(Encyclopedia) Styron, William, 1925–2006, American novelist, b. Newport News, Va., grad. Duke, 1947. His fiction is often powerful, deeply felt, poetic, and elegiac. He became well known for his…
(Encyclopedia) Roberts, John Glover, Jr., 1955–, American public official, 17th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (2005–), b. Buffalo, N.Y., grad. Harvard (B.A. 1976, J.D. 1979). He clerked (…
Florida's secretary of state and co-chairwoman of George W. Bush's presidential campaign in FloridaBorn: April 5, 1957Birthplace: Key West, Fla. Katherine Harris undoubtedly played a pivotal role…
ALDRICH, Truman Heminway, (brother of William Farrington Aldrich), a Representative from Alabama; born in Palmyra, Wayne County, N.Y., October 17, 1848; attended the public schools, the…
ALEXANDER, Joshua Willis, a Representative from Missouri; born in Cincinnati, Ohio, January 22, 1852; attended public and private schools; graduated from Christian University (now Culver-…
Senate Years of Service: 1847-1851Party: WhigBALDWIN, Roger Sherman, (son of Simeon Baldwin, grandson of Roger Sherman, cousin of William Maxwell Evarts, George Frisbee Hoar and Ebenezer…
director, screenwriter, producerBorn: 7/26/1928Birthplace: New York City Stanley Kubrick's list of film credits is long and prestigious, including Spartacus (1960), Dr. Strangelove, or How I…
GREENWAY, Isabella Selmes, (later Mrs. Harry Orland King), a Representative from Arizona; born Isabella Selmes in Boone County, Ky., March 22, 1886; attended the public schools and Miss…
CLARKE, Richard Henry, a Representative from Alabama; born in Dayton, Marengo County, Ala., February 9, 1843; attended Green Springs Academy and was graduated from the University of Alabama at…
McCREDIE, William Wallace, a Representative from Washington; born in Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pa., April 27, 1862; moved to Iowa with his parents, who settled on a farm near Manchester,…
