Senate Years of Service: 1886-1887Party: RepublicanCHENEY, Person Colby, a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Holderness (now Ashland), N.H., February 25, 1828; attended academies in…
HENRY, Robert Lee, (great-great-great-grandson of Patrick Henry [1736-1799]), a Representative from Texas; born in Linden, Cass County, Tex., May 12, 1864; attended the common schools; moved…
Johannadesigner of the first Texas flagBorn: 2/19/1818Birthplace: Crawford County, Ga. In 1835, Georgia raised a battalion to fight in Texas, which had issued an appeal for help in gaining…
SMITH, Thomas Vernor, a Representative from Illinois; born in Blanket, Brown County, Tex., April 26, 1890; attended the public schools; was graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in…
(Encyclopedia) Boxer Uprising, 1898–1900, antiforeign movement in China, culminating in a desperate uprising against Westerners and Western influence.
By the end of the 19th cent. the Western powers…
(Encyclopedia) canon, in Christianity, in the Roman Catholic Church, decrees of church councils are usually called canons; since the Council of Trent the expression has been especially reserved to…
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Constitution of the United States, document embodying the fundamental principles upon which the American republic is conducted. Drawn up at the Constitutional Convention in…
Senate Years of Service: 1941-1947 Party: Democrat MURDOCK, Orrice Abram, Jr. (Abe), a Representative and a Senator from Utah; born in Austin, Lander County, Nev., July 18, 1893; moved with…
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Republican
HUTCHISON, Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay), a Senator from Texas; born in Galveston, Tex., July 22, 1943; attended the public schools in La Marque, Tex…
Senate Years of Service: 1993- Party: Republican HUTCHISON, Kathyrn Ann Bailey (Kay), a Senator from Texas; born in Galveston, Tex., July 22, 1943; attended the public schools in La Marque,…
