actorBorn: 8/16/30Died: 3/24/2010 (Hollywood Hills, Calif.) Best Known as: actor who played Kelly Robinson in I Spy Veteran actor Robert Culp found fame in…
POTTLE, Emory Bemsley, a Representative from New York; born in Naples, Ontario County, N.Y., July 4, 1815; pursued classical studies at Penn Yan (N.Y.) Academy; studied law; was admitted to…
MAFFEI, Daniel B., a Representative from New York; born in Syracuse, Onondaga County, N.Y., July 4, 1968; graduated from Nottingham High School, Syracuse, N.Y., 1986; B.A., Brown University,…
HABERSHAM, Richard Wylly, (nephew of John Habersham and Joseph Habersham), a Representative from Georgia; born in Savannah, Ga., in December 1786; attended private schools, and was graduated…
U.S. Senator (D-North Carolina)Born: June 10, 1953Birthplace: Seneca, S.C. A Democratic senator from North Carolina since 1999, Edwards made an unsuccesesful bid for the 2004 Democratic…
(Encyclopedia) Macon, NathanielMacon, Nathanielmāˈkən [key], 1758–1837, American political leader, b. near the present Warrenton, N.C. He served in the American Revolution and later became a…
(Encyclopedia) Albright, Madeleine, 1937–2022, American government official, b. Prague, Czechoslovakia, as Maria Jana Körbel. Her family immigrated to the United States in 1948, and she…
(Encyclopedia) cormorantcormorantkôrˈmərənt [key], common name for large aquatic birds, related to the gannet and the pelican, and found chiefly in temperate and tropical regions, usually on the sea…
(Encyclopedia) Dole, Sanford Ballard, 1844–1926, Hawaiian statesman, b. Honolulu, of American missionary parents. After education in the United States he returned to Hawaii and became prominent in…
(Encyclopedia) independent counsel, in U.S. law, a judicially appointed investigator of charges of misdeeds by high government officials. Originally termed “special prosecutor,” the position was…
