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John Charles TARSNEY, Congress, MO (1845-1920)

TARSNEY, John Charles, a Representative from Missouri; born in Medina, Lenawee County, Mich., November 7, 1845; attended the common schools; during the Civil War enlisted in the Fourth…

Halbert Eleazer PAINE, Congress, WI (1826-1905)

PAINE, Halbert Eleazer, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio, February 4, 1826; attended the common schools; was graduated from the Western Reserve College,…

Thomas McEWAN, Jr., Congress, NJ (1854-1926)

McEWAN, Thomas, Jr., a Representative from New Jersey; born in Paterson, N.J., February 26, 1854; attended the public schools; became a civil engineer; attended the law department of Columbia…

Cornelius Edward GALLAGHER, Congress, NJ (1921)

GALLAGHER, Cornelius Edward, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Bayonne, Hudson County, N.J., March 2, 1921; attended the local schools of Bayonne; was graduated from John Marshall…

Albanel, Charles

(Encyclopedia) Albanel, CharlesAlbanel, Charlesshärl älbänĕlˈ [key], 1616–96, French missionary explorer in Canada, a Jesuit priest. After arriving in Canada (1649), he was stationed many years at…

Fox, Luke

(Encyclopedia) Fox or Foxe, Luke, 1586–1635, English explorer. As a master mariner, he set forth in 1631 to hunt for the Northwest Passage. He explored the southern shore of Hudson Bay, satisfied…

Gifford, Sanford Robinson

(Encyclopedia) Gifford, Sanford Robinson, 1823–80, American painter, b. Greenfield, N.Y. A major painter of the American movement known as luminism, Gifford, who was influenced by Thomas Cole early…

Palisades

(Encyclopedia) Palisades, cliffs along the west bank of the Hudson River, NE N.J. and SE N.Y., extending from N of Jersey City, N.J., to the vicinity of Piermont, N.Y., with a general altitude of…