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David Sjodahl KING, Congress, UT (1917-2009)

KING, David Sjodahl, (son of William H. King), a Representative from Utah; born in Salt Lake City, Utah, June 20, 1917; attended the public schools in Washington, D.C.; graduated from the…

Andrew Jackson YOUNG, Jr., Congress, GA (1932)

YOUNG, Andrew Jackson, Jr., a Representative from Georgia; born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., March 12, 1932; educated in public schools of New Orleans, Gilbert Academy, and Dillard…

Oakland, Calif.

Mayor: Elizabeth Schaaf (to Jan. 2018) 2010 census population (rank): 390,724 (47); Male: 189,519 (48.5…

Old Catholics

(Encyclopedia) Old Catholics, Christian denomination established by German Catholics who separated themselves from the Roman Catholic Church when they rejected (1870) the decrees of the First Vatican…

Concordat of 1801

(Encyclopedia) Concordat of 1801, agreement between Napoleon Bonaparte and Pope Pius VII that reestablished the Roman Catholic Church in France. Napoleon took the initiative in negotiating this…

Thomas CHILTON, Congress, KY (1798-1854)

CHILTON, Thomas, (grandfather of Horace Chilton), a Representative from Kentucky; born near Lancaster, Garrard County, Ky., July 30, 1798; attended the common schools in Paris, Ky.; studied…

Henrietta Chamberlain King

rancherBorn: 7/21/1832Birthplace: Boonville, Mo. Henrietta Maria Morse Chamberlain was an only child whose mother died when she was three. Her father, a Presbyterian missionary in Missouri and…

ADAMS, John, Congress, MA (1735-1826)

ADAMS, John, (father of John Quincy Adams; grandfather of Charles Francis Adams; cousin of Samuel Adams; father-in-law of William Stephens Smith), a Delegate from Massachusetts and a Vice…

Holy Sepulcher

(Encyclopedia) Holy SepulcherHoly Sepulchersĕpˈəlkər [key], church in Jerusalem, officially the Church of the Resurrection. It is in the east central part of the Christian quarter, on the supposed…