READ, Almon Heath, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Shelburne, Chittenden County, Vt., June 12, 1790; was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., in 1811; county clerk…
SITES, Frank Crawford, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pa., December 24, 1864; moved with his parents to Harrisburg, Pa., in 1875; attended 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.,…
WHEELER, Joseph, a Representative from Alabama; born in Augusta, Ga., September 10, 1836; attended local schools and the Episcopal Academy, Cheshire, Conn.; was graduated from the United…
Senate Years of Service: 1954-1956; 1956-2003Party: Democrat; RepublicanTHURMOND, James Strom, a Senator from South Carolina; born in Edgefield, S.C., December 5, 1902; attended the public…
(Encyclopedia) French Revolution, political upheaval of world importance in France that began in 1789.
The French Revolution, though it seemed a failure in 1799 and appeared nullified by 1815…
HALL, Thomas H., a Representative from North Carolina; born in Prince George County, Va., in June 1773; studied medicine and practiced in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, N.C.; elected as a…
HANNA, Richard Thomas, a Representative from California; born in Kemmerer, Lincoln County, Wyo., June 9, 1914; graduated from Pasadena Junior College, Pasadena, Calif.; B.A., University of…
BALLANCE, Frank W., a Representative from North Carolina; born in Windsor, Bertie County, N. C., February 15, 1942; graduated from W.S. Etheridge High School, Windsor, N. C., 1959; B.S., North…
