(Encyclopedia) Whetstone, George, 1551?–1587, English dramatist and poet. His chief work, the play Promos and Cassandra (1578), is important in the development of English domestic drama and was a…
(Encyclopedia) John George, 1585–1656, elector of Saxony (1611–56). A drunkard, he nonetheless ruled the leading German Protestant state during the Thirty Years War. He vacillated in his policy…
McCLOSKEY, Paul Norton , Jr. (Pete), a Representative from California; born in Loma Linda, San Bernardino County, Calif., September 29, 1927; graduated from South Pasadena High School, South…
LUJÁN, Manuel, Jr., a Representative from New Mexico; born on a small farm near the Indian Pueblo of San Ildefonso, N.Mex., May 12, 1928; attended grade school and junior high of Our Lady of…
McCLOSKEY, Paul Norton , Jr. (Pete), a Representative from California; born in Loma Linda, San Bernardino County, Calif., September 29, 1927; graduated from South Pasadena High School, South…
(Encyclopedia) Barrington, GeorgeBarrington, Georgebârˈĭngtən [key], 1755–c.1804, notorious English pickpocket, b. Ireland. His family name was Waldron. Arriving in London in 1773, he became a…
(Encyclopedia) Foster, Sir George Eulas, 1847–1931, Canadian statesman, b. New Brunswick. He first entered the Canadian House of Commons in 1882 and later held a number of cabinet positions,…
(Encyclopedia) Kondylis, GeorgeKondylis, Georgekônᵺēˈlĭs [key], 1879–1936, Greek general and statesman. He fought in the Balkan Wars and at Salonica in World War I. Entering politics in the turbulent…
Senate Years of Service: 1833-1844Party: Jacksonian; DemocratWRIGHT, Silas, Jr., a Representative and a Senator from New York; born in Amherst, Mass., May 24, 1795; moved with his father to…
SEWALL, Charles S., a Representative from Maryland; born in Queen Annes County, Md., in 1779; attended the common schools; served in the Forty-second Regiment, Maryland Militia, in the War of…
