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Bayh, Birch Evans, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Bayh, Birch Evans, Jr.Bayh, Birch Evans, Jr.bī [key], 1928–2019, U.S. politician, b. Terre Haute, Ind., grad. Indiana Univ. law school (1960). A Democrat, Bayh served (1954–62) in the…

Evans-Pritchard, Edward Evan

(Encyclopedia) Evans-Pritchard, Edward Evan, 1902–73, English social anthropologist. He made several expeditions to Africa. His major contributions lie in the fields of social anthropology and…

Daniel Jackson EVANS, Congress, WA (1925)

Senate Years of Service: 1983-1989Party: RepublicanEVANS, Daniel Jackson, a Senator from Washington; born in Seattle, King County, Wash., October 16, 1925; graduated, University of Washington…

George EVANS, Congress, ME (1797-1867)

Senate Years of Service: 1841-1847Party: WhigEVANS, George, a Representative and a Senator from Maine; born in Hallowell, Maine, January 12, 1797; graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick,…

David Walter EVANS, Congress, IN (1946)

EVANS, David Walter, a Representative from Indiana; born in Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Ind., August 17, 1946; attended public schools in Shoals, Ind.; A.B., Indiana University, 1967;…

Hughes, Charles Evans

(Encyclopedia) Hughes, Charles EvansHughes, Charles Evanshy&oomacr;z [key], 1862–1948, American statesman and jurist, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1910–16), U.S. secretary of…

Thomas Beverley EVANS, Jr., Congress, DE (1931)

EVANS, Thomas Beverley, Jr., a Representative from Delaware; born in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., November 5, 1931; attended the public schools of Old Hickory, Tenn., and Seaford, Del.,…

Thomas Cooper EVANS, Congress, IA (1924-2005)

EVANS, Thomas Cooper, a Representative from Iowa; born in Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, May 26, 1924; graduated from Grundy Center High School, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1942; attended St.…

Henry Clay EVANS, Congress, TN (1843-1921)

EVANS, Henry Clay, a Representative from Tennessee; born in Juniata County, Pa., June 18, 1843; moved to Wisconsin in 1844, with his parents, who settled in Platteville, Grant County; attended…

Alexander EVANS, Congress, MD (1818-1888)

EVANS, Alexander, a Representative from Maryland; born in Elkton, Cecil County, Md., September 13, 1818; attended the public schools; was a civil engineer’s assistant; attended the local…