Births on March 25

Horatio Nelson Jackson

Born on March 25, 1872

Horatio Nelson Jackson, American race car driver and physician (d. 1955)

Horatio Nelson Jackson (March 25, 1872 – January 14, 1955) was an American physician and automobile pioneer. In 1903, he and driving partner Sewall K. Crocker became the first people to drive an automobile across the United States.

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Events on 1872

5 Mar

Railway air brake
George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
22 Mar

Gender equality
Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment.
22 May

Amnesty Act
Reconstruction Era: President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act into law, restoring full civil and political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
18 Nov

United States presidential election, 1872
Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for illegal voting in the United States presidential election of 1872.
9 Dec

P. B. S. Pinchback
In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.

Births on March 25

Horatio Nelson Jackson

Born on March 25, 1872

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Events on 1872

Railway air brake

Gender equality

Amnesty Act

United States presidential election, 1872

P. B. S. Pinchback