(Encyclopedia) Magufuli, John Pombe Joseph, 1959–, Tanzanian political leader, Ph.D. Univ. of Dar es Salaam, 2009. He worked as an industrial chemist (1989–95) at the Nyanza Cooperative Union Ltd.…
(Encyclopedia) De-shimaDe-shimadāˈ-shĭmä [key] or De-jimaDe-shimadāˈ-jĭmä [key], artificial island, c.40 acres (16 hectares), Nagasaki prefecture, W Kyushu, Japan, in Nagasaki harbor. It has many…
BOWERSOCK, Justin De Witt, a Representative from Kansas; born near Columbiana, Columbiana County, Ohio, September 19, 1842; moved to Iowa City, Iowa, in 1860 and engaged in mercantile pursuits…
DE FOREST, Henry Schermerhorn, a Representative from New York; born in Schenectady, N.Y., February 16, 1847; attended the public schools of his native town and Eastman Business College,…
DE WITT, Jacob Hasbrouck, a Representative from New York; born in Marbletown, Ulster County, N.Y., October 2, 1784; attended the rural schools and Kingston (N.Y.) Academy; engaged in…
Senate Years of Service: 1847-1853Party: WhigUNDERWOOD, Joseph Rogers, (brother of Warner Lewis Underwood & grandfather of Oscar Wilder Underwood), a Representative and a Senator from…
(Encyclopedia) De LanceyDe Lanceydə lănˈsē [key], family of political leaders, soldiers, and merchants prominent in colonial New York. Étienne De Lancey or Stephen De Lancey, 1663–1741, b. Caen,…
Senate Years of Service: 1814-1815Party: Democratic RepublicanKERR, Joseph, a Senator from Ohio; born in Kerrtown (now Chambersburg), Franklin County, Pa., in 1765; was privately tutored;…
(Encyclopedia) Saint Joseph, river, 210 mi (338 km) long, rising in S Mich. and flowing generally westward in wide curves to Lake Michigan at Benton Harbor, Mich. South Bend, Ind., is on the river,…
POYDRAS, Julien de Lallande, a Delegate from the Territory of Orleans; born in Nantes, France, April 3, 1740; completed preparatory studies; served in the French Navy in his youth; was…
