G. Brown Goode Appointed Acting Secretary

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Summary

Under provision of the law, Chancellor of the Board of Regents, Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite, designates George Brown Goode as Acting Secretary of the Smithsonian during the absence of the Secretary Samuel P. Langley.

Subject

  • Goode, G. Brown (George Brown) 1851-1896
  • Langley, S. P (Samuel Pierpont) 1834-1906
  • Waite, Morrison R (Morrison Remick) 1816-1888
  • Chancellor of the Smithsonian Board of Regents

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1888. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1890, p. 4.

Contact information

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

Date

December 2, 1887

Topic

  • Assistant Secretaries
  • Law
  • Acting Secretaries
  • Legislation

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