Senate Years of Service: 1817-1823; 1823-1825; 1825-1826Party: Federalist; Adams-Clay Federalist; AdamsVAN DYKE, Nicholas, (son of Nicholas Van Dyke [1738-1789]), a Representative and a…
LETCHER, Robert Perkins, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Goochland County, Va., February 10, 1788; pursued an academic course; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced…
MALLARY, Rollin Carolas, a Representative from Vermont; born in Cheshire, New Haven County, Conn., May 27, 1784; was graduated from Middlebury (Vt.) College in 1805; moved to Poultney, Rutland…
Senate Years of Service: 1825-1839Party: Adams; Anti-Jacksonian; WhigROBBINS, Asher, a Senator from Rhode Island; born in Wethersfield, Conn., October 26, 1761; graduated from Yale College in…
Senate Years of Service: 1824-1825; 1825-1829; 1829-1833Party: Adams-Clay Republican; Adams; Anti-JacksonianJOHNSTON, Josiah Stoddard, a Representative and a Senator from Louisiana; born in…
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…
(Encyclopedia) Dewey, Melvil, 1851–1931, American library pioneer, originator of the Dewey decimal system, b. Adams Center, N.Y., grad. Amherst (B.A., 1874; M.A., 1877). A man of originality and of…
