixed tenure for tenant farmers, with the Home Rule candidate (a Catholic convert) being backed by the Catholic church.


1879 Danish Folketing election
Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 3 January 1879. The Liberals retained their majority, whilst voter turnout was around 47.2%.


1879 Donegal by-election
The Donegal by-election of 1879 was fought on 15 December 1879. The by-election, to one of two seats in the House of Commons constituency of Donegal, arose due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, William Wilson.


1879 Donegal by-election
Early reports suggested that the Conservative candidate would be Lord Mountcharles, son of the Marquess of Conyngham, who owned an estate in the county, and was said to be personally popular as his tenants enjoyed 'the largest measure of tenant-right'. A Mr McDavitt, a lawyer, was reported as the likely Liberal candidate, supporting Home Rule. Mountcharles issued an election address, promising to support  improvements to the Land Act and 'extension of the principle of local government'. However he shortly after withdrew from the contest.


1879 Donegal by-election
The candidate nominated for the Conservatives was David Brown McCorkell, a barrister from Derry; Thomas Lea, a manufacturer from Kidderminster in England, was nominated as the Liberal candidate . Lea, formerly MP for Kidderminster, had failed to win the Donegal seat in the previous by-election by less than 100 votes. Although this had for long been a Conservative seat, following the withdrawal of Lord Mountcharles there was an expectation that Lea would win. When the votes were counted, he had 2,313 votes as against 1,630 for McCorkell, a Liberal gain with a majority of 683.


1879 East Cumberland by-election
The 1879 by-election for the East Cumberland constituency of the United Kingdom Parliament occurred on 25 April 1879. It was called due to the death of the incumbent Liberal MP, Charles Howard, and won by Liberal candidate George Howard.


1879 East Macquarie colonial by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of East Macquarie on 15 August 1879 because of the resignation of William Suttor Jr.


1879 East Somerset by-election
The East Somerset by-election of 1879 was fought on 19 March 1879. The byelection was fought due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, Ralph Shuttleworth Allen. It was won by the Conservative candidate Lord Brooke.


1879 East Sydney colonial by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of East Sydney on 15 July 1879 because Alexander Stuart resigned. Stuart had been appointed agent-general however he was unable to take up the position due to financial difficulties.


1879 Eastern Maori by-election
The 1879 Eastern Maori by-election was a by-election held on 7 July in the Eastern Maori electorate during the 6th New Zealand Parliament.


1879 Eastern Maori by-election
The by-election was caused by the death on 24 February of the incumbent MP Karaitiana Takamoana.


1879 Eastern Maori by-election
Henare Matua was seen by some as the "Government candidate" and a leader of the "Repudiation" faction.


1879 Elginshire and Nairnshire by-election
The Elginshire and Nairnshire by-election of 1879 was fought on 17 September 1879. The byelection was fought due to the succession to a peerage of the incumbent Liberal MP, Viscount Macduff. It was won by the Liberal candidate Sir George Macpherson-Grant.


1879 English cricket season
1879 was the 93rd season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). Lancashire claimed a share of the Champion County title for the first time.


1879 English cricket season
The summer was the coolest and wettest over the two-and-a-half centuries of climatic records in England, and during the early part of the twentieth century exceptionally wet seasons such as 1903, 1912, 1924 and 1927 were very frequently compared to 1879.


1879 English cricket season, Notes
An unofficial seasonal title sometimes proclaimed by consensus of media and historians prior to December 1889 when the official County Championship was constituted. Although there are ante-dated claims prior to 1873, when residence qualifications were introduced, it is only since that ruling that any quasi-official status can be ascribed. Hampshire, though regarded until 1885 as first-class, played no inter-county matches


1879 Ennis by-election
The Ennis by-election of 1879 was fought on 26 July 1879. The byelection was fought due to the death of the incumbent Home Rule MP, William Stacpoole. It was won by the Home Rule candidate James Lysaght Finegan.


1879 FA Cup Final
The 1879 FA Cup Final was contested by Old Etonians and Clapham Rovers at the Kennington Oval, London Borough of Lambeth, South London. Old Etonians won by 1–0, the only goal scored by Charles Clerke.


1879 FA Cup Final, Summary
Although Clapham dominated the early stages of the final, with Norman Bailey having two attempts on target, Herbert Whitfeld continued to run at the Clapham defenders with little assistance from his colleagues. After a goalless first-half, the only goal of the game came after 59 minutes, when Charles Clerke scored from close range following a run from Harry Goodhart. The old Etonians thus claimed the cup for the first time in what was considered to be "the poorest FA Cup Final to date".


1879 Gansu earthquake
The 1879 Gansu earthquake occurred at about 04:00 local time on 1 July. It had an estimated magnitude of 8.0 on the Ms scale and a maximum perceived intensity of XI (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale. The epicenter was in Wudu District in southern Gansu, close to the border with Sichuan. It caused widespread damage and killed an estimated 22,000 people.


1879 Gansu earthquake, Earthquake
The earthquake was preceded by foreshocks in the few days before the mainshock.


1879 Gansu earthquake, Earthquake
The meizoseismal area extends 70 km in a SSW-NNE direction and is 30 km across. The earthquake may have been caused by movement on the SSW-NNE trending Fanjiaba-Linjiang Fault. This fault correlates well with a 30 km long lineament seen on satellite images. The similarly oriented Hanan-Daoqizi-Maopola fault zone has also been proposed as a likely candidate.


1879 Gansu earthquake, Earthquake
The earthquake triggered many landslides and caused the formation of several natural dams 40 to 120 m high.


1879 Gansu earthquake, Damage
In Wudu city there were a total of 9,881 casualties, with many houses damaged and about half of the livestock killed. Large parts of the city walls were badly damaged and 60 temples were destroyed at Wanshou Hill. In Wenxian and the surrounding villages 10,792 people were killed. Many homes were destroyed and the city walls collapsed.


1879 Gladstone by-election
The 1879 Gladstone by-election was a by-election held  on 3 January 1879 in the Gladstone electorate during the 6th New Zealand Parliament.


1879 Gladstone by-election
The by-election was caused by the death of the incumbent Frederick Teschemaker on 21 November 1878.


1879 Gladstone by-election
Studholme was the only candidate, so was declared elected unopposed. Another candidate, Mr Buckingham had withdrawn. Studholme was described as a strong opponent of the Grey Ministry.


1879 Glasgow by-election
The Glasgow by-election of 1879 was fought on 16 July 1879. The byelection was fought due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Alexander Whitelaw. It was won by the Liberal candidate Charles Clow Tennant.


1879 Grand National
The 1879 Grand National was the 41st renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree near Liverpool, England, on 28 March 1879.


1879 Greek legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 23 September 1879. Supporters of Alexandros Koumoundouros and Theodoros Deligiannis emerged as the largest bloc in Parliament, with 100 of the 207 seats. Koumoundouros remained Prime Minister until 22 March the following year.


1879 Haddington Burghs by-election
The Haddington Burghs by-election of 1879 was fought on 25 February 1879. The byelection was fought due to the succession to a peerage of the incumbent Liberal MP, William Hay, 10th Marquess of Tweeddale. It was won by the Liberal candidate Sir David Wedderburn.


1879 Harvard Crimson football team
The 1879 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1879 college football season. They finished with a 2–1–2 record. The team captain was Robert Bacon.


1879 Harvard Crimson football team
On November 8, Harvard and Yale played to a scoreless tie before a crowd of between 1,500 and 2,000 spectators at Hamilton Park in New Haven. Yale captain Walter Camp drop-kicked the ball through the uprights, but the goal was disallowed when the referee ruled the ball had touched a Harvard player.


1879 Harvard Crimson football team
On November 15, Harvard lost to Princeton before a crowd of 3,000 persons at St. George's Cricket Ground in Hoboken. Princeton scored one goal, and Harvard scored none.


1879 Houston Waterworks
1879 Houston Waterworks is a building located in Houston, Texas listed on the National Register of Historic Places.


1879 Houston Waterworks, History
The Houston Water Works Company was established by a group of New York investors and entered a franchise agreement with the city of Houston in 1878. The company constructed a dam just upstream from Capitol Avenue, a processing plant on Artesian Street, and connected pipes to the city system. The Houston Waterworks Company pumped about 2 million gallons of water from the Buffalo Bayou daily when it was founded in 1879 to extinguish fires, such as the one that broke out on Main Street a few days after the plant was erected. After natural reserves of drinking water were discovered in Houston, the Waterworks company out-competed local wells.


1879 Houston Waterworks, History
T. H. Scanlan and Associates acquired the Houston Water Works Company and its franchise in 1884. New ownership made capital improvements — including a new boiler, pumps, and a reservoir — increasing the daily capacity to eight million gallons. Even these improvements were not sufficient to provide enough pressure to every point in the city, and sometimes the system failed at extinguishing fires. In 1887 a new well at Franklin and LaBranch revealed a large natural reservoir, and a total of fourteen wells were added by 1891.


1879 Houston Waterworks, History
The city took over the plant in the early 20th century when it found that the Houston Water Works was mixing bayou water into the drinking supply. In 1903, one water pipe was obstructed by a three-foot eel. Three years later, a broken water main gushed water with a supply of catfish. Both events elicited jokes about how the Houston artesian wells were home to schools of eel and catfish. Mayor Horace Baldwin Rice and Houston City Council studied the inventory of Houston infrastructure and concluded that it was inadequate to provide for the needs of its residents. The city assumed control of the Water Works by purchasing the system from Thomas Howe Scanlan's partnership for about $900,000. In addition to the water plant, the city acquired the system's 65 miles of water mains and its 55 wells.


1879 Houston Waterworks, Preserved site
In 1975, few remains of this facility were extant. There was a masonry reservoir with a concrete cover and some possible remains of the foundation for the old pump house. These are located on the same grounds as the 1926 Bayou Pumping Station.


1879 Hutt by-election
The 1879 Hutt by-election was a by-election held in the single-member Hutt electorate during the 6th New Zealand Parliament, on 2 July 1879.


1879 Hutt by-election
The by-election was caused by the resignation of the incumbent MP William Fitzherbert when he was appointed to the Legislative Council. He was replaced by Henry Jackson.


1879 Invercargill mayoral election
The 1879 Invercargill mayoral election was held on 21 July 1879.


1879 Iowa Senate election
In the 1879 Iowa State Senate elections Iowa voters elected state senators to serve in the eighteenth Iowa General Assembly. Elections were held in 29 of the state senate's 50 districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Iowa State Senate.


1879 Iowa Senate election
Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa Senate with 38 seats to Democrats' 12 seats.


1879 Iowa Senate election
To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 14 Senate seats.


1879 Iowa Senate election
Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1879 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 41 seats, Democrats having 7 seats, and 2 Greenbackers (a net gain of 3 seats for Republicans and 2 for Greenbackers).


1879 Iowa gubernatorial election
The 1879 Iowa gubernatorial election was held on October 14, 1879. Incumbent Republican John H. Gear defeated Democratic nominee Henry H. Trimble with 53.94% of the vote.


1879 Kentucky Derby
The 1879 Kentucky Derby was the 5th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 20, 1879. The winning horse Lord Murphy set a new Derby record with a winning time of 2:37.00.


1879 Kentucky gubernatorial election
The 1879 Kentucky gubernatorial election was held on August 4, 1879. Democratic nominee Luke P. Blackburn defeated Republican nominee Walter Evans with 55.43% of the vote.


1879 Lachlan colonial by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of The Lachlan on 10 January 1879 because James Watson was appointed Colonial Treasurer in the third Parkes ministry. Such ministerial by-elections were usually uncontested however on this occasion a poll was required in Canterbury (Sir Henry Parkes) and The Lachlan. Both were comfortably re-elected. The other 5 ministers were re-elected unopposed.


1879 Liberian general election
Presidential elections were held in Liberia in May 1879. The result was a victory for incumbent President Anthony W. Gardiner of the True Whig Party.


1879 Limerick City by-election
The Limerick City by-election of 1879 was fought on 23 May 1879. The byelection was fought due to the death of the incumbent Home Rule MP, Isaac Butt. It was won by the Home Rule candidate Daniel Fitzgerald Gabbett.


1879 Liverpool Town Council election
Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Saturday 1 November 1879. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.


1879 Liverpool Town Council election, By-elections, Aldermanic By-Election, 4 February 1880
Former councillor John Nicol (Conservative, West Derby, elected 1 November 1876) was elected as an Alderman by the Council on 4 February 1880.


1879 Liverpool Town Council election, By-elections, No.16, North Toxteth, 18 February 1880
Councillor Arthur Bower Forwood (Conservative, North Toxteth, elected 1 November 1877) was elected as an Alderman by the Council on 4 February 1880.


1879 Liverpool Town Council election, By-elections, No. 11, Abercromby, 18 February 1880
Caused by Thomas English Stephens (Liberal, Abercromby, elected 1 November 1879) ceasing to be a councillor.


1879 Liverpool Town Council election, By-elections, No. 1 Everton, 18 February 1880
Caused by William Simpson (Independent, West Derby, elected 1 November 1879) ceasing to be a councillor.


1879 Liverpool Town Council election, By-elections, No. 14, West Derby, 23 March 1880
Caused by William Simpson (Independent, West Derby, elected 1 November 1879) ceasing to be a councillor.


1879 Liverpool Town Council election, By-elections, Aldermanic By-Election 5 May 1880
The death of Alderman James Jack was reported to the Council on 5 May 1880. His position was filled when former Councillor David MacIver MP was elected as an Alderman by the Council on 5 May 1880.


1879 Liverpool Town Council election, By-elections, Aldermanic By-Election, 28 October 1880
The resignation of Alderman Henry Jennings on 21 October 1880, was reported to the Council on 28 October 1880. Hugh Hawthorne Nicholson was elected as an alderman by the Council on 28 October 1880.


1879 Longford by-election
The Longford by-election of 1879 was held on 5 April 1879. The byelection was held due to the resignation (Assistant Commissioner of Intermediate Education in Ireland) of the incumbent Home Rule MP, Myles William O'Reilly. It was won by Justin McCarthy, a member of the Home Rule party. He was unopposed.


1879 Louisiana gubernatorial election
The 1879 Louisiana gubernatorial election was the first election to take place under the Louisiana Constitution of 1879. As a result of this election Louis A. Wiltz became Governor of Louisiana. The election saw widespread intimidation of African-Americans which guaranteed the election of the Democratic nominee.


1879 Maine gubernatorial election
The 1879 Maine gubernatorial election was held on September 8, 1879. Republican nominee Daniel F. Davis defeated Greenback nominee Joseph L. Smith and incumbent Governor Alonzo Garcelon. This election saw the continued rise of the newly popular Greenback party, it was an American political party with an anti-monopoly ideology which was active between 1874 and 1889.


1879 Manitoba general election
The 1879 Manitoba general election and was held on December 16, 1879.


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1879 Maryland gubernatorial election
The 1879 Maryland gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1879.


1879 Maryland gubernatorial election
Incumbent Democratic Governor John Lee Carroll did not seek re-election.


1879 Maryland gubernatorial election
Democratic candidate William Thomas Hamilton defeated Republican candidate James Albert Gary.


1879 Massachusetts Aggies football team
The 1879 Massachusetts Aggies football team represented Massachusetts Agricultural College in the 1879 college football season. The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Amherst, Massachusetts. The team played its first football game and finished the season with a record of 1–0.


1879 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
The 1879 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 4.


1879 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, Governor, Republican convention, Results
With Long the only candidate remaining in the race, his nomination was ratified by acclamation.


1879 Massachusetts legislature
The 100th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1879 during the governorship of Thomas Talbot. John B. D. Cogswell served as president of the Senate and Levi C. Wade served as speaker of the House.


1879 Massachusetts legislature
Notable legislation included the "Act to Give Women the Right to Vote for Members of School Committees."


1879 Mataura by-election
The 1879 Mataura by-election was a by-election held on 15 January 1879 during the 6th New Zealand Parliament in the electorate of Mataura in Southland.


1879 Mataura by-election
The by-election was caused by the resignation of the incumbent MP William Wood on 10 December 1878.


1879 Mataura by-election
Both Shanks and Kinross were described as "Greyites" or Government supporters, though Shank's views were said to be much more moderate than those of Kinross.


1879 Men's Tennis tour
The 1879 Men's tennis tour  was composed of the third annual pre-open era tour. It now incorporated 12 tournaments staged in Australia and Great Britain and Ireland. The 1879 Wimbledon Championships was won by John Hartley defending champion Patrick Francis Hadow, defending champion could not participate in the Challenge Round. This year saw the inaugural  Irish Championships that in its early stages of development was considered as important that of the Wimbledon Championships the event was won by Vere St. Leger Goold who defeated in Charles David Barry in the final by Charles David Barry 8-6, 8-6. Important this year was the staging now of three hard court tournaments namely the Dublin University Championships the East Gloucestershire Championships held in Cheltenham Great Britain. and the first tournament to be held outside of Europe in Australia with the Victorian Championships.


1879 Men's Tennis tour, Calendar
Notes 1: Challenge Round: the final round of a tournament, in which the winner of a single-elimination phase faces the previous year's champion, who plays only that one match. The challenge round was used in the early history of tennis (from 1877 through 1921), in some tournaments not all.


1879 Men's Tennis tour, Calendar
Notes 2:Tournaments in italics were events that were staged only once that season


1879 Michigan Wolverines football team
The 1879 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1879 college football season. The team was the first intercollegiate football squad to represent the University of Michigan. They played two games, winning one and tying the other. In its first intercollegiate football game, Michigan defeated a team from Racine College. Irving Kane Pond scored the first touchdown, and team captain David DeTar scored the first point and the first field goal.


1879 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
The 1879 football season began with a challenge from Racine College in the fall of 1878. The Chronicle (a weekly newspaper at the University of Michigan) published the following letter dated September 30, 1878, from C. L. Cleveland of Racine College, addressed to the secretary of Michigan's Foot-ball Association:


1879 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
"Dear Sir, – We have organized a foot-ball eleven of members of our college, one of the objects of which is to create an interest for athletic sports in our western colleges. We, knowing that you having [sic] a foot-ball team, are exceedingly desirous of playing you this fall. The best offer we can make is this: Chicago seems to be the most convenient place. We will see that the White Stocking grounds are procured, tend to all the advertising, and give you two-thirds of the 'gate money.'


1879 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
We play according to modified Rugby rules, which we will be able to send you, in printed form in about a week. Trusting that you will present this before your association, and accept our invitation – in the meantime awaiting your prompt reply – I am respectfully yours, C. L. Cleveland, Sec."


1879 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
On October 21, 1878, Michigan's Foot-ball Association met to consider the challenge from Racine. The association voted to accept the challenge on condition that the game be played in the spring. The Association explained: "Inasmuch as the University possesses no eleven, and as the lateness of the season prohibits the training of one, a game this fall is out of the question." On October 26, The Chronicle expressed skepticism, noting that past plans for an inter-collegiate game had been thwarted: "Our University is then, at length to engage in an athletic contest outside its own precincts. . . .


1879 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
Yet we have so often intended to put similar plans into execution, which have so invariably been frustrated through some unforeseen obstacle, that we are still in doubt as to the issue." The paper also emphasized the importance of winning: "[O]ne very important point must not be overlooked. It is essential that we win the first game. . . . Defeat would put an end to all our fond expectations, while success alone can make them possible."


1879 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
On April 5, 1879, The Chronicle expressed concern over the lack of work in preparing the team for its game against Racine: “The time for the long-expected and much-talked of foot-ball match with Racine is rapidly approaching and as yet little or no work has been done by our teams to prepare for it. We learn from the Racine paper that . . . the men have been at work in the gymnasium all winter.


1879 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
Of course, we, not having the advantage which a gymnasium affords, could not work in the winter, but now that the snow has gone, it is high time that our teams were hard at work every day. But they are not. Indeed they seem to be distinguished only by their laziness and lack of enthusiasm.”


1879 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
On May 3, 1879, The Chronicle wrote that the Athletic Association had appointed committees to select the players for the university football team, to select uniforms for the team, and "to obtain subscriptions to meet the expense of sending the team to Chicago."


1879 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
On May 17, 1879, The Chronicle devoted its front page to coverage of the upcoming football game in Chicago. The paper reported that a team of 22 players had been selected and had decided to practice "after supper, when the campus would be free, and it would not interfere with study." The paper continued to express concerns about the lack of rigor in the team's practice: "[


1879 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
T]hey have not all been on the ground at the same time since they were selected, the least sprinkle of rain, a little stiffness of the joints, a slight lack of energy, anything in short that could be twisted into an excuse seemed to be enough to keep them off the grounds. Now this will not do if the boys expect to win, if they expect even to make a respectable showing they must practice every possible moment, must put off everything else, study, amusement, girls, everything, and be promptly on hand for the nightly game. … [ T]hey must work hard and faithfully else they will disgrace our University and make it anything but an honor to have been a member of the team of 1878–9."


1879 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
On the Wednesday evening before the Racine game, the team appeared on campus in their new uniforms: “They presented quite a neat appearance. The uniform is of white canvas, close fitting, with blue stockings and belt.”  The team left for Chicago on “the day express” on the Thursday before the game.


1879 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
In his history of the Class of 1879, team member Irving Kane Pond recalled the events leading up to the Racine game as follows: "During the first semester of the year a slight ripple was caused in athletic circles by the receipt of a challenge from the Racine college eleven, to our, then not existing, University eleven. The Rugby game, then unknown to us, was to be played. The challenge was accepted, but no interest seemed to be taken in the game until late in the spring of the year, when elevens practiced evenings on the campus."


1879 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, vs. Racine
The first intercollegiate football game in Michigan history was played against the "Purple Stockings" from Racine College on May 30, 1879, at the Chicago White Stockings' grounds in Lakefront Park (now part of Grant Park). The Michigan team stayed at the Clifton House and was taken to the playing field by bus at 3:15 p.m. The game was played in front of a crowd of 500 spectators, amid heat described as "oppressive," and began at 4:15 p.m. The Chicago Daily Tribune called it "the first rugby-football game to be played west of the Alleghenies." The Chronicle (a weekly newspaper at the University of Michigan) called it "the finest game of Rugby foot-ball every played this side of the Alleghenies."


1879 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, vs. Racine
The game was played in two innings of 45 minutes. (The periods of play were referred to as "innings" in 1879.) Irving Kane Pond (who later became an architect) scored the first touchdown in Michigan football history midway through the first inning. According to Will Perry's history of Michigan football, the crowd responded to Pond's plays with cheers of "Pond Forever." No points were scored for a touchdown, with a point being scored from touchdown only if the kick for goal after the touchdown succeeded. After Pond's touchdown, Michigan's team captain, David DeTarr, attempted the kick for goal. The Michigan players and umpire opined that the kick was good, but the referee ruled it had missed. The first inning ended at 4:55 p.m. with no points having been scored. Play was resumed after a ten-minute rest period.


1879 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, vs. Racine
In the second inning, Michigan scored the only point of the game on a place-kick by DeTarr after a catch by John Chase. The Chronicle wrote that the teams "fought like dogs of war" in the second inning, with the play of Chase leading to the yell of "Chase is there" repeated "at least twenty times." In its account of the game, the Racine Advocate wrote that the Purple Stockings "had the worst of it, the ball constantly near their goal."


1879 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, vs. Racine
The Chicago Daily Tribune also described the game as one-sided in Michigan's favor: "From first to last the Racine boys were on the defensive." The Racine newspaper credited Michigan's passing and teamwork as the difference in the game: "Perfect harmony characterized the Michigan boys' playing, when one of them caught the ball he instantly passed it to a colleague nearer the enemy's goal and they were only discomfited when they practiced Racine's attempt to run with the ball dodging others." The Chicago Daily Tribune concluded its game coverage with an injury report: "No bones were broken, but [Racine's] Torbert was stretched out on the turf. A bucket of water however revived him."


1879 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, vs. Racine
During the game, telegrams were sent from Chicago to Ann Arbor with updates on the game. A boy was hired to deliver the updates by "velocipede" from the telegraph office to the campus. The updates were then posted on a blackboard near the medical building, where a number of students gathered. When the final update was posted ("6:28 p.m.: Game finished, won by Michigan, – one goal – kicked by DeTarr"), the gathering of students "manifested their feelings in the usual student manner."


1879 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, vs. Racine
Michigan's lineup against Racine consisted of David DeTarr, John Chase, Irving Kane Pond, Jack A. Green, William W. Hannan, Frank F. Reed, Richard Guy DePuy, and Thomas R. Edwards (rushers), Charles H. Campbell, and Edmond H. Barmore (halfbacks) and Charles S. Mitchell (goal-keeper). The referee was Mr. Van Dyke of Milwaukee, a former Princeton football player.


1879 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, vs. Racine
After the game, the team attended an alumni banquet at the Palmer House.


1879 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, vs. Toronto
Michigan's second intercollegiate football game was played in Detroit against the University of Toronto on November 1, 1879. A large number of students arrived from Ann Arbor on the Friday before the game, and a number of Canadian "excursionists" were also in the city. Another group of 250 students arrived in Detroit on the Saturday morning train from Ann Arbor and walked to Recreation Park to watch the game.


1879 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, vs. Toronto
Shortly after the crowd arrived from Ann Arbor, word was received that Zachariah Chandler, the former mayor of Detroit, U.S. Senator from Michigan, Secretary of the Interior, and U.S. Presidential candidate, had died. Flags in the city were lowered to half mast, and the Detroit Free Press noted that an absurd report spread that the demonstration by the Michigan students "had some reference to that sad event."


1879 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, vs. Toronto
The game was scheduled to start at 2:00 p.m., but the players did not arrive on time. Attendance was reported at 500–600 persons by the Detroit Free Press, though University of Michigan records place the figure at 1,500. Given the novelty of the game in Detroit, the Free Press devoted much of its coverage to educating readers on the rules and methods of play.


1879 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, vs. Toronto
The paper described it as football "of the scientific kind in vogue in all universities and throughout England and her provinces, and known the world over as 'Rugby.'" The paper noted that the field was 300 feet wide and 400 feet long. At both sides stood two 12-foot high posts about 20 feet apart. White lines were drawn in plaster to mark the boundaries of the field. A string was drawn from one post to the other eight feet from the ground, and "the point of the game was to get the ball over the string or goal."


1879 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, vs. Toronto
The game was declared a draw after the teams played two hard-fought, 45-minute innings without either team scoring. The Free Press called it "One of The Most Exciting Sporting Events Ever Seen at Recreation Park" and credited the efforts of both teams: "This was the result of Saturday's match and at its close both teams were awarded rounds of cheers. The playing on both sides was marked by perfect courtesy and the honors of the game were evenly divided."


1879 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, vs. Toronto
Michigan's lineup against Toronto was David DeTarr (captain), Frank Gates Allen, Thomas R. Edwards, William W. Hannan, Richard Guy DePuy, Collins H. Johnston, Jack A. Green, John Chase, Edmond Barmore, Frank Reed and Charles S. Mitchell. Captain Rogers of the Yale Foot Ball Club served as referee. W. Axford was the umpire for Michigan, and J. H. Campbell was the umpire for Toronto.


1879 Michigan Wolverines football team, Players, Starting lineup against Racine
The following players were the first Michigan football team that played against Racine in May 1879:


1879 Minnesota gubernatorial election
The 1879 Minnesota gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1879 to elect the governor of Minnesota. Incumbent John S. Pillsbury was reelected to a third term.


1879 Minnesota gubernatorial election
Ara Barton was the initial Greenback nominee, but he declined the nomination and was replaced by William Meigher.


1879 Mudgee colonial by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Mudgee on 6 January 1879 because of the resignation of Sir John Robertson who was then appointed to the Legislative Council, to facilitate the coalition of his supporters and those of Sir Henry Parkes to form an effective government.


1879 Mudgee colonial by-election, Aftermath
In March 1879 the Committee of Elections and Qualifications overturned the election of Richard Rouse and declared that David Buchanan was elected as the member for Mudgee.


1879 Mudgee colonial election re-count
In March 1879 the Elections and Qualifications Committee overturned the 1879 Mudgee by-election, in which Richard Rouse had been declared elected by a margin of 1 vote over David Buchanan.


1879 Mudgee colonial election re-count
The committee declared that Richard Rouse had not been elected the member for Mudgee, however no by-election was conducted. Instead instead the committee declared that David Buchanan had been elected. No reasons were published however The Sydney Morning Herald stated that it appeared that the majority of Mr Rouse was created by illegal voting.


1879 Mudgee colonial election re-count, Petition
Buchannan's supporters petitioned the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly against the return of Rouse, alleging that


1879 NYU Violets football team
The 1879 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University in the 1879 college football season. The team played three games, losing to Stevens Institute of Technology twice and tying them once.


1879 Navy Midshipmen football team
The 1879 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy in the 1879 college football season. The team was the first intercollegiate football squad to represent the United States Naval Academy. The team had no coach, as it was entirely student-operated; however, it was captained by squad member Bill Maxwell. The team played just a single game, which was a scoreless tie with the Baltimore Athletic Club. The team was entirely student operated, and was not supported by the Naval Academy's faculty. The school would not have another football squad until 1882.


1879 Navy Midshipmen football team, Background
It is widely believed by football researchers that the playing of intercollegiate football began in November 1869, when a player at Rutgers University challenged another player at the nearby College of New Jersey (now Princeton). The contest more closely resembled soccer, with teams scoring by kicking a ball into the opponent's net, and lacked a uniform rules structure. The game developed slowly; the first rules were drafted in October 1873, and only consisted of twelve guidelines. Even though the number of teams participating in the sport increased, the game was still effectively controlled by the College of New Jersey, who claimed eight national championships in ten years. Only Yale presented any form of challenge, claiming four national championships in the same time period.


1879 Navy Midshipmen football team, Background
The birth of football at the Naval Academy is debated among historians. The most accepted occurrence was in 1869, when a midshipman (a student) returned from his leave with a football. While throwing the ball with a friend, it was dropped and a group of fellow midshipmen attempted to take it. A contest was eventually organized, which ended abruptly when the ball was kicked into the Severn River.


1879 Navy Midshipmen football team, Background
However, biographer C. Douglas Kroll stated that the first evidence of a form of football at the United States Naval Academy came in 1857, but the school's cadets lost interest in the game shortly afterward, a theory supported by journalist Jack Clary. Regardless, the sport had been banned for several years prior to 1879.


1879 Navy Midshipmen football team, Season summary
There were two separate efforts to establish a Naval Academy football team in 1879. The first was guided by first-classman J.H. Robinson, who developed it as a training regiment to help keep the school's baseball team in shape. The team played the sport under rules that made it much closer to soccer, where the players were permitted only to kick the ball in order to advance it. The second effort, headed by first-classman William John Maxwell was more successful in its efforts.


1879 Navy Midshipmen football team, Season summary
Maxwell met with two of his friends, Tunstall Smith and Henry Woods, who played for the Baltimore Athletic Club and officially challenged their team to a game with the Naval Academy. A team was formed from academy first-classmen, which Maxwell led as a manager, trainer, and captain. The team would wake up and practice before reveille and following drill and meals. The squad received encouragement from some of the faculty, who allowed them to eat a late dinner and skip final drill for additional practicing. This was against the direct orders of the school superintendent, who had banned football and similar activities.


1879 Navy Midshipmen football team, Season summary
The year's sole contest was played on December 11 against the Baltimore Athletic Club. The opposition's team was reportedly composed of players from Princeton, Yale, Pennsylvania, and Johns Hopkins. The Naval Academy hosted the Baltimore team on a temporary field drawn on part of the superintendent's cow pasture. Rules decided upon between the teams established that the game was to be played under rugby rules. The Baltimore American and Chronicle, which covered the contest, described it as such:


1879 Navy Midshipmen football team, Season summary
The game was closely fought and was finally declared a scoreless tie by the referee about an hour after it began. Navy reportedly never gained possession of the ball. However, the Naval Academy managed to keep the Baltimore Athletic Club from ever being in a scoring position. On three separate occasions, Navy forced Baltimore back into its own end zone for a safety; these were not worth any points until 1882, however, so they offered Navy no benefit. The American and Chronicle reported that Maxwell, Craven, and Sample of Navy gave the strongest performances, but were also reckless in their play and were repeatedly penalized for jumping offside or kicking the ball out of play, a form of delay of game.


1879 Navy Midshipmen football team, Season summary
Some time after the game, Walter Camp, known as the "Father of American Football", credited Maxwell as the inventor of the first football uniform. After he was informed that the Baltimore team he was playing outweighed his by an average of ten pounds, Maxwell looked for a way to make the teams more evenly matched. Using his knowledge of sailing, he decided to design a sleeveless canvas jacket which would make his players "difficult to grasp when they began to sweat". He presented the design to the academy's tailor, who created the double-lined jackets which "were laced down the front and drawn tightly to fit snugly around a player's body". The weighted suits were worn by the team, which was confused by the "strangle, heavy, newfangled getups".


1879 Navy Midshipmen football team, Players
The 1879 Naval Academy team was made up of fifteen players at four different positions. The squad consisted of ten forwards, two halfbacks, two wholebacks, and one three-quarterback. Maxwell, in addition to playing as a rusher, served as team manager and captain. John F. Luby, a first-classman, served as an unofficial assistant coach. Only first-classmen were asked to participate on the team. The age of the players, however, ranged several years due to the academy's admission policy; the school allowed for men between the ages of 14 and 18 to be admitted as first year students, which future player John B. Patton remarked made it "just a boys' school".


1879 Navy Midshipmen football team, Postseason and aftermath
The first postseason college football game would not be played until 1902, with the Pasadena Tournament of Roses' establishment of the east-west tournament game, later known as the Rose Bowl. The Midshipmen would not participate in their first Rose Bowl until the 1923 season, when they went 5–1–2 and tied with the Washington Huskies 14–14 in the match. According to statistics compiled by the National Championship Foundation, Parke Davis, and the Billingsley college football research center, Yale was declared the 1882 season champion, giving them their eighth overall.


1879 Navy Midshipmen football team, Postseason and aftermath
The Naval Academy would not produce another football team until the 1882 season. The 1882 team would be the first with a coach, being supported by Academy officials. The 1879 season was the last time that a Navy squad would play the Baltimore Athletic Club. Navy would finish the 1880s with four winning seasons, and an overall record of 14–12–2, with one of those ties being the game against the Baltimore Athletic Club. Navy would outscore their opponents 292–231, and would finish the 19th century with an overall record of 54–19–3. The lack of a coach for the 1879 season was one of the two times the Naval Academy squad lacked one, the other time being from 1883 through 1891.


1879 New York state election
The 1879 New York state election was held on November 4, 1879, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the secretary state, the state comptroller, the attorney general, the state treasurer and the state engineer, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.


1879 New York state election, History
Due to the increase of the governor's term to three years by an amendment in 1874, this was the first time the governor and the state cabinet officers were elected at the same time.


1879 New York state election, History
The Greenback-Labor state convention met on August 28 and 29 at Utica, New York. William Voorhis was president.


1879 New York state election, History
The Republican state convention met on September 3. James W. Wadsworth was nominated for comptroller on the first ballot (vote: Wadsworth 273, John C. Churchill 152). Joseph B. Carr was nominated for secretary of state during the first ballot. Nathan D. Wendell was nominated for treasurer on the first ballot (vote: Wendell 279, Richard A. Elmer 83, Francis B. Brower 54, Francis C. Marvin 19). Hamilton Ward was nominated for attorney general during the first ballot. Howard Soule was nominated for state engineer by acclamation.


1879 New York state election, History
The Prohibition state convention met on September 3 at Syracuse, New York. James H. Bronson, of Amsterdam, was chairman. They nominated John W. Mears, of Oneida County, for governor; James H. Bronson for lieutenant governor; Alphonso A. Hopkins for secretary of state; Caleb W. Allis, of Onondaga County, for comptroller; Stephen Merritt for treasurer; Walter Farrington for attorney general; and John J. Hooker for state engineer.


1879 New York state election, History
The Democratic state convention met on September 11 at Wieting Hall in Syracuse, New York. Before the first ballot for governor was taken, the Tammany delegates left the convention. Then the incumbent Governor Lucius Robinson was re-nominated on the first ballot (vote: Robinson 243, Henry W. Slocum 56, Clarkson N. Potter 1, Horatio Seymour 1). Clarkson N. Potter was nominated for lieutenant governor by acclamation. Then the incumbents Beach, Olcott, Mackin, Seymour and Schoonmaker were re-nominated by acclamation.


1879 New York state election, History
The seceding Tammany delegates re-assembled at Shakespeare Hall. David Dudley Field was president. John Kelly was nominated for governor by acclamation. A Committee of Fifteen was appointed to ponder the question how to proceed and if a whole state ticket should be nominated.


1879 New York state election, Results
Due to the split of the Democratic vote, Cornell had an easy victory over Robinson. Almost all the other offices were won by the Republicans in a very tight race, only State Engineer Seymour managed to be re-elected on the Democratic ticket.


1879 New York state election, Results
At the time, political commentators voiced their surprise about the strange inconsistency of, on the one side, the total number of votes for Governor compared to the vote for the other state offices on the Republican ticket, and, on the other side, the combined vote of Robinson and Kelly compared to the vote for the other state offices on the joint Democratic/Tammany ticket.


1879 New York state election, Results
The incumbents Robinson, Beach, Olcott, Schoonmaker and Mackin were defeated. The incumbent Seymour was re-elected.


1879 New York state election, Results
Obs . : For candidates nominated on more than one ticket, the numbers are the total votes on all tickets. "Scattering votes" (includes votes given for Socialist Labor, Working Men, Jeffersonian Democratic, non-running and non-existing candidates) ranging between 3,900 and 5,312 for the various offices.


1879 New Zealand general election
The New Zealand general election of 1879 was held between 28 August and 15 September 1879 to elect a total of 88 MPs to the 7th session of the New Zealand Parliament. The Māori vote was held on 8 September. A total of 82,271 (66.5%) European voters turned out to vote, plus 14,553 Māori voters. Following the election, John Hall formed a new government.


1879 New Zealand general election, Background
Formal political parties had not been established yet; this only happened after the 1890 election. The same 73 electorates were used as for the last election, which was held in 1875–76. In October 1875, Parliament passed the Representation Act 1875, which resolved to increase the size of Parliament to 88 representatives across the 73 electorates.


1879 New Zealand general election, Background
Two of the electorates were represented by three members each (Christchurch and Dunedin. A further eleven electorates were represented by two members each (Auckland West, Franklin, Grey Valley, Hokitika, Napier, City of Nelson, Thames, Wairarapa, Waitaki, Wanganui and City of Wellington). The remaining 60 electorates were represented by a single member each.


1879 New Zealand general election, Background
The election came about when George Grey's government was defeated in a no-confidence motion in July. He successfully requested a dissolution from the Governor of New Zealand, Sir Hercules Robinson.


1879 New Zealand general election, Background
Male Māori received universal suffrage (two years before European males were granted universal suffrage). The parliamentary term was reduced from five to three years.


1879 New Zealand general election, Date
The election was held between 28 August and 15 September. The date of election is defined here as the day on which the poll took place, or if there was no contest, the day of nomination. The earliest date was the nomination meeting in the Avon electorate, where William Rolleston was declared elected unopposed. The last elections were held on 15 September, where John Studholme and Edward George Wright were elected in the Gladstone and Coleridge electorates, respectively.


1879 New Zealand general election, Date
The election in the Maori electorates were held on 8 September.


1879 New Zealand general election, Candidates
At the nomination meeting in the Waimea electorate on 5 September 1879, Joseph Shephard, Albert Pitt, Oswald Curtis and Acton Adams were proposed, the latter three without their knowledge or consent, presumably by opponents of George Grey who had the support of Shephard. With Pitt, Curtis and Adams all formally withdrawing from the contest, the returning officer declared Shephard elected unopposed. In 14 seats there was only one candidate.


1879 New Zealand general election, Result
In the European electorates, the male population over 21 years of age was 116,008. Of those, 82,271 were enrolled and the turnout was 66.5%. The male Māori population was estimated at 14,553, of which 6,686 voted (turnout 46%). The Maori statistics are to be treated with caution, though, as not much emphasis was put into precise data gathering. When the first Maori roll was established for the 1949 election, for example, more votes were cast than were voters on the roll.


1879 New Zealand general election, Result
The initial results showed a virtual deadlock with no clear winner. Inititially the opposition seemed to have won slightly more seats than the "Greyites" (supporters of Grey) but not enough to claim a majority outright. However, after several days of negotiations a new ministry was formed by John Hall who had ensured support from 45 members, with 41 backing Grey and 2 Independent of either faction. Upon Grey's rejection, James Macandrew was unanimously elected leader of the liberals and sought to oust Hall and form a new ministry, but was denied after Hall induced four Auckland liberals (known as the "Auckland rats") to cross the floor.


1879 New Zealand general election, Result
George Grey was elected in both the Thames and the City of Christchurch electorates. Grey came first in the three-member Christchurch electorate (Samuel Paull Andrews and Edward Stevens came second with equal numbers of votes, and only 23 votes ahead of Edward Richardson). Richardson petitioned against Grey's return on technical grounds, as Grey had already been elected in the Thames electorate. The electoral commission unseated Grey on 24 October, with Richardson offered to fill this vacancy a few days later. Grey kept the Thames seat and remained a member of parliament through that constituency.


1879 New Zealand general election, Result
Laws were passed to confirm the results in three electorates where there was some doubt about the legitimacy of the results to confirm the winner (1879; the electorates were Marsden, Northern Maori and Western Maori); and to clarify the law about electoral petitions (1880):


1879 New Zealand general election, Result
a George Grey was unseated on petition in Christchurch, as he had already been elected in the Thames electorate


1879 New Zealand general election, Government formation
Following the election, John Hall formed a new government on 8 October 1879, and Hall thus became the 12th Premier of New Zealand. The Hall Ministry stayed in power until 21 April 1882, i.e. some months after the next general election.


1879 North Norfolk by-election
The North Norfolk by-election of 1879 was fought on 21 January 1879. The byelection was fought due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, James Duff. It was won by the Conservative candidate Edward Birkbeck.


1879 Norwegian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway in 1879. The elections were not held on a specific date, as the various cities and Amts held the election at their own choice. Instead, the elections stretched from June to several months later. Voting rights were highly limited, as women were not allowed to vote and there were strong restrictions on men's ability to vote. It has been estimated that only 2.5% of the population of Christiania (Oslo), and 4.6% of the national population, was eligible to vote. The national election turnout was 48.7% (85% in Christiania), and 114 representatives were elected for the Norwegian Parliament, an increase of three seats compared to the Storting elected in 1876.


1879 Norwegian parliamentary election
While there were no official parties, two informal groups existed, namely Venstre, or "the Liberals" (de liberale), and Høire. The latter list was called Aftenpostens og Morgenbladets liste in Christiania. The Venstre opposition, led by Johan Sverdrup, gained popularity particularly in the districts, while Høire remained the most popular in the cities. In Christiania, the Aftenpostens og Morgenbladets liste won about 1,800 of the votes, while Venstre won about 600.


1879 Ohio gubernatorial election
The 1879 Ohio gubernatorial election was held on October 14, 1879. Republican nominee Charles Foster defeated Democratic nominee Thomas Ewing Jr. with 50.25% of the vote.


1879 Ontario general election
The 1879 Ontario general election was the fourth general election held in the province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on June 5, 1879, to elect the 88 members of the 4th Legislative Assembly ("MLAs").


1879 Ontario general election
The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Oliver Mowat, won a third term in government with a larger majority in the legislature.


1879 Ontario general election
The Ontario Conservative Party, led by William Ralph Meredith, continued to lose seats.


1879 Open Championship
The 1879 Open Championship was the 19th Open Championship, held 27 September at the Old Course at St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Jamie Anderson won the Championship for the third successive time, by three strokes from Jamie Allan and Andrew Kirkaldy.


1879 Open Championship
Play started at 10:00 am in fine conditions. In the first round Anderson reach the turn in 41 and his round of 84 gave him a two shot lead over Andrew Kirkaldy. In the afternoon he again reached the turn in 41. Andrew Kirkaldy and Jamie Allen were amongst the early starters and with four holes left to play it was known that Anderson needed four fives to win the Championship. He holed a long putt at the 15th and with steady play at the 16th and 17th and a four at the last he won comfortably. Allan and Kirkaldy had an 18-hole play-off two days later to decide who took the second and third place prize money.


1879 Open Championship, Final leaderboard, Playoff
Allan and Kirkaldy played an 18-hole play-off two days later. Kirkaldy scored 91 to Allan's 92 and took the second prize of £6, Allan taking the third prize of £5. Playoffs for other positions are mentioned but details are not known.


1879 Orange colonial by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Orange on 4 March 1879. It was triggered because the Elections and Qualifications Committee held that Edward Combes position of Executive Commissioner for New South Wales at the Paris International Exhibition was an office of profit under the crown and his seat was declared vacant.


1879 Penn Quakers football team
The 1879 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1879 college football season. They finished with a 2–2 record.


1879 Pennsylvania Military Academy football team
The 1879 Pennsylvania Military Academy football team represented Pennsylvania Military Academy during the 1879 college football season. The team played Swarthmore, Penn, and as one cadet put it, “whoever we could inveigle into coming to us.” The game against the Crescents Football Club was reported to be first game ever played at the Military Academy. The result of the contest with Swarthmore is not known.


1879 Portuguese legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 19 October 1879. The result was a landslide victory for the Progressive Party, which won 106 seats.


1879 Prince Edward Island general election
The 1879 Prince Edward Island election was held on 4 February 1879 to elect members of the House of Assembly of the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was won by the Conservative party.


1879 Princeton Tigers football team
The 1879 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, then more commonly known as Princeton College, in the 1879 college football season. The team finished with a 4–0–1 record and was retroactively named national champion by the Billingsley Report and National Championship Foundation and as co-national champion by Parke H. Davis. This season was Princeton's ninth national championship, and one of 11 in a 13-year period between 1869 and 1881. The team's captain was Bland Ballard.


1879 Providence Grays season
The 1879 Providence Grays won the National League title in only their second season in the league.


1879 Providence Grays season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1879 Providence Grays season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1879 Providence Grays season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts


1879 Racine College football team
The 1879 Racine College football team represented Racine College during the 1879 college football season. Racine and the University of Michigan inaugurated college football in the Midwest with a match played on May 30, 1879. Michigan won, 1–0.


1879 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 1879 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 2, 1879. Incumbent Republican Charles C. Van Zandt defeated Democratic nominee Thomas W. Segar with 62.09% of the vote.


1879 Rutgers Queensmen football team
The 1879 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1879 college football season. The Queensmen compiled a 1–2–3 record and were outscored by their opponents 11 to 5. The team had no coach, and its captains were N. W. Voorhees and C. I. Haring.


1879 SAFA season
The 1879 South Australian Football Association season was the 3rd season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.


1879 SAFA season
The Norwood Football Club went on to record its 2nd consecutive premiership, going through the season undefeated. The Kensington Football Club received its second consecutive wooden spoon, failing to win a game, and extending its winless streak to 27. Several disputes between South Adelaide and the other clubs arose during the season.


1879 SAFA season, Intercolonial matches
During 1879, a team representing the South Australian Football Association) toured Victoria, and played two intercolonial matches against an Association representative team; the first on a public holiday Tuesday, and the other on the following Saturday. The games were the first ever intercolonial matches between colony representative teams.


1879 Scottish Cup Final
The 1879 Scottish Cup Final was the sixth final of the Scottish Cup and the final of the 1878–79 Scottish Cup, the most prestigious knockout football competition in Scotland. The match was played at Hampden Park in Crosshill (today part of Glasgow) on 19 April 1879 and was watched by a crowd of 6,000 spectators. The final was contested by the defending champions Vale of Leven and Rangers who had never won the cup.


1879 Scottish Cup Final
The match finished 1–1 and would have been replayed; however, Rangers objected to a disallowed goal in the original match and refused to play the replay and the cup was awarded to Vale of Leven.


1879 Scottish Cup Final, Background
Two-time defending champions Vale of Leven reached the final for the third time and had lifted the trophy in both their previous appearances in 1876 and 1877. A third triumph would equal both Queen's Park's records at the time for most Scottish Cup wins and most consecutive Scottish Cup wins.


1879 Scottish Cup Final, Background
The match marked the third time Vale of Leven and Rangers would contest a Scottish Cup tie. Vale won both previous meetings but had required replays to do so, although they would win the trophy on both occasions. They defeated Rangers 3–2 after a second replay in the 1877 final and advanced from a fourth round replay with a 5–0 win in 1877–78.


1879 Scottish Cup Final, Route to the final
Both teams progressed through six previous rounds to reach the final.


1879 Senegal by-election
A by-election for the French National Assembly was held in Senegal in 1879. Although Maréchal received over 50% of the vote in the first round, he did not reach the quorum of 25% of registered voters. Alfred Gasconi, the Republican candidate, was elected in the second round of voting.


1879 Senegal by-election, Background
The single Senegalese seat in the National Assembly had been abolished by a decree of 2 February 1852. Although it was restored in 1871, a new electoral law was passed in 1875 that did not mention Senegal, meaning no MP was elected in 1876 or 1877. However, a decree of 1879 reinstated the seat.


1879 Senegal by-election, Electoral system
The election was held using the two-round system, with a candidate required to get over 50% of the vote and a number of votes equivalent to 25% of the registered voters to win in the first round.


1879 South Warwickshire by-election
The South Warwickshire by-election of 1879 was fought on 21 February 1879. The byelection was fought due to the incumbent Conservative MP, Earl of Yarmouth, becoming comptroller of the Household. It was retained by the Earl of Yarmouth.


1879 Southern Maori by-election
The 1879 Southern Maori by-election was a by-election held on 7 July 1879 in the Southern Maori electorate during the 6th New Zealand Parliament.


1879 Southern Maori by-election
The by-election was caused by the resignation of the incumbent MP Hōri Kerei Taiaroa when he was appointed to the Legislative Council.


1879 Spanish general election
The 1879 Spanish general election was held on Sunday, 20 April and on Saturday, 3 May 1879, to elect the 1st Restoration Cortes of the Kingdom of Spain. All 392 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 180 of 360 seats in the Senate.


1879 Spanish general election
This was the first election held under the Spanish Constitution of 1876 and the new electoral law of 1878, which re-established censitary suffrage.


1879 Spanish general election, Overview, Background
The Spanish Constitution of 1876 enshrined Spain as a constitutional monarchy, awarding the King power to name senators and to revoke laws, as well as the title of commander-in-chief of the army. The King would also play a key role in the system of El Turno Pacífico (the Peaceful Turn) by appointing and toppling governments and allowing the opposition to take power. Under this system, the Conservative and Liberal parties alternated in power by means of election rigging, which they achieved through the encasillado, using the links between the Ministry of Governance, the provincial civil governors, and the local bosses (caciques) to ensure victory and exclude minor parties from the power sharing.


1879 Spanish general election, Overview, Electoral system
The Spanish Cortes were envisaged as "co-legislative bodies", based on a nearly perfect bicameralism. Both the Congress of Deputies and the Senate had legislative, control and budgetary functions, sharing equal powers except for laws on contributions or public credit, where the Congress had preeminence. Voting for the Cortes was on the basis of censitary suffrage, which comprised national males over twenty-five, being taxpayers with a minimum quota of twenty-five pesetas per territorial contribution or fifty per industrial subsidy, as well as being enrolled in the so-called capacity census (either by education criteria or for professional reasons).


1879 Spanish general election, Overview, Electoral system
For the Congress of Deputies, 88 seats were elected using a partial block voting in 26 multi-member constituencies, with the remaining 304 being elected under a one-round first-past-the-post system in single-member districts. Candidates winning a plurality in each constituency were elected. In constituencies electing eight seats, electors could vote for up to six candidates; in those with seven seats, for up to five candidates; in those with six seats, for up to four; in those with four or five seats, for up to three candidates; and for one candidate in single-member districts.


1879 Spanish general election, Overview, Electoral system
Additionally, up to ten deputies could be elected through cumulative voting in several single-member constituencies, provided that they obtained more than 10,000 votes overall. The Congress was entitled to one member per each 50,000 inhabitants, with each multi-member constituency being allocated a fixed number of seats: 8 for Madrid, 5 for Barcelona and Palma, 4 for Seville and 3 for Alicante, Almería, Badajoz, Burgos, Cádiz, Cartagena, Córdoba, Granada, Jaén, Jerez de la Frontera, La Coruña, Lugo, Málaga, Murcia, Oviedo, Pamplona, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Santander, Tarragona, Valencia, Valladolid and Zaragoza. The law also provided for by-elections to fill seats vacated throughout the legislature.


1879 Spanish general election, Overview, Electoral system
For the Senate, 180 seats were indirectly elected, with electors voting for delegates instead of senators. Elected delegates—equivalent in number to one-sixth of the councillors in each municipal corporation—would then vote for senators using a write-in, two-round majority voting system. The provinces of Álava, Albacete, Ávila, Biscay, the Canary Islands, Cuenca, Guadalajara, Guipúzcoa, Huelva, Logroño, Matanzas, Palencia, Pinar del Río, Puerto Príncipe, Santa Clara, Santander, Santiago de Cuba, Segovia, Soria, Teruel and Valladolid were allocated two seats each, whereas each of the remaining provinces was allocated three seats, for a total of 147.


1879 Spanish general election, Overview, Electoral system
The remaining 33 were allocated to a number of institutions, electing one seat each—the Archdioceses of Burgos, Granada, Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Cuba, Seville, Tarragona, Toledo, Valencia, Valladolid and Zaragoza; the Royal Spanish Academy; the Royal Academies of History, Fine Arts, Sciences, Moral and Political Sciences and Medicine; the Universities of Madrid, Barcelona, Granada, Havana, Oviedo, Salamanca, Santiago, Seville, Valencia, Valladolid and Zaragoza; and the Economic Societies of Friends of the Country from Madrid, Barcelona, Cuba–Puerto Rico, León, Seville and Valencia.


1879 Spanish general election, Overview, Electoral system
An additional 180 seats comprised senators in their own right—the Monarch's offspring and the heir apparent once coming of age; Grandees of Spain of the first class; Captain Generals of the Army and the Navy Admiral; the Patriarch of the Indies and archbishops; as well as other high-ranking state figures—and senators for life (who were appointed by the Monarch).


1879 Spanish general election, Overview, Election date
The term of each House of the Cortes—the Congress and one-half of the elective part of the Senate—expired five years from the date of their previous election, unless they were dissolved earlier. The Monarch had the prerogative to dissolve both Houses at any given time—either jointly or separately—and call a snap election.


1879 Stevens football team
The 1879 Stevens Ducks football team was an American football team that represented Stevens Institute of Technology in the 1879 college football season. The team compiled a 1–2–5 record and was outscored by a total of 12 to 6. The team played its home games at the St. George's Cricket Club grounds in Hoboken, New Jersey.


1879 Swiss referendums
Two referendums were held in Switzerland in January and May 1879. A federal law on subsidies for railways in the Alps was passed by 70.7% of voters on 19 January, whilst a referendum on abolishing the constitutional ban on the death penalty on 18 May was passed by 52.5% of voters and a majority of cantons. Following the vote, ten of the 26 cantons reintroduced the death penalty during the 1880s and 1890s and nine executions occurred before its nationwide abolition in 1938, when a new criminal code (which overrode cantonal penal codes) was approved in a referendum.


1879 Swiss referendums, Background
The January referendum on rail subsidies was classed as an optional referendum, which meant that only a majority of the public vote was required for the proposals to be approved. The referendum on the death penalty involved amending article 65 of the federal constitution, and was a mandatory referendum, which required both a majority of voters and cantons to approve the proposals.


1879 Syracuse Stars season
After finishing in second place in the International Association in 1878, the Syracuse Stars joined the rival National League for the 1879 baseball season. However, on September 10, with a seventh-place 22–48 record, they folded operations with a handful of games remaining.


1879 Syracuse Stars season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1879 Syracuse Stars season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1879 Syracuse Stars season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts


1879 Syracuse Stars season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts


1879 Troy Trojans season
The 1879 season was the National League debut for the Troy Trojans. They finished the season 19–56, last in the league.


1879 Troy Trojans season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1879 Troy Trojans season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1879 Troy Trojans season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts


1879 Troy Trojans season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts


1879 United States House of Representatives elections in California
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1879 United States House of Representatives elections in California
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1879 were elections for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred on September 3, 1879. California's delegation remained unchanged, at three Republicans and one Democrat.


1879 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results
Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives:


1879 United States Senate election in New York
The 1879 United States Senate election in New York was held on January 21, 1879, by the New York State Legislature to elect a U.S. Senator (Class 3) to represent the State of New York in the United States Senate.


1879 United States Senate election in New York, Background
Republican Roscoe Conkling had been re-elected in January 1873 to this seat, and his term would expire on March 3, 1879.


1879 United States Senate election in New York, Background
At the State election in November 1877, 19 Republicans and 13 Democrats were elected for a two-year term (1878-1879) in the State Senate. At the State election in November 1878, 97 Republicans, 28 Democrats and 3 Greenbackers were elected for the session of 1879 to the Assembly, and Republican Thomas Murphy was elected to fill the vacancy in the State Senate caused by the death of Democrat John Morrissey. The 102nd New York State Legislature met from January 7 to May 22, 1879, at Albany, New York.


1879 United States Senate election in New York, Candidates, Republican caucus
The caucus of Republican State legislators met on January 20, Temporary President of the State Senate William H. Robertson presided. Present were all Republican legislators except State Senator Louis S. Goebel (6th D.) and Assemblyman James W. Wadsworth. They re-nominated the incumbent U.S. Senator Conkling unanimously.


1879 United States Senate election in New York, Candidates, Democratic caucus
The caucus of the Democratic State legislators met also on January 20. State Senator Thomas C. E. Ecclesine (8th D.) offered to adopt a prostest against the senatorial election proceedings, claiming that the senatorial and assembly districts were incorrectly apportioned and thus the State Legislature did not represent the wish of the people of the State. The protest was substituted by a resolution to appoint a committee which would elaborate an address on the apportionment at a later date. Ecclesine then marched out, and the remaining legislators nominated Lieutenant Governor William Dorsheimer for the U.S. Senate.


1879 United States Senate election in New York, Candidates, Greenback
The two Greenback assemblymen John Banfield (Chemung Co.) and George E. Williams (Oswego Co.) voted for 87-year-old Peter Cooper, a New York City inventor, industrialist and philanthropist who had run for U.S. President in 1876 on the Greenback ticket.


1879 United States Senate election in New York, Result
Roscoe Conkling was the choice of both the Assembly and the State Senate, and was declared elected.


1879 United States Senate election in New York, Result
Note: The votes were cast on January 21, but both Houses met in a joint session on January 22 to compare nominations, and declare the result.


1879 United States Senate election in New York, Aftermath
Conkling remained in office until May 17, 1881, when he resigned in protest against the distribution of federal patronage in New York by President James A. Garfield without being consulted. The crisis between the Stalwart and the Half-Breed factions of the Republican party arose when the leader of the New Yorker Half-Breeds William H. Robertson was appointed Collector of the Port of New York, a position Conkling wanted to give to one of his Stalwart friends.


1879 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania
The 1879 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on January 20, 1879. J. Donald Cameron was re-elected by the Pennsylvania General Assembly to the United States Senate.


1879 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, Background
After Sen. Simon Cameron resigned from office, his son J. Donald Cameron was elected by the General Assembly, consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate, in 1877 to serve the remainder of the unexpired term, which was to expire on March 4, 1879.


1879 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, Results
The Pennsylvania General Assembly convened on January 20, 1879, to elect a Senator to serve the term beginning on March 4, 1879. The results of the vote of both houses combined are as follows:


1879 University of Sydney colonial by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of University of Sydney on 15 July 1879 because William Windeyer resigned to accept a temporary appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court.


1879 University of Sydney colonial by-election
While there was no qualification for candidates, Edmund Barton had graduated with a Master of Arts in 1870. and Arthur Renwick was an examiner in medicine and had been elected to the Senate of the University of Sydney in 1877. Barton was the unsuccessful candidate for the seat at the first election in 1876, while this was Renwick's first attempt at parliament. Renwick would be elected to parliament 4 months later at the East Sydney by-election.


1879 VFA season
The 1879 Victorian Football Association season was the third season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Geelong Football Club. It was the club's second VFA premiership, and the second in a sequence of three consecutive premierships won from 1878 to 1880; for the second consecutive season, Geelong was unbeaten during the year.


1879 VFA season, Association membership
The South Melbourne Football Club entered the senior ranks of the Association in 1879; and, while St Kilda was nominally a senior club to begin the year, it was in a weakened state and dropped out of competition midway through the year.


1879 VFA season, Association membership
The status of the Geelong Football Club also changed subtly in 1879. It had been a senior Association club since 1877, but it had played primarily against other provincial teams during 1877 and 1878. In its first premiership year of 1878, it played only four senior matches against metropolitan clubs; in 1879, it played nine senior matches against metropolitan clubs. As such, although there was no formal change in its senior status, Geelong effectively shifted from being a provincial team, to being a provincially based team competing in the metropolitan competition.


1879 VFA season, 1879 VFA premiership
The 1879 premiership was won by the Geelong Football Club, the club's second in succession, finishing the season unbeaten with fifteen wins and one match, against West Melbourne, being abandoned as a draw five minutes from half-time after torrential rain swept the ground. Carlton finished second with sixteen wins and drew two draws from twenty-two games, and new senior club South Melbourne finished third.


1879 VFA season, 1879 VFA premiership, Club senior records
The below table details the playing records of the eight senior clubs in all matches during the 1879 season. Two sets of results are given:


1879 VFA season, 1879 VFA premiership, Club senior records
The clubs are listed in the order in which they were ranked in the Australasian newspaper. The VFA had no formal process by which the clubs were ranked, so the below order should be considered indicative only, particularly since the fixturing of matches was not standardised; however, the top three placings were later acknowledged in publications including the Football Record and are considered official.


1879 VFA season, Intercolonial matches
During 1879, a team representing the South Australian Football Association) toured Victoria, and played two intercolonial matches against an Association representative team; the first on a public holiday Tuesday, and the other on the following Saturday. The games were the first ever intercolonial matches between colony representative teams.


1879 Welsh Cup Final
The 1879 Welsh Cup Final, was the 2nd in the competition. It was contested by Newtown White Star and Wrexham at the Cricket Field, Oswestry.


1879 Wimbledon Championship
The 1879 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from 7 July until 16 July. It was the 3rd staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the first Grand Slam tennis event of 1879. The entry for the 1879 all comers' tournament was 45, of whom 36 were newcomers. The all comers' final was watched by 1100 spectators.


1879 Wimbledon Championship, Gentlemen's singles, All Comers' Final
John Hartley defeated  Vere St. Leger Goold, 6–2, 6–4, 6–2


1879 Wimbledon Championship, Gentlemen's singles, Second place match
Vere St. Leger Goold defeated  Cecil Parr, 4–6, 6–2, 5–6, 6–4, 6–4


1879 Wimbledon Championship – Singles
John Hartley defeated Vere St. Leger Goold 6–2, 6–4, 6–2 in the All Comers' Final to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1879 Wimbledon Championships. The reigning champion Frank Hadow did not defend his title.


1879 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
The 1879 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1879. Incumbent Republican Governor William E. Smith ran for re-election to a second term. The Democratic convention initially nominated Alexander Mitchell for Governor, but Mitchell declined the nomination; in his place, Milwaukee attorney James Graham Jenkins received the nomination. Smith and Jenkins also faced a Greenback candidate and a nominee from the nascent Prohibition Party in the general election. Jenkins ultimately won re-election in a landslide, winning 53% of the vote Jenkins's 40%. Reuben May, the Greenback nominee, received only 7% of the vote, a significant erosion from the Party's 15% in 1877.


1879 Yale Bulldogs football team
The 1879 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1879 college football season. The team finished with a 3–0–2 record and was retroactively named co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.


1879 college football season
The 1879 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Princeton and Yale having been selected as national champions.


1879 college football season
Racine College and the University of Michigan played the first football game in the Midwest. The 1879 Michigan Wolverines football team beat Racine in a game played in Chicago.


1879 college football season
The US Naval Academy also had its first game; the team did not have a coach until 1890.


1879 in Afghanistan, Events, February
February 21: Amir Sher Ali Khan dies in Mazar-i-Sharif, leaving the throne to his son, Mohammad Yaqub Khan.


1879 in Afghanistan, Events, May
May 26: Afghan and British leaders sign the Treaty of Gandamak during the Second Anglo-Afghan War. The treaty cedes parts of the Afghan frontier to Britain.


1879 in Afghanistan, Events, October
October 12: Mohammad Yaqub Khan abdicates and takes refuge in the British camp near Kabul.


1879 in Australia
The following lists events that happened during 1879 in Australia.


1879 in Australian literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1879.


1879 in Australian literature, Births
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1879 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.


1879 in Australian literature, Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1879 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.


1879 in Belgium
The following lists events that happened during 1879 in the Kingdom of Belgium.


1879 in Canada, Historical documents
Government scheme to divide 100 million acres of Canadian Pacific Railway land for settlement


1879 in Canada, Historical documents
Report claims only self-reliance and industry can relieve distress of Indigenous people and anxiety of Metis (Note: racial stereotypes)


1879 in Canada, Historical documents
Ottawa memo outlines the "utter destitution" of some Indigenous people in the Northwest Territories


1879 in Canada, Historical documents
Federal commissioner reports on the dependency of Indigenous people at Fort Walsh


1879 in Canada, Historical documents
Visitor fears the Metis on the Assiniboine River will not hold on to their lands much longer


1879 in Canada, Historical documents
All aboard the steamer Waubuno are lost in a gale on Georgian Bay


1879 in Japan
Events in the year 1879 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 12 in the Japanese calendar.


1879 in New Zealand
The following lists events that happened during 1879 in New Zealand.


1879 in New Zealand, Incumbents, Government and law
The general election is held between 15 August and 1 September; a law was passed to confirm the result in three electorates (Marsden, Northern Maori and Western Maori); and to clarify the law about electoral petitions (1880). The 7th New Zealand Parliament commences.


1879 in New Zealand, Incumbents, Government and law
The term of parliament is reduced from five years to three years.


1879 in New Zealand, Sport, Lawn bowls
The first annual competition between clubs from different centres begins between Christchurch and Dunedin clubs.


1879 in Norwegian music
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1879 in Norwegian music.


1879 in South Africa
The following lists events that happened during 1879 in South Africa.


1879 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1879 to Wales and its people.


1879 in association football
The following are the association football events of the year 1879 throughout the world.


1879 in baseball
The following are the baseball events of the year 1879  throughout the world.


1879 in baseball, Champions
Inter-league playoff:  Providence Grays (NL) def. Albany Blues (NA), 2 games to 0.


1879 in birding and ornithology
Birds described in 1879 include the grey-headed silverbill, Macquarie rail, flame bowerbird, Cockerell's fantail, rufous-vented niltava, slaty cuckooshrike, Makira dwarf kingfisher, black-billed turaco, dusky-backed jacamar, buff-bellied tanager and the Santa Marta sabrewing, Rodrigues starling.


1879 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1879.