EMERSON, Norvell William (Bill), (husband of Jo Ann Emerson), a Representative from Missouri; born in St. Louis, Jefferson County, Mo., January 1, 1938; raised in Jefferson County and attended…
EMERSON, Norvell William (Bill), (husband of Jo Ann Emerson), a Representative from Missouri; born in St. Louis, Jefferson County, Mo., January 1, 1938; raised in Jefferson County and attended…
GREEN, Sedgwick William (Bill), a Representative from New York; born in New York, N.Y., October 16, 1929; graduated from Horace Mann High School, Riverdale, N.Y., 1946; A.B., Harvard College,…
GREEN, Sedgwick William (Bill), a Representative from New York; born in New York, N.Y., October 16, 1929; graduated from Horace Mann High School, Riverdale, N.Y., 1946; A.B., Harvard College,…
GUNTER, William Dawson, Jr. (Bill), a Representative from Florida; born in Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla., July 16, 1934; attended public schools, Live Oak, Fla.; B.S.A., University of Florida…
GUNTER, William Dawson, Jr. (Bill), a Representative from Florida; born in Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla., July 16, 1934; attended public schools, Live Oak, Fla.; B.S.A., University of…
HEFNER, Willie Gathrel (Bill), a Representative from North Carolina; born in Elora, Lincoln County, Tenn., April 11, 1930; attended Elora Elementary School, Elora, Tenn., 1936-1941; graduated…
(Encyclopedia) Wilmot Proviso, 1846, amendment to a bill put before the U.S. House of Representatives during the Mexican War; it provided an appropriation of $2 million to enable President Polk to…
(Encyclopedia) Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act, 1909, passed by the U.S. Congress. It was the first change in tariff laws since the Dingley Act of 1897; the issue had been ignored by President Theodore…
(Encyclopedia) Nye, Edgar WilsonNye, Edgar Wilsonnī [key], known as Bill Nye, 1850–96, American humorist and journalist, b. Shirley Mills, Maine. He lived in Wisconsin from 1852 to 1876, when he went…
