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Mortqn York Honored: He carried 26 states, receiving 214 electoral votes ton Party candidate, John P. St. John, in York (Blaine lost New York by 1,000 that cost Blaine the election. Again Re-held on to the Senate, but lost the Midway in Cleveland's first administra-iblicans won back control of the House. Benjamin Harrison of Indiana be-the presidential nominee on the eighth bal-a convention marked by more competitors jany previous one (19 men received votes). ~~l. Mortqn york honored of New York was honored with presidential nomination. Highlighting ism in their platform, the Republicans .out for bimetalism (q.v.) and for the first ide a gesture toward the prohibition move-ly expressing sympathy for "promotion of ce and morality." Harrison, though poll-,000 fewer votes than Cleveland, won the with 233 electoral votes to 168.
In engineering three men were honored: (1) Edwin H. Land, president of the Polaroid Corp., was recognized for his development of synthetic polarizers for light and for his contributions to color television as well as to the understanding of color vision; (2) Igor I. Sikorsky, former engineering manager of the Sikorsky Aircraft Division of United Aircraft Corp., was honored for his pioneering accomplishments in multiengine aircraft, transoceanic flying boats, and helicopters; and (3) George B.
He was honored with the 1912 Nobel Peace Prize. In 1915 he presided at the sessions of the New York State Constitutional Convention and in 1916 received 103 votes for the Republican nomination for President of the United States. In 1917 he headed a commission sent by the United States to advise with the Russian government and in 1921 was a delegate to the International Conference on Armament Limitation in Washington. He served as president of the American Society of International Law, the board of trustees of the Carnegie Institution at Washington, and numerous other distinguished bodies.
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