January – The Masses socialist magazine begins publication.
March – The first installment of a serialized version of Frederick Winslow Taylor's monograph, The Principles of Scientific Management, appears in The American Magazine. The complete series runs in the March, April, and May issues, giving a boost to the efficiency movement.[1]
March 10 – The Kansas legislature approves House Bill Number 906, effectively the first blue sky law in the United States, culminating an effort by Joseph Norman Dolley, Kansas' banking commissioner.
April 13 – Mexican Revolution: Rebels take Agua Prieta on the Sonora–Arizona border; government troops take the town back April 17 when the rebel leader "Red" López is drunk.
October 7 – Outlaw Elmer McCurdy and "associates" are chased after trying to rob a train in Oklahoma. McCurdy on the run is eventually hunted down and shot by authorities. His body is never claimed and later is chemically petrified. Afterwards his remains serve as sideshow attractions in carnivals until 1976 when they are diagnosed by forensic experts to be McCurdy. McCurdy's body is finally buried in 1976 after a 65-year odyssey to the grave.
^Todd, Deborah; Angelo, Joseph (2003). A to Z of Scientists in Space and Astronomy. New York: Facts of File. p. 118. ISBN978-0-81604-639-3.
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Events from the year 1911 in the United States 1910 1909 1908 1911 in the United States 1912 1913 1914Decades 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930sSee also History of the United States 1865 1918 Timeline of United States history 1900 1929 List of years in the United StatesThis article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 1911 in the United States news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Oyster shuckers in Biloxi Mississippi 1911 Photograph by Lewis Hine Contents 1 Incumbents 1 1 Federal government 1 2 Governors 1 3 Lieutenant governors 2 Events 2 1 January March 2 2 April June 2 3 July September 2 4 October December 2 5 Ongoing 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksIncumbents editFederal government edit President William Howard Taft R Ohio Vice President James S Sherman R New York Chief Justice Edward Douglass White Louisiana Speaker of the House of Representatives Joseph Gurney Cannon R Illinois until March 4 Champ Clark D Missouri starting April 4 Congress 61st until March 4 62nd starting March 4 Governors and lieutenant governorsGovernors edit Governor of Alabama B B Comer Democratic until January 17 Emmet O Neal Democratic starting January 17 Governor of Arkansas George Washington Donaghey Democratic Governor of California James Gillett Republican until January 3 Hiram Johnson Republican starting January 3 Governor of Colorado John F Shafroth Democratic Governor of Connecticut Frank B Weeks Republican until January 4 Simeon E Baldwin Democratic starting January 4 Governor of Delaware Simeon S Pennewill Republican Governor of Florida Albert W Gilchrist Democratic Governor of Georgia until July 1 Joseph M Brown Democratic July 1 November 16 Hoke Smith Democratic starting November 16 John M Slaton Democratic Governor of Idaho James H Brady Republican until January 2 James H Hawley Democratic starting January 2 Governor of Illinois Charles S Deneen Republican Governor of Indiana Thomas R Marshall Democratic Governor of Iowa Beryl F Carroll Republican Governor of Kansas Walter R Stubbs Republican Governor of Kentucky Augustus E Willson Republican until December 12 James B McCreary Democratic starting December 12 Governor of Louisiana Jared Young Sanders Sr Democratic Governor of Maine Bert M Fernald Republican until January 4 Frederick W Plaisted Democratic starting January 4 Governor of Maryland Austin Lane Crothers Democratic Governor of Massachusetts Eben Sumner Draper Republican until January 5 Eugene Noble Foss Democratic starting January 5 Governor of Michigan Fred M Warner Republican until January 2 Chase Osborn Republican starting January 2 Governor of Minnesota Adolph O Eberhart Republican Governor of Mississippi Edmond Noel Democratic Governor of Missouri Herbert S Hadley Republican Governor of Montana Edwin L Norris Democratic Governor of Nebraska Ashton C Shallenberger Democratic until January 5 Chester H Aldrich Republican starting January 5 Governor of Nevada Denver S Dickerson Silver until January 2 Tasker L Oddie Republican starting January 2 Governor of New Hampshire Henry B Quinby Republican until January 5 Robert P Bass Republican starting January 5 Governor of New Jersey John Franklin Fort Republican until January 17 Woodrow Wilson Democratic starting January 17 Governor of New York John Alden Dix Democratic starting January 1 Governor of North Carolina William Walton Kitchin Democratic Governor of North Dakota John Burke Democratic Governor of Ohio Judson Harmon Democratic Governor of Oklahoma Charles N Haskell Democratic until January 9 Lee Cruce Democratic starting January 9 Governor of Oregon Jay Bowerman Republican until January 11 Oswald West Democratic starting January 11 Governor of Pennsylvania Edwin Sydney Stuart Republican until January 17 John K Tener Republican starting January 17 Governor of Rhode Island Aram J Pothier Republican Governor of South Carolina Martin Frederick Ansel Democratic until January 17 Coleman Livingston Blease Democratic starting January 17 Governor of South Dakota Robert S Vessey Republican Governor of Tennessee Malcolm R Patterson Democratic until January 26 Ben W Hooper Republican starting January 26 Governor of Texas Thomas Mitchell Campbell Democratic until January 17 Oscar Branch Colquitt Democratic starting January 17 Governor of Utah William Spry Republican Governor of Vermont John A Mead Republican Governor of Virginia William Hodges Mann Democratic Governor of Washington Marion E Hay Republican Governor of West Virginia William E Glasscock Republican Governor of Wisconsin James O Davidson Republican until January 2 Francis E McGovern Republican starting January 2 Governor of Wyoming Bryant B Brooks Republican until January 2 Joseph M Carey Democratic starting January 2 Lieutenant governors edit Lieutenant Governor of Alabama Henry B Gray Democratic until January 17 Walter D Seed Sr Democratic starting January 17 Lieutenant Governor of California Warren R Porter Republican until January 3 A J Wallace Republican starting January 3 Lieutenant Governor of Colorado Stephen R Fitzgarrald Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut vacant until January 4 Dennis A Blakeslee Republican starting January 4 Lieutenant Governor of Delaware John M Mendinhall Republican Lieutenant Governor of Idaho Lewis H Sweetser Republican Lieutenant Governor of Illinois John G Oglesby Republican Lieutenant Governor of Indiana Frank J Hall Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Iowa George W Clarke Republican Lieutenant Governor of Kansas William J Fitzgerald Republican until month and day unknown Richard Joseph Hopkins Republican starting month and day unknown Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky William Hopkinson Cox Republican until December 12 Edward J McDermott Democratic starting December 12 Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana Paul M Lambremont Democratic until month and day unknown vacant starting month and day unknown Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts Louis A Frothingham political party unknown Lieutenant Governor of Michigan Patrick H Kelley Republican until January 1 John Q Ross Republican starting January 1 Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota Edward Everett Smith Republican until January 3 Samuel Y Gordon Republican starting January 3 Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi Luther Manship Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Missouri Jacob Friedrich Gmelich Republican Lieutenant Governor of Montana William R Allen Republican Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska Melville R Hopewell Republican until May 2 vacant starting May 2 Lieutenant Governor of Nevada vacant until January 2 Gilbert C Ross political party unknown starting January 2 Lieutenant Governor of New York Thomas F Conway Democratic starting January 1 Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina William C Newland Democratic Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota Robert S Lewis Republican until month and day unknown Usher L Burdick Republican starting month and day unknown Lieutenant Governor of Ohio until January 9 Francis W Treadway Republican January 9 March 3 Atlee Pomerene Democratic starting March 3 Hugh L Nichols Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma George W Bellamy Democratic until month and day unknown J J McAlester Democratic starting month and day unknown Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania Robert S Murphy Republican until January 17 John Merriman Reynolds Republican starting January 17 Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island Zenas Work Bliss Republican Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina Thomas Gordon McLeod Democratic until January 17 Charles Aurelius Smith Democratic starting January 17 Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota Howard C Shober Republican until month and day unknown Frank M Byrne Republican starting month and day unknown Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee William Kinney Democratic until month and day unknown Nathaniel Baxter Jr Democratic starting month and day unknown Lieutenant Governor of Texas Asbury Bascom Davidson Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Vermont Leighton P Slack Republican Lieutenant Governor of Virginia James Taylor Ellyson Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Washington vacant Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin John Strange Republican until January 2 Thomas Morris Republican starting January 2 Events editJanuary March edit nbsp January 18 Eugene Burton Ely lands an aircraft on a shipJanuary 5 The Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity is founded at Indiana University Bloomington Indiana January 18 Eugene Burton Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania stationed in San Francisco Bay marking the first time an aircraft lands on a ship January 30 The destroyer USS Terry makes the first aeroplane rescue at sea saving the life of John McCurdy 10 miles from Havana Cuba January The Masses socialist magazine begins publication March The first installment of a serialized version of Frederick Winslow Taylor s monograph The Principles of Scientific Management appears in The American Magazine The complete series runs in the March April and May issues giving a boost to the efficiency movement 1 March 10 The Kansas legislature approves House Bill Number 906 effectively the first blue sky law in the United States culminating an effort by Joseph Norman Dolley Kansas banking commissioner March 25 The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City kills 146 March 29 The United States Army formally adopts the M1911 pistol as its standard sidearm thus giving the gun its 1911 designation April June edit nbsp May 23 Main branch of the New York Public Library opensApril 13 Mexican Revolution Rebels take Agua Prieta on the Sonora Arizona border government troops take the town back April 17 when the rebel leader Red Lopez is drunk April 17 Southern Methodist University is chartered in Dallas Texas April 27 Following the resignation and death of William P Frye a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate April 30 Sparks from a burning hayshed ignite the Great Fire of 1911 destroying much of downtown Bangor Maine May 15 The U S Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an unreasonable monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be dissolved May 23 The main branch of the New York Public Library is officially opened May 24 Colorado National Monument is established May 30 The first Indianapolis 500 mile auto race is run The winner is Ray Harroun in the Marmon Wasp June 5 Charles F Kettering files US patent 1 150 523 for an electric Engine Starting Device June 16 A 772 gram stony meteorite strikes earth in Columbia County Wisconsin near the village of Kilbourn damaging a barn IBM is incorporated as the Computing Tabulating Recording Company in Endicott New York July 24 Hiram Bingham rediscovers Machu Picchu July September edit August 8 Public Law 62 5 sets the number of representatives in the United States House of Representatives at 435 the law takes effect in 1913 August 29 Ishi last known member of the Yana people leaves the California wilderness September 11 Middle Tennessee State University is founded in Murfreesboro Tennessee as Middle Tennessee Normal School September 25 Groundbreaking for Fenway Park in Boston Massachusetts begins September 30 Austin Dam breaks wiping out the town of Austin Pennsylvania and continuing downstream about 8 miles into the village of Costello October December edit nbsp L Frank Baum author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in a 1911 photo October 7 Outlaw Elmer McCurdy and associates are chased after trying to rob a train in Oklahoma McCurdy on the run is eventually hunted down and shot by authorities His body is never claimed and later is chemically petrified Afterwards his remains serve as sideshow attractions in carnivals until 1976 when they are diagnosed by forensic experts to be McCurdy McCurdy s body is finally buried in 1976 after a 65 year odyssey to the grave October 24 Orville Wright remains in the air 9 minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills North Carolina setting a new world record that stands for 10 years 2 October 28 The Rosicrucian Fellowship s international headquarters opens at Mount Ecclesia Oceanside California preceded by its formal constitution on August 8 1909 at Seattle Washington November 3 Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market to compete with the Ford Model T November 11 The Great Blue Norther of 11 11 11 A record cold snap hits the United States Midwest many cities break record highs and lows on the same day The Upton Machine Company now Whirlpool Corporation was founded in St Joseph MI November 17 The Omega Psi Phi fraternity is founded at Howard University December 24 The Lackawanna Cutoff the first of two major cutoffs built by the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad opens just 3 years after it was built Ongoing edit Progressive Era 1890s 1920s Lochner era c 1897 c 1937 Births edit nbsp Ronald ReaganJanuary 9 Slim Gaillard jazz musician died 1991 February 6 Ronald Reagan film actor 33rd governor of California from 1967 to 1975 and 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 died 2004 March 9 Ebby Halliday American realtor died 2015 March 13 L Ron Hubbard science fiction author founder of Scientology died 1986 3 Marie Rudisill American TV and radio personality died 2006 March 24 Joseph Barbera cartoonist died 2006 March 25 Jack Ruby assassin of Lee Harvey Oswald the man who according to four government investigations 4 assassinated President John F Kennedy died 1967 April 8 Melvin Calvin chemist winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1961 died 1997 April 17 Lester Rodney journalist died 2009 April 18 Huntington Hartford businessman died 2008 May 8 Robert Johnson Mississippi blues guitar player and singer songwriter died 1938 May 11 Doodles Weaver actor and singer died 1983 May 27 Hubert Humphrey 38th vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969 and U S Senator from Minnesota from 1949 to 1964 and from 1971 to 1978 died 1978 June 5 John C Woods US Army executioner died in accident 1950 in the Marshall Islands June 11 Norman Malcolm philosopher died 1990 June 13 Luis Walter Alvarez physicist winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1968 died 1988 June 25 William Howard Stein chemist winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1972 died 1980 June 26 Babe Didrikson Zaharias athlete and golfer died 1956 July 4 Frederick Seitz solid state physicist died 2008 August 9 William A Fowler physicist winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983 died 1995 August 24 Durward Kirby American television host and announcer died 2000 September 21 Clair Engle U S Senator from California from 1959 to 1964 died 1964 September 23 Jane Hadley Barkley Second Lady of the United States died 1964 September 30 Ruth Gruber journalist died 2016 December 1 Walter Alston baseball player and manager died 1984 Deaths editJanuary 7 William Hall Sherwood pianist and music educator born 1854 January 9 Edwin Arthur Jones choral composer born 1853 January 24 David Graham Phillips journalist and novelist murdered born 1867 February 1 Charles Stillman Sperry admiral born 1847 February 7 Hannah Whitall Smith Quaker author born 1832 February 22 Frances Harper African American abolitionist poet and author born 1825 March 4 Ellen Maria Colfax Second Lady of the United States born 1836 March 18 David Moffat financier born 1839 April 13 William Keith landscape painter born 1838 in Scotland April 14 George Cary Eggleston memoirist born 1839 Addie Joss baseball player born 1880 Denman Thompson actor and playwright born 1833 May 5 James A Bland African American musician and songwriter born 1854 Halsey Ives art teacher and curator born 1847 May 9 Thomas Wentworth Higginson writer abolitionist and advocate of women s suffrage born 1823 May 21 Williamina Fleming astronomer born 1857 in Scotland 5 May 22 Elizabeth Smith Miller women s rights campaigner born 1822 May 30 Milton Bradley game pioneer and businessman born 1836 June 9 Carrie Nation temperance activist born 1846 June 27 Elizabeth Litchfield Cunnyngham missionary and church worker born 1831 July 2 Mary M Cohen American social economist and proto feminist born 1854 Clement A Evans Confederate general born 1833 July 24 Thomas J Latham lawyer and businessman born 1831 August 1 Samuel Arza Davenport politician born 1843 August 7 Elizabeth Akers Allen author journalist and poet born 1832 August 8 William P Frye U S Senator born 1830 August 11 Verner Clarges silent film actor born 1846 August 26 Alfred Bayliss English American educator born 1847 September 9 Francis March lexicographer and philologist born 1825 October 2 Winfield Scott Schley admiral born 1839 October 7 Elmer McCurdy robber killed in shootout born 1880 October 14 John Marshall Harlan U S Supreme Court Justice born 1833 October 17 Abram Williams U S Senator from California from 1886 to 1887 born 1832 October 19 Eugene Ely aviation pioneer born 1886 October 24 Ida Lewis lighthouse keeper born 1842 October 29 Joseph Pulitzer newspaper publisher and journalist born 1847 in Hungary October 31 John Joseph Montgomery glider pioneer born 1858 November 8 Oscar Bielaski Major League Baseball player born 1847 November 15 Philip Gengembre Hubert architect born 1830 in France December 2 George Davidson geodesist astronomer geographer surveyor and engineer born 1825 in the United Kingdom December 21 Benjamin F Jonas U S Senator from Louisiana from 1879 to 1885 born 1834 December 20 Rose Eytinge actress born 1835 December 25 Arthur F Griffith calculating prodigy born 1880 See also editList of American films of 1911 Timeline of United States history 1900 1929 References edit The Principles of Scientific Management Archived 2009 02 25 at the Wayback Machine available online Orville Wright Diary Entry October 1911 Archived from the original on 2009 01 16 Retrieved 2009 10 23 Clarke Peter March 2004 Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements Routledge p 281 ISBN 978 1 134 49970 0 These were investigations by the Federal Bureau of Investigation 1963 the Warren Commission 1964 the House Select Committee on Assassinations 1979 and the Dallas Police Department Todd Deborah Angelo Joseph 2003 A to Z of Scientists in Space and Astronomy New York Facts of File p 118 ISBN 978 0 81604 639 3 External links edit nbsp Media related to 1911 in the United States at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1911 in the United States amp oldid 1190284074, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
