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Isaac LEFFLER, Congress, VA (1788-1866)

LEFFLER, Isaac, (brother of Shepherd Leffler), a Representative from Virginia; born on his grandfather’s plantation, “Sylvia’s Plain,” Washington County, Pa., near Wheeling, Va. (now…

Edward EVERETT, Congress, MA (1794-1865)

Senate Years of Service: 1853-1854Party: WhigEVERETT, Edward, (father of William Everett), a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Dorchester, Mass., April 11, 1794;…

Roderick Randum BUTLER, Congress, TN (1827-1902)

BUTLER, Roderick Randum, (grandfather of Robert Reyburn Butler), a Representative from Tennessee; born in Wytheville, Va., April 9, 1827; bound as an apprentice and learned the tailor’s…

Buffalo, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Buffalo, city (2020 pop. 278,349), seat of Erie co., W N.Y., on Lake Erie and the Niagara and Buffalo rivers; inc. 1832. With more than…

Valentine's Day

History History of Valentine's Day Pagan festivals, Christian saints, Chaucer's love birds, and the Greeting Card Association of America Valentine's Day by the Numbers Statistics from the…

George Edmund BADGER, Congress, NC (1795-1866)

Senate Years of Service: 1846-1855Party: WhigBADGER, George Edmund, a Senator from North Carolina; born in New Bern, N.C., April 17, 1795; instructed by private teachers and attended…

Thomas CORWIN, Congress, OH (1794-1865)

Senate Years of Service: 1845-1850Party: WhigCORWIN, Thomas, (brother of Moses Bledso Corwin and uncle of Franklin Corwin), a Representative and a Senator from Ohio; born in Bourbon County, Ky…

Valentine's Day

  History History of Valentine's Day Pagan festivals, Christian saints, Chaucer's love birds, and the Greeting Card Association of America Valentine's Day by the…