In 1873 , then President Ulysses S. Grant appointed Rutherfurd one of the scientific commission to attend the Vienna Exposition , however , he declined the honor due to previous business engagements in the United States . In 1884 , he was named by President Chester A. Arthur as one of the delegates to the International Meridian Conference which met in Washington in October , 1885
International Meridian Conference
International Meridian Conference
Lewis Morris Rutherfurd