Samuel Langley Appointed Acting Secretary

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Summary

Smithsonian Board of Regents Chancellor Morrison R. Waite appoints Professor Samuel P. Langley as Acting Secretary, in consequence of the forced absence of Secretary Spencer F. Baird, by reason of sickness. Assistant Secretary Langley serves as Acting Secretary until he is elected Secretary on November 18, 1887, after Secretary Baird's death on August 19, 1887.

Subject

  • Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887
  • Langley, S. P (Samuel Pierpont) 1834-1906
  • Waite, Morrison R (Morrison Remick) 1816-1888
  • Chancellor of the Smithsonian Board of Regents
  • Board of Regents

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1887. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1889, p. 3.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

February 10, 1887

Topic

  • Assistant Secretaries
  • Secretariats
  • Appointments
  • Secretaries
  • Sick
  • Management
  • Acting Secretaries
  • Major Events in Smithsonian History

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