Senate Years of Service: 1903-1909Party: RepublicanANKENY, Levi, a Senator from Washington; born near St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Mo., August 1, 1844; crossed the plains to Oregon in 1850…
Born: 11/2/1865Birthplace: Morrow County, Ohio Warren Gamaliel Harding was born in Morrow County, Ohio, on Nov. 2, 1865. After attending Ohio Central College, Harding became interested in…
BOWMAN, Charles Calvin, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., November 14, 1852; attended the public schools and Lansingburg Academy, Troy, N.Y.; learned…
KAHN, Julius, (husband of Florence Prag Kahn), a Representative from California; born in Kuppenheim, Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany, February 28, 1861; immigrated to the United States with his…
(Encyclopedia) Sacchetti, FrancoSacchetti, Francofrängˈkō säk-kĕtˈtē [key], c.1330–1400, Italian author. He held a number of public offices in Florence and wrote lyric verse and moral discourses. He…
(Encyclopedia) Brandeis University, at Waltham, Mass.; coeducational; chartered and opened 1948. Although Brandeis was founded by members of the American Jewish community, the university operates as…
(Encyclopedia) John VIII (John Palaeologus), 1390–1448, Byzantine emperor (1425–48), son and successor of Manuel II. When he acceded, the Byzantine Empire had been reduced by the Turks to the city of…
(Encyclopedia) Niccolò di Piero LambertiNiccolò di Piero Lambertinēk-kōlôˈ dē pyāˈrō lämbĕrˈtē [key], c.1370–1451, Italian sculptor and architect of the early Renaissance, sometimes called Niccolò d'…
(Encyclopedia) Volterra, town (1991 pop. 12,879), Tuscany, central Italy. A powerful Etruscan town, it later (12th–13th cent.) was a free commune and passed to Florence in the 14th cent. Of note are…
ALLGOOD, Miles Clayton, a Representative from Alabama; born in Chepultepec (now Allgood), Blount County, Ala., February 22, 1878; attended the common schools of his native county and was…
