MERRIMAN, Truman Adams, a Representative from New York; born in Auburn, N.Y., September 5, 1839; attended the Auburn Academy and was graduated from Hobart College, Geneva, N.Y., in 1861;…
ELLISON, Andrew, a Representative from Ohio; born in West Union, Adams County, Ohio, in 1812; attended the public schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in Adams County, Ohio, in August…
STODDARD, Ebenezer, a Representative from Connecticut; born in Union, Tolland County, Conn., May 6, 1785; attended Woodstock Academy in 1802 and in 1803, and was graduated from Brown…
BUCK, Daniel Azro Ashley, (son of Daniel Buck), a Representative from Vermont; born in Norwich, Vt., April 19, 1789; moved with his parents to Chelsea; was graduated from Middlebury College in…
POWELL, Adam Clayton, Jr., a Representative from New York; born in New Haven, Conn., November 29, 1908; attended the public schools of New York City; graduated from Colgate University,…
Senate Years of Service: 1818-1829Party: Democratic Republican; Crawford Republican; AdamsTHOMAS, Jesse Burgess, a Delegate from Indiana Territory and a Senator from Illinois; born in…
(Encyclopedia) Eden, Garden of, in the Bible, first home to humankind. In it were the trees of life and of the knowledge of good and evil. Having eaten the forbidden fruit of the latter tree, Adam…
(Encyclopedia) Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Philippe Auguste Mathias, comte deVilliers de l'Isle-Adam, Philippe Auguste Mathias, comte defēlēpˈ ōgüstˈ mätyäsˈ kôNt də vēyāˈ də lēˈl-ädäNˈ [key], 1838–89,…
(Encyclopedia) AdamAdamădˈəm [key], [Heb.,=man], in the Bible, the first man. In the Book of Genesis, God creates humankind in his image as a species of male and female, giving them dominion over…
(Encyclopedia) Schism of East and West, division between the Orthodox Eastern Church and the Roman Catholic Church. See Christianity; Ferrara-Florence, Council of; Leo IX, Saint; Lyons, Second…
