Deaths on June 23

Samuel Newitt Wood

Died on June 23, 1891

Samuel Newitt Wood, American lawyer and politician (b. 1825)

Samuel Newitt Wood (December 30, 1825 – June 23, 1891) was an American attorney, politician, and Free State advocate in Kansas.

Wood represented Chase, Morris, and Madison counties in the Kansas Territorial Legislature in 1860 and 1861, was a member of the first Kansas State Senate in 1861 and again in 1867, a member of the Kansas House of Representatives in 1864, 1866, 1876, and 1877, and speaker during the last session.

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Events on 1891

10 Mar

Strowger switch
Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
15 May

Rerum novarum
Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
20 May

Kinetoscope
History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.

Deaths on June 23

Samuel Newitt Wood

Died on June 23, 1891

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