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List of events
Events from the year 1911 in the United States .
Oyster shuckers in
Biloxi, Mississippi 1911. Photograph by
Lewis Hine .
Incumbents
Governors and
lieutenant governors
Governors
Governor of Alabama :
B. B. Comer (
Democratic ) (until January 17),
Emmet O'Neal (
Democratic ) (starting January 17)
Governor of Arkansas :
George Washington Donaghey (
Democratic )
Governor of California :
James Gillett (
Republican ) (until January 3),
Hiram Johnson (
Republican ) (starting January 3)
Governor of Colorado :
John F. Shafroth (
Democratic )
Governor of Connecticut :
Frank B. Weeks (
Republican ) (until January 4),
Simeon E. Baldwin (
Democratic ) (starting January 4)
Governor of Delaware :
Simeon S. Pennewill (
Republican )
Governor of Florida :
Albert W. Gilchrist (
Democratic )
Governor of Georgia :
Governor of Idaho :
James H. Brady (
Republican ) (until January 2),
James H. Hawley (
Democratic ) (starting January 2)
Governor of Illinois :
Charles S. Deneen (
Republican )
Governor of Indiana :
Thomas R. Marshall (
Democratic )
Governor of Iowa :
Beryl F. Carroll (
Republican )
Governor of Kansas :
Walter R. Stubbs (
Republican )
Governor of Kentucky :
Augustus E. Willson (
Republican ) (until December 12),
James B. McCreary (
Democratic ) (starting December 12)
Governor of Louisiana :
Jared Young Sanders, Sr. (
Democratic )
Governor of Maine :
Bert M. Fernald (
Republican ) (until January 4),
Frederick W. Plaisted (
Democratic ) (starting January 4)
Governor of Maryland :
Austin Lane Crothers (
Democratic )
Governor of Massachusetts :
Eben Sumner Draper (
Republican ) (until January 5),
Eugene Noble Foss (
Democratic ) (starting January 5)
Governor of Michigan :
Fred M. Warner (
Republican ) (until January 2),
Chase Osborn (
Republican ) (starting January 2)
Governor of Minnesota :
Adolph O. Eberhart (
Republican )
Governor of Mississippi :
Edmond Noel (
Democratic )
Governor of Missouri :
Herbert S. Hadley (
Republican )
Governor of Montana :
Edwin L. Norris (
Democratic )
Governor of Nebraska :
Ashton C. Shallenberger (
Democratic ) (until January 5),
Chester H. Aldrich (
Republican ) (starting January 5)
Governor of Nevada :
Denver S. Dickerson (
Silver ) (until January 2),
Tasker L. Oddie (
Republican ) (starting January 2)
Governor of New Hampshire :
Henry B. Quinby (
Republican ) (until January 5),
Robert P. Bass (
Republican ) (starting January 5)
Governor of New Jersey :
John Franklin Fort (
Republican ) (until January 17),
Woodrow Wilson (
Democratic ) (starting January 17)
Governor of New York :
John Alden Dix (
Democratic ) (starting January 1)
Governor of North Carolina :
William Walton Kitchin (
Democratic )
Governor of North Dakota :
John Burke (
Democratic )
Governor of Ohio :
Judson Harmon (
Democratic )
Governor of Oklahoma :
Charles N. Haskell (
Democratic ) (until January 9),
Lee Cruce (
Democratic ) (starting January 9)
Governor of Oregon :
Jay Bowerman (
Republican ) (until January 11),
Oswald West (
Democratic ) (starting January 11)
Governor of Pennsylvania :
Edwin Sydney Stuart (
Republican ) (until January 17),
John K. Tener (
Republican ) (starting January 17)
Governor of Rhode Island :
Aram J. Pothier (
Republican )
Governor of South Carolina :
Martin Frederick Ansel (
Democratic ) (until January 17),
Coleman Livingston Blease (
Democratic ) (starting January 17)
Governor of South Dakota :
Robert S. Vessey (
Republican )
Governor of Tennessee :
Malcolm R. Patterson (
Democratic ) (until January 26),
Ben W. Hooper (
Republican ) (starting January 26)
Governor of Texas :
Thomas Mitchell Campbell (
Democratic ) (until January 17),
Oscar Branch Colquitt (
Democratic ) (starting January 17)
Governor of Utah :
William Spry (
Republican )
Governor of Vermont :
John A. Mead (
Republican )
Governor of Virginia :
William Hodges Mann (
Democratic )
Governor of Washington :
Marion E. Hay (
Republican )
Governor of West Virginia :
William E. Glasscock (
Republican )
Governor of Wisconsin :
James O. Davidson (
Republican ) (until January 2),
Francis E. McGovern (
Republican ) (starting January 2)
Governor of Wyoming :
Bryant B. Brooks (
Republican ) (until January 2),
Joseph M. Carey (
Democratic ) (starting January 2)
Lieutenant governors
Lieutenant Governor of Alabama :
Henry B. Gray (
Democratic ) (until January 17),
Walter D. Seed, Sr. (
Democratic ) (starting January 17)
Lieutenant Governor of California :
Warren R. Porter (
Republican ) (until January 3),
A. J. Wallace (
Republican ) (starting January 3)
Lieutenant Governor of Colorado :
Stephen R. Fitzgarrald (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut : vacant (until January 4),
Dennis A. Blakeslee (
Republican ) (starting January 4)
Lieutenant Governor of Delaware :
John M. Mendinhall (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Idaho :
Lewis H. Sweetser (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Illinois :
John G. Oglesby (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Indiana :
Frank J. Hall (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Iowa :
George W. Clarke (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Kansas :
William J. Fitzgerald (
Republican ) (until month and day unknown),
Richard Joseph Hopkins (
Republican ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky :
William Hopkinson Cox (
Republican ) (until December 12),
Edward J. McDermott (
Democratic ) (starting December 12)
Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana :
Paul M. Lambremont (
Democratic ) (until month and day unknown), vacant (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts :
Louis A. Frothingham (political party unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Michigan :
Patrick H. Kelley (
Republican ) (until January 1),
John Q. Ross (
Republican ) (starting January 1)
Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota :
Edward Everett Smith (
Republican ) (until January 3),
Samuel Y. Gordon (
Republican ) (starting January 3)
Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi :
Luther Manship (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Missouri :
Jacob Friedrich Gmelich (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Montana :
William R. Allen (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska :
Melville R. Hopewell (
Republican ) (until May 2), vacant (starting May 2)
Lieutenant Governor of Nevada : vacant (until January 2), Gilbert C. Ross (political party unknown) (starting January 2)
Lieutenant Governor of New York :
Thomas F. Conway (
Democratic ) (starting January 1)
Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina :
William C. Newland (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota :
Robert S. Lewis (
Republican ) (until month and day unknown),
Usher L. Burdick (
Republican ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio :
Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma :
George W. Bellamy (
Democratic ) (until month and day unknown),
J. J. McAlester (
Democratic ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania :
Robert S. Murphy (
Republican ) (until January 17),
John Merriman Reynolds (
Republican ) (starting January 17)
Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island :
Zenas Work Bliss (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina :
Thomas Gordon McLeod (
Democratic ) (until January 17),
Charles Aurelius Smith (
Democratic ) (starting January 17)
Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota :
Howard C. Shober (
Republican ) (until month and day unknown),
Frank M. Byrne (
Republican ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee : William Kinney (
Democratic ) (until month and day unknown), Nathaniel Baxter, Jr. (
Democratic ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Texas :
Asbury Bascom Davidson (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Vermont :
Leighton P. Slack (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Virginia :
James Taylor Ellyson (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Washington : vacant
Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin :
John Strange (
Republican ) (until January 2),
Thomas Morris (
Republican ) (starting January 2)
Events
January–March
January 18:
Eugene Burton Ely lands an aircraft on a ship
January 5 – The
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity is founded at
Indiana University ,
Bloomington, Indiana .
January 18 –
Eugene Burton Ely lands on the deck of the
USS Pennsylvania stationed in
San Francisco Bay , marking the first time an aircraft lands on a ship.
January 30 – The destroyer
USS Terry makes the first
aeroplane rescue at sea, saving the life of
John McCurdy 10 miles from
Havana ,
Cuba .
January –
The Masses socialist magazine begins publication.
March – The first installment of a serialized version of
Frederick Winslow Taylor 's
monograph , The Principles of Scientific Management , appears in
The American Magazine . The complete series runs in the March, April, and May issues, giving a boost to the efficiency movement.
[1]
March 10 – The Kansas legislature approves House Bill Number 906, effectively the first
blue sky law in the United States, culminating an effort by
Joseph Norman Dolley , Kansas' banking commissioner.
March 25 – The
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in
New York City kills 146.
March 29 – The United States Army formally adopts the
M1911 pistol as its standard sidearm, thus giving the gun its 1911 designation.
April–June
May 23: Main branch of the
New York Public Library opens
July–September
October–December
L. Frank Baum , author of
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz , in a 1911 photo.
October 7 – Outlaw
Elmer McCurdy and "associates" are chased after trying to rob a train in
Oklahoma . McCurdy on the run is eventually hunted down and shot by authorities. His body is never claimed and later is chemically petrified. Afterwards his remains serve as sideshow attractions in carnivals until 1976 when they are diagnosed by forensic experts to be McCurdy. McCurdy's body is finally buried in 1976 after a 65-year odyssey to the grave.
October 24 –
Orville Wright remains in the air 9 minutes and 45 seconds in a
glider at
Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina , setting a new world record that stands for 10 years.
[2]
October 28 –
The Rosicrucian Fellowship 's international headquarters opens at
Mount Ecclesia ,
Oceanside, California (preceded by its formal constitution on August 8, 1909, at
Seattle, Washington ).
November 3 –
Chevrolet officially enters the
automobile market to compete with the
Ford Model T .
November 11
November 17 – The
Omega Psi Phi fraternity is founded at
Howard University .
December 24 – The
Lackawanna Cutoff , the first of two major cutoffs built by the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad , opens just 3 years after it was built.
Ongoing
Births
Ronald Reagan
January 9 –
Slim Gaillard , jazz musician (died
1991 )
February 6 –
Ronald Reagan , film actor, 33rd
governor of California from 1967 to 1975 and 40th
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 (died
2004 )
March 9 –
Ebby Halliday , American realtor (died
2015 )
March 13
March 24 –
Joseph Barbera , cartoonist (died
2006 )
March 25 –
Jack Ruby , assassin of
Lee Harvey Oswald (the man who (according to four government investigations)
[4]
assassinated President John F. Kennedy ) (died
1967 )
April 8 –
Melvin Calvin , chemist, winner of the
Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1961 (died
1997 )
April 17 –
Lester Rodney , journalist (died
2009 )
April 18 –
Huntington Hartford , businessman (died
2008 )
May 8 –
Robert Johnson , Mississippi blues guitar player and singer-songwriter (died
1938 )
May 11 –
Doodles Weaver , actor and singer (died
1983 )
May 27 –
Hubert Humphrey , 38th
vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969 and U.S. Senator from Minnesota from 1949 to 1964 and from 1971 to 1978 (died
1978 )
June 5 –
John C. Woods , US Army executioner (died in accident
1950 in the Marshall Islands)
June 11 –
Norman Malcolm , philosopher (died
1990 )
June 13 –
Luis Walter Alvarez , physicist, winner of the
Nobel Prize in Physics in 1968 (died
1988 )
June 25 –
William Howard Stein , chemist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1972 (died
1980 )
June 26 –
Babe Didrikson Zaharias , athlete and golfer (died
1956 )
July 4 –
Frederick Seitz , solid-state physicist (died
2008 )
August 9 –
William A. Fowler , physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983 (died
1995 )
August 24 –
Durward Kirby , American television host and announcer (died
2000 )
September 21 –
Clair Engle , U.S. Senator from California from 1959 to 1964 (died
1964 )
September 23 –
Jane Hadley Barkley ,
Second Lady of the United States (died
1964 )
September 30 –
Ruth Gruber , journalist (died
2016 )
December 1 –
Walter Alston , baseball player and manager (died
1984 )
Deaths
January 7 –
William Hall Sherwood , pianist and music educator (born
1854 )
January 9 –
Edwin Arthur Jones , choral composer (born
1853 )
January 24 –
David Graham Phillips , journalist and novelist, murdered (born
1867 )
February 1 –
Charles Stillman Sperry , admiral (born
1847 )
February 7 –
Hannah Whitall Smith , Quaker author (born
1832 )
February 22 –
Frances Harper , African American abolitionist, poet and author (born
1825 )
March 4 –
Ellen Maria Colfax ,
Second Lady of the United States (born
1836 )
March 18 –
David Moffat , financier (born
1839 )
April 13 –
William Keith , landscape painter (born
1838 in Scotland )
April 14
May 5
May 9 –
Thomas Wentworth Higginson , writer, abolitionist and advocate of women's suffrage (born
1823 )
May 21 –
Williamina Fleming , astronomer (born
1857 in Scotland )
[5]
May 22 –
Elizabeth Smith Miller , women's rights campaigner (born
1822 )
May 30 –
Milton Bradley , game pioneer and businessman (born
1836 )
June 9 –
Carrie Nation , temperance activist (born
1846 )
June 27 –
Elizabeth Litchfield Cunnyngham , missionary and church worker (born
1831 )
July 2
July 24 –
Thomas J. Latham , lawyer and businessman (born
1831 )
August 1 –
Samuel Arza Davenport , politician (born
1843 )
August 7 –
Elizabeth Akers Allen , author, journalist and poet (born 1832)
August 8 –
William P. Frye , U.S. Senator (born
1830 )
August 11 –
Verner Clarges , silent film actor (born 1846)
August 26 –
Alfred Bayliss , English-American educator (born
1847 )
September 9 –
Francis March , lexicographer and philologist (born 1825)
October 2 –
Winfield Scott Schley , admiral (born 1839)
October 7 –
Elmer McCurdy , robber, killed in shootout (born 1880)
October 14 –
John Marshall Harlan , U.S. Supreme Court Justice (born 1833)
October 17 –
Abram Williams , U.S. Senator from California from 1886 to 1887 (born 1832)
October 19 –
Eugene Ely , aviation pioneer (born
1886 )
October 24 –
Ida Lewis , lighthouse keeper (born
1842 )
October 29 –
Joseph Pulitzer , newspaper publisher and journalist (born 1847 in Hungary)
October 31 –
John Joseph Montgomery , glider pioneer (born
1858 )
November 8 –
Oscar Bielaski , Major League Baseball player (born
1847 )
November 15 –
Philip Gengembre Hubert , architect (born
1830 in France )
December 2 –
George Davidson , geodesist, astronomer, geographer, surveyor and engineer (born
1825 in the United Kingdom )
December 21 –
Benjamin F. Jonas , U.S. Senator from Louisiana from 1879 to 1885 (born
1834 )
December 20 –
Rose Eytinge , actress (born
1835 )
December 25 –
Arthur F. Griffith , calculating prodigy (born 1880)
See also
References
External links