HORTON, Frank Jefferson, a Representative from New York; born in Cuero, De Witt County, Tex., December 12, 1919; attended the public schools of Baton Rouge, La.; A.B., Louisiana State…
WIGGINS, Charles Edward, a Representative from California; born in El Monte, Los Angeles County, Calif., December 3, 1927; attended the public schools in El Monte, Calif.; B.S., University of…
(Encyclopedia) L'Enfant, Pierre CharlesL'Enfant, Pierre Charlespyĕr shärl läNfäNˈ [key], 1754–1825, American soldier, engineer, and architect. Born in France, he volunteered as a private in the…
(Encyclopedia) Pentagon, the, building accommodating the U.S. Dept. of Defense. Located in Arlington, Va., across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., the Pentagon is a vast five-sided building…
(Encyclopedia) Antioch College, at Yellow Springs, Ohio; coeducational; chartered 1852, opened 1853. Horace Mann, Antioch's first president, envisioned a program stressing the development not only of…
(Encyclopedia) OuachitaOuachitawôˈshĭtôˌ [key], river, c.600 mi (970 km) long, rising in the Ouachita Mts., W Ark. It flows east, southeast, and south through a cotton-producing region of S Arkansas…
(Encyclopedia) Harper, Ida Husted, 1851–1931, American woman suffragist. Allied with the woman-suffrage movement from 1898, she became the official reporter and historian of the National American…
BATTLE, Laurie Calvin, a Representative from Alabama; born in Wilsonville, Shelby County, Ala., May 10, 1912; graduated from Deshler High School, Tuscumbia, Ala., 1930; B.A., Birmingham-…
Senate Years of Service: 1951-1957Party: RepublicanWELKER, Herman, a Senator from Idaho; born in Cambridge, Washington County, Idaho, December 11, 1906; attended public school and the…
McKEVITT, James Douglas (Mike), a Representative from Colorado; born in Spokane, Spokane County, Wash., October 26, 1928; graduated from Grant High School, Sacramento, Calif.; B.A., University…
