QUARLES, Julian Minor, a Representative from Virginia; born near Ruther Glen, Caroline County, Va., September 25, 1848; attended the primary schools in Caroline and Augusta Counties and Pine…
GOLDSBOROUGH, Thomas Alan, (great-great-great-grandson of Robert Goldsborough and great-grandson of Charles Goldsborough), a Representative from Maryland; born in Greensboro, Caroline County,…
CULBRETH, Thomas, a Representative from Maryland; born in Kent County, Del., eight miles northeast of Greensboro, Md., April 13, 1786; attended the public schools and studied under private…
(Encyclopedia) Gourgues, Dominique deGourgues, Dominique dedômēnēkˈ də g&oomacr;rg [key], c.1530–1593, French soldier and adventurer. He served in the French army in Italy, was captured by the…
(Encyclopedia) Ballantyne, JamesBallantyne, Jamesbălˈəntīn [key], 1772–1833, Scottish editor and publisher. Ballantyne and his brother John set up a publishing business in Edinburgh with the aid of…
Senate Years of Service: 1831-1835Party: Anti-JacksonianWAGGAMAN, George Augustus, a Senator from Louisiana; born in Caroline County, Md., in 1782; completed preparatory studies under private…
PENDLETON, Edmund, (uncle of Nathaniel Pendleton and John Penn), a Delegate from Virginia; born in Caroline County, Va., September 9, 1721; completed preparatory studies; clerk, Caroline…
PENN, John, (nephew of Edmund Pendleton and cousin of Nathaniel Pendleton), a Delegate from North Carolina; born near Port Royal, Caroline County, Va., May 17, 1741; was educated under private…
(Encyclopedia) Whig party, one of the two major political parties of the United States in the second quarter of the 19th cent.
By the time Fillmore had succeeded to the presidency, the…
SMITH, Thomas Alexander, a Representative from Maryland; born near Greenwood, Sussex County, Del., September 3, 1850; moved with his parents to Ridgely, Md., in 1856; attended the public…
