Born: 1/30/1882Birthplace: Hyde Park, N.Y. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born in Hyde Park, N.Y., on Jan. 30, 1882. A Harvard graduate, he attended Columbia Law School and was admitted to the New…
VANDERGRIFF, Tommy (Tom) Joe, a Representative from Texas; born in Carrollton, Dallas County, Tex., January 29, 1926; attended public schools of Carrollton and Arlington, Tex.; B.A.,…
LIND, James Francis, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in York, Pa., October 17, 1900; attended the public schools in York, Pa.; graduated from Penn State Extension School, Pa.;…
Senate Years of Service: 1973-1979Party: DemocratHASKELL, Floyd Kirk, a Senator from Colorado; born in Morristown, Morris County, N.J., February 7, 1916; graduated, Harvard University 1937;…
FLOWERS, Walter, a Representative from Alabama; born in Greenville, Butler County, Ala., April 12, 1933; educated in public schools of Tuscaloosa; University of Alabama, A.B., 1955, and LL.B…
(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…
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…
