(Encyclopedia) Brand, Sir John Henry, or Jan Hendrik BrandJan Hendrik Brandyän hĕnˈdrək bränt [key], 1823–88, South African politician, president of the Orange Free State, b. Capetown. He was called…
(Encyclopedia) Whiting, William Henry Chase, 1825–65, Confederate general in the American Civil War, b. Biloxi, Miss. He served in the U.S. army until Feb., 1861, when he resigned and entered the…
Senate Years of Service: 1879-1885; 1885-1891Party: Republican; RepublicanBLAIR, Henry William, a Representative and a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Campton, Grafton County, N.H.,…
MICHEL, Robert Henry, a Representative from Illinois; born in Peoria, Peoria County, Ill., March 2, 1923; attended the public schools; served with the Thirty-ninth Infantry Regiment as a…
VOLLMER, Henry, a Representative from Iowa; born in Davenport, Iowa, July 28, 1867; attended the public and high schools of Davenport; distributing clerk of the Fiftieth Congress in 1887 and…
PATTON, David Henry, a Representative from Indiana; born in Flemingsburg, Fleming County, Ky., November 26, 1837; attended the Collegiate Institute, Waveland, Ind.; enlisted in the Thirty-…
MEIGS, Henry, a Representative from New York; born in New Haven, Conn., October 28, 1782; attended the common schools; was graduated from Yale College in 1799; studied law; was admitted to the…
HARRINGTON, Henry William, a Representative from Indiana; born near Cooperstown, Otsego County, N.Y., September 12, 1825; attended the common schools and in 1845 entered Temple Hill Academy,…
HENRY, Charles Lewis, a Representative from Indiana; born in Green Township, Hancock County, Ind., July 1, 1849; moved with his parents to Pendleton, Ind.; attended the common schools and…
HENRY, John, a Representative from Illinois; born near Stanford, Lincoln County, Ky., November 1, 1800; attended the public schools; served as a private in Captain Arnettâs company of…
