Senate Years of Service: 1959-1976Party: DemocratHART, Philip Aloysius, a Senator from Michigan; born in Bryn Mawr, Montgomery County, Pa., December 10, 1912; attended Waldron Academy and…
Senate Years of Service: 1923-1933Party: RepublicanHOWELL, Robert Beecher, a Senator from Nebraska; born in Adrian, Lenawee County, Mich., January 21, 1864; attended the public schools;…
(Encyclopedia) KruppKruppkr&oobreve;p [key], family of German armament manufacturers. The family settled in Essen in the 16th cent. The core of the great Krupp industrial empire was started by…
U2Tracey UllmanLiv UllmannSkeet UlrichAmber VallettaAbigail Van BurenLee Van CleefJean-Claude Van DammeJames Van Der BeekAmy VanderbiltLuther VandrossMona Van DuynDick Van DykeVan HalenMelvin Van…
(Encyclopedia) WartburgWartburgvärtˈb&oobreve;rk [key], castle near Eisenach, in the state of Thuringia, central Germany. Built c.1070, later enlarged, and renovated in the 18th cent., it was the…
(Encyclopedia) Weyprecht, KarlWeyprecht, Karlkärl vīˈprĕkht [key], 1838–81, German arctic explorer. With Julius von Payer he made a voyage to Novaya Zemlya in 1871. Weyprecht and Payer were leaders…
(Encyclopedia) SieboldSieboldzēˈbôlt [key], family of German scientists. It includes Karl Kaspar von SieboldSieboldkärl käsˈpär fən [key], 1736–1807, anatomist and surgeon, who was professor at the…
Senate Years of Service: 1823-1825; 1825-1829Party: Crawford Republican; JacksonianBRANCH, John, (uncle of Lawrence OâBryan Branch and great-uncle of William Augustus Blount Branch), a…
TIFT, Nelson, a Representative from Georgia; born in Groton, Conn., July 23, 1810; attended the village school; moved to Key West, Fla., with his father in 1826, to Charleston, S.C., in 1830,…
Senate Years of Service: 1896-1897; 1897-1899Party: Republican; Silver RepublicanCANNON, Frank Jenne, (son of George Quayle Cannon), a Delegate from the Territory of Utah and a Senator from…
