Richard M. Bishop 1879 State of the State Address   Save
Ohio Governors Collection
Description: This 23 page booklet contains the text of Governor Richard M. Bishop’s message to the adjourned session of the 63rd General Assembly on Jan. 6, 1879. Bishop, a Democrat, served as Ohio’s 34th governor from 1878 to 1880. Before serving as governor, Bishop was mayor of Cincinnati as well as a Democratic delegate to the Ohio Constitutional Convention. During his gubernatorial administration, the legislature jointly denounced the Redemption Act of 1875, which provided for the redemption of paper currency in gold, and approved the Bland-Allison Act, which allowed the coinage of silver. In addition, Bishop worked to address election bribery, blackmail, and state penal and welfare institutions. View on Ohio Memory.
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Subjects: Presidents and Politics; Ohio Government; Governors
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)