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William WILSON, Congress, OH (1773-1827)

WILSON, William, a Representative from Ohio; born in New Boston, Hillsboro County, N.H., March 19, 1773; attended the public schools and was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in…

WILSON, William, Congress, OH (1773-1827)

WILSON, William, a Representative from Ohio; born in New Boston, Hillsboro County, N.H., March 19, 1773; attended the public schools and was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in…

Wood, Mrs. Henry

(Encyclopedia) Wood, Mrs. Henry, 1814–87, English novelist whose maiden name was Ellen Price. Her melodramatic and sensational novel East Lynne (1861) was dramatized and became a permanent stock…

Field, Erastus Salisbury

(Encyclopedia) Field, Erastus Salisbury, 1805–1900, American painter, b. Leverett, Mass. Field's paintings, executed in a primitive manner, included biblical and classical themes and portraits. His…

Thomas Wilson BRADLEY, Congress, NY (1844-1920)

BRADLEY, Thomas Wilson, a Representative from New York; born in Yorkshire, England, April 6, 1844; immigrated to the United States in 1846 with his parents, who settled in Walden, Orange…

Wilson Cary NICHOLAS, Congress, VA (1761-1820)

Senate Years of Service: 1799-1804Party: Democratic RepublicanNICHOLAS, Wilson Cary, (brother of John Nicholas and uncle of Robert Carter Nicholas), a Senator and a Representative from…

John Wilson JENRETTE, Jr., Congress, SC (1936)

JENRETTE, John Wilson, Jr., a Representative from South Carolina; born in Conway, Horry County, S.C., May 19, 1936; graduated from Loris High School, Loris, S.C., 1954; B.A., Wofford College,…

Henry Wilson TEMPLE, Congress, PA (1864-1955)

TEMPLE, Henry Wilson, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Belle Center, Logan County, Ohio, March 31, 1864; attended the common schools; was graduated from Geneva College, Beaver Falls…

Richard Wilson AUSTIN, Congress, TN (1857-1919)

AUSTIN, Richard Wilson, a Representative from Tennessee; born in Decatur, Morgan County, Ala., August 26, 1857; attended the common schools, Loudon High School, and the University of Tennessee…