Video: ‘Denver, Colorado Travel Guide – Must-See Attractions’

(Tuesday, August 1, 1876) — U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signed a proclamation today admitting Colorado to the Union as the 38th state and earning it the moniker “Centennial State.”

(Thursday, June 29, 1876) — Governor Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana was almost unanimously nominated vice president today on the first ballot at the 1876 Democratic National Convention meeting at the Merchants Exchange Building in St. Louis. Continue reading Democrats nominate Thomas A. Hendricks for vice president 140 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (June 29 1876) →

(Wednesday, June 28, 1876) — Governor Samuel J. Tilden of New York was unanimously nominated president on the second ballot today at the 1876 Democratic National Convention meeting at the Merchants Exchange Building in St. Louis. Continue reading Democrats nominate Samuel J. Tilden for president 140 years ago today (June 28 1876) →

(Friday, June 16, 1876) — Governor Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio was nominated president today at the 1876 Republican National Convention meeting at Exposition Hall in Cincinnati. Continue reading Republicans nominate Hayes-Wheeler ticket 140 years ago today (June 16 1876) →

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(Saturday, January 15, 1876) — Former U.S. First Lady Eliza McCardle Johnson, who served with her husband, President Andrew Johnson, from 1865 to 1869, died today in Greeneville, Tennessee, from complications due to tuberculosis at age 65, having survived her husband by only five and a half months.

(Monday, November 22, 1875, 7:20 a.m. local time) — Henry Wilson, the 18th Vice President of the United States (1873-1875, under Ulysses S. Grant), suffered a fatal stroke today while working in the United States Capitol Building. Continue reading U.S. Vice President Henry Wilson dies 140 years ago this hour (Nov 22 1875) →