LOVETT, John, a Representative from New York; born in Newent Society, in the present township of Lisbon, Conn., February 20, 1761; was graduated from Yale College in 1782; moved to Albany, N.Y…
BUTLER, William, (son of William Butler [1759-1821], brother of Andrew Pickens Butler, and father of Matthew Calbraith Butler), a Representative from South Carolina; born in the Edgefield…
CABLE, Joseph, (great-grandfather of John Levi Cable), a Representative from Ohio; born in Jefferson County, then in the Terrritory Northwest of the River Ohio (now in the State of Ohio),…
CLARK, Samuel Mercer, a Representative from Iowa; born near Keosauqua, Van Buren County, Iowa, October 11, 1842; attended the public schools and the Des Moines Valley College, West Point, Iowa…
KELLER, Oscar Edward, a Representative from Minnesota; born in Helenville, Jefferson County, Wis., July 30, 1878; attended the public schools and the University of Wisconsin at Madison; moved…
LaROCCO, Larry, a Representative from Idaho; born in Van Nuys, Los Angeles County, Calif., August 25, 1946; attended Stanford University Institute of Television and Radio, 1967, and Johns…
LAWRENCE, Joseph, (father of George Van Eman Lawrence), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born near Hunterstown, Adams County, Pa., in 1786; moved with his widowed mother to a farm in…
(Encyclopedia) Paulding, James KirkePaulding, James Kirkepôlˈdĭng [key], 1778–1860, American author and public official, secretary of the navy (1838–41) under Van Buren, b. near Millbrook, N.Y. He…
(Encyclopedia) David or Davit, GerardDavid or Davit, Gerardboth: gāˈrärt däˈvēt [key], c.1460–1523, Flemish painter, b. Oudewater, Holland. By 1484 he had established himself in Bruges, where he…
(Encyclopedia) Stuart, John McDouall, 1815–66, Scottish explorer in Australia. He emigrated (1838) to S Australia; there, as a draftsman, he joined Charles Sturt's expedition (1844–45) to central…
