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George Sewel BOUTWELL, Congress, MA (1818-1905)

Senate Years of Service: 1873-1877Party: RepublicanBOUTWELL, George Sewel, a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Brookline, Mass., January 28, 1818; attended the public…

George Henry LINDSAY, Congress, NY (1837-1916)

LINDSAY, George Henry, (father of George Washington Lindsay), a Representative from New York; born in New York City January 7, 1837; moved with his parents to Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1843; attended…

George V, king of Hanover

(Encyclopedia) George V, 1819–78, last king of Hanover (1851–66), son and successor of Ernest Augustus. He was blind after 1833. Fearing Hanover's absorption by Prussia, he sided with Austria in the…

George Wallace JONES, Congress, WI (1804-1896)

Senate Years of Service: 1848-1859Party: DemocratJONES, George Wallace, (brother-in-law of John Scott of Missouri), a Delegate from the Territory of Michigan and the Territory of Wisconsin and…

Edward George BIESTER, Jr., Congress, PA (1931)

BIESTER, Edward George, Jr., a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Trevose, Bucks County, Pa., January 5, 1931; attended Doylestown public schools; graduated from the George School,…

George Merrick BROOKS, Congress, MA (1824-1893)

BROOKS, George Merrick, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Concord, Mass., July 26, 1824; attended an academy in Concord and a boarding school at Waltham; was graduated from Harvard…

Keith George SEBELIUS, Congress, KS (1916-1982)

SEBELIUS, Keith George, a Representative from Kansas; born in Almena, Norton County, Kans., September 10, 1916; attended Almena grade and high schools; A.B., Fort Hays Kansas State College,…

Steinbrenner, George Michael, 3d

(Encyclopedia) Steinbrenner, George Michael, 3d, 1930–2010, American businessman, principal owner of the New York Yankees (1973–2010), b. Rocky River, Ohio, grad. Williams College (B.A., 1952). A…

Bradman, Sir Donald George

(Encyclopedia) Bradman, Sir Donald George, 1908–2001, Australian cricketeer, widely considered the sport's greatest player and one of the world's most outstanding athletes, b. Cootamundra. His 20-…