SIMPSON, Sidney Elmer, (husband of Edna Oakes Simpson), a Representative from Illinois; born in Carrollton, Greene County, Ill., September 20, 1894; attended the public schools and was…
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BAILEY, Alexander Hamilton, a Representative from New York; born in Minisink, N.Y., August 14, 1817; was graduated from Princeton College in 1837; studied law; was admitted to the bar and…
DIXON, Joseph, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Greene County, near Farmville, Pitt County, N.C., April 9, 1828; attended the public schools and was tutored privately; engaged in…
BYRNES, John William, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Green Bay, Brown County Wis., June 12, 1913; attended the public and parochial schools; was graduated from the University of…
LATTA, Delbert Leroy, (father of Robert E. Latta ) a Representative from Ohio; born in Weston, Wood County, Ohio, March 5, 1920; attended the public schools in North Baltimore, Ohio; graduated…
PORTER, Charles Howell, a Representative from Virginia; born in Cairo, Greene County, N.Y., June 21, 1833; completed preparatory studies; was graduated from the law university at Albany, N.Y…
(Encyclopedia) futurism, Italian school of painting, sculpture, and literature that flourished from 1909, when Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's first manifesto of futurism appeared, until the end of World…
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(Encyclopedia) Pessoa, Fernando (Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa)Pessoa, Fernandopĕsˈwä [key], 1888–1935, Portuguese poet, b. Lisbon. He moved to Durban, South Africa, as a child, becoming bilingual…
