Senate Years of Service: 1959-1963Party: DemocratLONG, Oren Ethelbirt, a Senator from Hawaii; born in Altoona, Wilson County, Kans., March 4, 1889; attended the public schools; graduated from…
MAHANY, Rowland Blennerhassett, a Representative from New York; born in Buffalo, N.Y., September 28, 1864; attended the public schools, Hobart College, Geneva, N.Y., and Union College,…
BURLESON, Albert Sidney, a Representative from Texas; born in San Marcos, Hays County, Tex., June 7, 1863; attended the public schools and Coronal Institute, San Marcos, Tex., and the…
alternative rock band Chart-topping rock band Slipknot is one of the prominent examples of alternative heavy metal. Exploding on the scene with a horror-movie image complete with nuclear-reactor…
Senate Years of Service: 1911-1917Party: DemocratLEA, Luke, (great-grandson of Luke Lea [1783-1851]), a Senator from Tennessee; born in Nashville, Tenn., April 12, 1879; attended the public…
Senate Years of Service: 1911-1917 Party: Democrat LEA, Luke, (great-grandson of Luke Lea [1783-1851]), a Senator from Tennessee; born in Nashville, Tenn., April 12, 1879; attended the…
Senate Years of Service: 1931-1937Party: DemocratCOSTIGAN, Edward Prentiss, a Senator from Colorado; born near Beaulahville, King William County, Va., July 1, 1874; moved to Colorado in 1877…
Read about some of the most significant riots in U.S. history 1898: Wilmington, North Carolina While Democrats held power at the state level in North Carolina, a coalition of white…
(Encyclopedia) long march, Chin., Changzheng, the journey of c.6,000 mi (9,660 km) undertaken by the Red Army of China in 1934–35. When their Jiangxi prov. Soviet base was encircled by the…
