Senate Years of Service: 1881-1886 Party: Republican MILLER, John Franklin, (uncle of John Franklin Miller [1862-1936]), a Senator from California; born in South Bend, St. Joseph County,…
The 42nd Annual Grammy Awards were presented at Los Angeles' Staples Center on February 23, 2000.Record:“Smooth,” Santana featuring Rob ThomasAlbum:Supernatural, Santana (Arista Records)Song:“…
(Encyclopedia) Banff National Park, 2,564 sq mi (6,641 sq km), W Alta., Canada, in the Rocky Mts.; est. 1885. Noted for its mountain scenery and mineral springs, Canada's oldest national park is a…
(Encyclopedia) Garden of the Gods, park, 770 acres (312 hectares), central Colo., near Colorado Springs; noted for its unusual, multicolored rock formations. Narrow-crested sandstone hills and ridges…
(Encyclopedia) Buxton, town, Derbyshire, central England, on the Wye River in Peak District National Park. It is c.1,000 ft (305 m) high; the “old town…
(Encyclopedia) Gage, Matilda Joslyn, 1826–98, American woman-suffrage leader, b. Cicero, N.Y. Joining the women's rights movement in 1853, she edited in Syracuse, N.Y., the National Citizen, a…
Senate Years of Service: 1959-1980Party: DemocratMUSKIE, Edmund Sixtus, a Senator from Maine; born in Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, March 28, 1914; attended the public schools; graduated from…
Senate Years of Service: 1964-1964Party: DemocratSALINGER, Pierre Emil George, a Senator from California; born in San Francisco, Calif., June 14, 1925; attended San Francisco State College…
Senate Years of Service: 1899-1923Party: RepublicanMcCUMBER, Porter James, a Senator from North Dakota; born in Crete, Will County, Ill., February 3, 1858; moved with his parents to Rochester…
