(Encyclopedia) Hooker, Thomas, 1586–1647, Puritan clergyman in the American colonies, chief founder of Hartford, Conn., b. Leicestershire, England. A clergyman, he was ordered to appear before the…
(Encyclopedia) Boyer, Paul Delos, 1918–2018, American biochemist, b. Provo, Utah, Ph.D. Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison, 1943. Boyer taught at the Univ. of Minnesota, first in Saint Paul (1946–56) and…
Senate Years of Service: 1836-1848Party: Jacksonian; DemocratSEVIER, Ambrose Hundley, (cousin of Henry Wharton Conway), a Delegate and a Senator from Arkansas; born in Greene County, Tenn.,…
Senate Years of Service: 1951-1969Party: DemocratSMATHERS, George Armistead, (nephew of William Howell Smathers), a Representative and a Senator from Florida; born in Atlantic City, N.J.,…
Almost 150 years after his death, Abraham Lincoln reemerges as a leading figure in politics and pop culture.
by Jennie Wood Benjamin Walker gets into character for the title role of the…
HUGHES, Dudley Mays, a Representative from Georgia; born in Jeffersonville, Twiggs County, Ga., October 10, 1848; attended the country schools; was graduated from the University of Georgia at…
BARTON, William Edward, (cousin of Courtney Walker Hamlin), a Representative from Missouri; born in Pickens District (now County), S.C., April 11, 1868; in 1869 moved to Missouri with his…
Senate Years of Service: 1993-1994Party: DemocratMATHEWS, Harlan, a Senator from Tennessee; born in Sumiton, Walker County, Ala., January 17, 1927; attended the Alabama public schools;…
