(Encyclopedia) Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830–1910, American sculptor, b. Urbana, Ohio. He was trained under H. K. Brown, whom he assisted in the execution of the equestrian statue of George…
CAMPAIGN 2000 | THE CANDIDATESJohn McCainEngineering the "Straight Talk Express" by Beth Rowen Information Please presents the seventh in a continuing series of Campaign 2000…
former U.S. surgeon generalBorn: 8/13/1933Birthplace: Schaal, Arkansas Elders briefly served as the surgeon general of the United States under President Bill Clinton. She was confirmed in September…
(Encyclopedia) Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2d marquess ofRockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2d marquess ofrŏkˈĭng-əm [key], 1730–82, British statesman. In the early years of the reign of…
(Encyclopedia) Woodward, C. Vann (Comer Vann Woodward), 1908–99, American historian, b. Vanndale, Ark. He graduated from Emory Univ. (1930), received his Ph.D. in history from the Univ. of North…
Senate Years of Service: 1850-1850Party: DemocratBARNWELL, Robert Woodward, (son of Robert Barnwell), a Representative and a Senator from South Carolina; born in Beaufort, Beaufort County, S.C…
(Encyclopedia) St. John, John Pierce, 1833–1916, American political reformer, b. Brookville, Ind. He traveled in the West and in South America, fought in the Union army in the Civil War, and after…
