GASQUE, Allard Henry, (husband of Elizabeth Hawley Gasque), a Representative from South Carolina; born on Friendfield plantation, near Hyman, Marion (now Florence) County, S.C., March 8, 1873…
JONES, Willie, (brother of Allen Jones), a Delegate from North Carolina; born in Northampton County, N.C., December 24, 1740; attended Eton College, England; engaged in agricultural pursuits;…
SMITH, Charles Brooks, a Representative from West Virginia; born in Elizabeth, Wirt County, Va. (now West Virginia), February 24, 1844; attended a private school at Parkersburg; enlisted on…
Senate Years of Service: 1975-1981Party: DemocratCULVER, John Chester, a Representative and a Senator from Iowa; born in Rochester, Olmsted County, Minn., August 8, 1932; attended Cedar Rapids…
(Encyclopedia) Drake, Sir Francis, 1540?–1596, English navigator and admiral, first Englishman to circumnavigate the world (1577–80).
In 1585, Drake commanded a fleet that sacked Vigo in Spain and…
Power Points Did you know these facts about powerful women?In prehistoric times, women were worshiped as supernatural beings because they could create life. The supreme creator was female—the Great…
Maurice F. Rabb, Jr.Joseph Rainey Virginia RandolphNancy Davis ReaganBenjamin ReifelHiram RevelsJoseph Jones ReynoldsCondoleezza RiceBill RichardsonElliot RichardsonNorbert RillieuxJ. Catherine…
WILLEY, Earle Dukes, a Representative from Delaware; born in Greenwood, Sussex County, Del., July 21, 1889; attended the public schools and George Washington University Law School, Washington…
MAGUIRE, John Arthur, a Representative from Nebraska; born near Elizabeth, Jo Daviess County, Ill., November 29, 1870; moved to Dakota Territory in 1882 with his parents, who settled near…
HALSEY, Silas, (father of Jehiel Howell Halsey and Nicoll Halsey), a Representative from New York; born in Southampton, Long Island, N.Y., October 6, 1743 (old style); attended the public…
