A Brief Look at William Byrd

Comparing and Contrasting the Careers, Views and Accomplishments of William Jennings Bryan and Woodrow Wilson

Court musicians were the main people when it came to performing. During her reign, Queen Elizabeth had employed over seventy musicians and singers. Elizabethan music was played at court varied from traditional, simple English music to sophisticated madrigals. Also from solemn church music to lively dance music. Queen Elizabeth even had favorites when it came down to who she wanted to perform for her. Her favorite composers included Thomas Campion, 1567-1620, Robert Johnson, 1500-1560, and William Byrd, 1543-1623 (ELizabethan Music, 2015). A famous composer known in this time period was William

Blanche Gangwere, Music History During the Renaissance Period, 1520–1550. Westport, Connecticut, Praeger Publishers. 2004, Pg. 52

William McKinley was born on January 29, 1843 in Niles, Ohio, a town of about 300 people. He was the 7th child born to William and Nancy Alison McKinley His family moved to Poland, Ohio when he was nine years old so that the children could go to a private school called the Poland Academy. In school William liked to read, debate, and he was the president of the school’s first debate club. When he was 16 he went to Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania, for a while before he got sick and had to return home .he did not go back to Meadville, because the family had no money. Instead, he worked as a postal clerk for awhile.

Daniel Hale Williams III was born on January 18, 1856 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Sarah Price Williams (mother) and Daniel Hale Williams II (father), a barber. Daniel was only nine years old when his beloved father died from tuberculosis. Following this tragedy, Daniel and his mother moved to Baltimore to live with

James Abram Garfield, 20th President of United States was born on November 19, 1831 in Ohio. His father died when he was only 17 months old, raised by his mother he attended school and went to work in his home town. A good student, James Garfield developed himself as a great speaker and passionate debater while attending college in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Later on he preached in church and went on to teach at Eclectic institute, got married in 1858 and had seven children. During the Civil war he joined the union army and led his infantry division to victory of Jenny's Creek in 1862. As a result he was promoted to Brigadier General and then as a Chief of Staff under General Williams S. Rosecrans commanding the army of Cumberland. During this period he ran for the congress on advice of President Abraham Lincoln and became the member of the house from Ohio. A republican by ideology, Garfield became a part of U.S. senate in 1880 and was later on elected as President of the United States in March 1881. After only 6 months on July 2, 1881 he was shot by Charles J. Guiteau, he survived the assassination attempt but could not survive the infection caused by the bullet lodged in his spine. Garfield died on September 19, 1881 at the age of 50 surviving for 80 days after the assassination attempt.

practice in partnership with a prominent lawyer, George W. Belden. William soon met his wife

Lord Salisbury and William McKinley operated quite differently in social environments. McKinley was very much a people person. He came from a large close knit family and enjoyed meeting people. McKinley was warm and concerned with his constituent’s perception of him. McKinley’s social aptitude affected his political endeavors as well as his social interactions and some historians interpret his political behavior as indecisive and irresolute. Lord Salisbury on the other end of the spectrum had a miserable lonely childhood with few friends likely instrumental in shaping his general outlook on life. He was reportedly likeable yet competitive. He remained reserved yet somewhat cynical. Salisbury was thought quite fearful of change and loss of control in his political interactions.

William McKinley was born on January 29, 1843 in Niles, Ohio. As being born and raised in the United States, he met two of the qualifications to run for President. Although education is not a requirement to run for president, McKinley went to school that was run by a Methodist seminary in his hometown of Ohio. After McKinley completed that, he went to Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania in 1860. William attended Allegheny for only one term because of his financial problems.

William Byrd and Richard Frethorne were two men living in the North American colonies during the 1600 and1700’s. William Byrd was a wealthy and respected plantation owner in Virginia, while during the same time period Richard Frethorne was living as a very poor indentured servant in Virginia. Even though the two lifestyles these men lived were complete opposites and have many differences, they share many common issues. William Byrd and Richard Frethorne lived two very different lives. Byrd was a very wealthy plantation owner that often times showed off his money.

He grew up in vast wealth as his father, William Byrd, inherited large amounts of land in America from the king. His home county was Henrico County, Virginia. When his dad died, William Byrd inherited his father’s estate of 26,000 acres. When William Byrd was 7, he was sent to London for schooling. Byrd loved to write diaries and manuscripts. He is most well-known for these. One of his most famous pieces, “History of the Dividing Line,” is about the surveying of the border between the U.S. states of North Carolina and Virginia in 1728. William Byrd was a planter, surveyor, and

In the summer of 1869, McKinley met Ida Saxton. On January 25, 1871 they got married. On Christmas day, their first child Katie was born. In 1873 they had a second

Born in 1843, William McKinley was raised in Ohio under a family that had strong ties to the Whig Party. The first notable events that occurred during his life were during the Civil War. During the Civil War, McKinley began writing papers. He was able to have one of his papers published that stressed how important the Union’s cause was. This letter was published. Later he met his lifelong friend, Major Rutherford Hayes, who would motivate and influence him throughout his life. After the war McKinley served in an attorney’s office in Ohio. The year after this, he applied to and was accepted to Albany Law School. After a year of studies he moved to Canton where established a small office and met his new partner, George W. Belden, a prominent lawyer and former judge. It was here that William McKinley began giving political speeches. He spoke on the behalf of Hayes, thus showing his first true step in the world of politics. Soon after, he became a prosecuting attorney in Stark County, Ohio. This was an outstanding accomplishment because the prosecuting attorney was almost always a Democrat. Finally, McKinley decided to campaign for his spot in Congress. All of the previously stated events were used to prepare McKinley for his tenure into the House of Representatives in 1877.

Many people remember the most known presidents in the United States throughout history however, certain presidents do not get enough recognition as others, the story of William McKinley is one novel that presents most of William McKinley's life from as the presidency. A man named Kevin Philips the author of the book, "William McKinley" believes that President William McKinley was a major part of being president and has made a benefit toward wining the wars of the United States. Kevin Philips has had experience toward being a commentator for decades based on the political and economic field, he has worked on the Harper's Magazine, the National Public Radio and the Los Angeles Time. He has also made other books, such as the Wealth and Democracy,

        The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries were distinguished times, in which new thoughts and great legends were being born and Europe was changing. People were seeing their world in a new, dazzling light. Humanity's greatest writers, scientists, and composers were beginning to share their gifts. However, underneath these artistic overtones were the political changes, too. There was a New World out there, and its potential was undefined and many countries overlooked its capabilities. England, on the other hand, had placed its foot firmly into the foundation of the New World, and the footprint left behind influenced both the countries' possibilities, and the artists' works.