Senate Years of Service: 1862-1863Party: RepublicanARNOLD, Samuel Greene, (granduncle of Theodore Francis Green), a Senator from Rhode Island; born in Providence, R.I., April 12, 1821;…
Senate Years of Service: 1790-1803Party: Pro-Administration; FederalistFOSTER, Theodore, (brother of Dwight Foster), a Senator from Rhode Island; born in Brookfield, Worcester County, Mass.,…
Senate Years of Service: 1831-1833Party: JacksonianMARCY, William Learned, a Senator from New York; born in Sturbridge (now Southbridge), Mass., December 12, 1786; attended the common schools…
Senate Years of Service: 1809-1813 Party: Democratic Republican CAMPBELL, Alexander, a Senator from Ohio; born in Frederick County, Va., in 1779; moved with his parents to east Tennessee and…
Senate Years of Service: 1879-1885Party: RepublicanHILL, Nathaniel Peter, a Senator from Colorado; born in Montgomery, Orange County, N.Y., February 18, 1832; attended Montgomery Academy and…
(Encyclopedia) seaweed, name commonly used for the multicellular marine algae. Simpler forms, consisting of one cell (e.g., the diatom) or of a few cells, are not generally called seaweeds; these…
—By Borgna BrunnerOmo Is Oldest In 2003 the dating of an Ethiopian Homo sapiens fossil, “Herto Man,” was hailed as a milestone in paleoanthropology. At 160,000 years old, Herto Man was a full 50…
Here are the best-selling children's books of all time (through the end of 2000), with author and year of initial publication, compiled by Publishers Weekly. OP means the book is no longer in print…
