McLEMORE, Atkins Jefferson, a Representative from Texas; born on a farm near Spring Hill, Maury County, Tenn., March 13, 1857; educated in the rural schools and by private tutors; moved to…
(Encyclopedia) Butler, Samuel, 1612–80, English poet and satirist. During the Puritan Revolution he served Sir Samuel Luke, a noted officer of Cromwell. After the restoration of Charles II, he wrote…
MOREY, Henry Lee, a Representative from Ohio; born in Milford Township, near Collinsville, Butler County, Ohio, April 8, 1841; attended the common schools and Miami University, Oxford, Ohio;…
PURVIANCE, Samuel Anderson, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Butler, Pa., January 10, 1809; after receiving a preliminary education, entered college and pursued a partial course and…
KLEBERG, Rudolph, (great uncle of Robert Christian Eckhardt, uncle of Richard Mifflin Kleberg, Sr.), a Representative from Texas; born in Cat Spring, Austin County, Tex., on June 26, 1847;…
SAYERS, Joseph Draper, a Representative from Texas; born in Grenada, Grenada County, Miss., September 23, 1841; moved with his father to Bastrop, Tex., in 1851; attended Bastrop Military…
(Encyclopedia) Sherman, James Schoolcraft, 1855–1912, Vice President of the United States (1909–12), b. near Utica, N.Y. A lawyer, he was (1884–85) mayor of Utica. Sherman served (1887–91, 1893–1909…
THOMPSON, William George, (brother of John McCandless Thompson), a Representative from Iowa; born near Butler, Butler County, Pa., January 17, 1830; attended the common schools and the…
(Encyclopedia) Ward, Artemus, pseud. of Charles Farrar Browne, 1834–67, American humorist, b. Waterford, Maine. As a reporter on the Cleveland Plain Dealer, he began in 1858 a series of “Artemus Ward…
(Encyclopedia) Rogers, James Gamble, 1867–1947, American architect, b. Kentucky. He designed many buildings for Yale, his alma mater. Among them are the Sterling Memorial Library, the Sterling School…
