When Edgar Edwin Pratt was born on 2 April 1874, in Butler, Butler Township, Branch, Michigan, United States, his father, James Leroy Pratt, was 29 and his mother, Chloe Ann Bundy, was 28. He married Eppie May Whitman in 1896. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Osborne, Osborne, Kansas, United States in 1930 and Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States in 1930. He died on 28 October 1948, in Springfield, Lane, Oregon, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Laurel Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Lane, Oregon, United States.
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In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
After the second state capitol had been destroyed, Michigan Governor Henry P. Baldwin initiated the passing of a bill that would cover the costs for a new building. The bill was adopted and raised over $1 million by a six year state income tax. Architect Elijah E. Myers' design named Tuebor, or I will defend, was selected and he was commissioned to design the new capitol building. The renaissance revival brick and sandstone building soared 267 feet from the ground and was dedicated on January 1, 1879.
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
English: nickname for a clever trickster, from Middle English prat(te), pret ‘cunning, wily, astute’ (a derivative of Old English præt, pret ‘trickery, deception’, which is found in use as a byname in the 11th century). This surname is quite common in southeastern Ireland.
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