PENCE, Lafayette (Lafe), a Representative from Colorado; born in Columbus, Bartholomew County, Ind., December 23, 1857; attended the common schools; was graduated from Hanover (Ind.) College…
PENDLETON, John Overton, a Representative from West Virginia; born in Wellsburg, Brooke County, Va. (now West Virginia), July 4, 1851; moved with his parents to Wheeling, Va. (now West…
TURNER, Henry Gray, a Representative from Georgia; born near Henderson, Franklin County, N.C., March 20, 1839; attended the common schools and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in…
LYMAN, Theodore, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Waltham, Mass., August 23, 1833; was educated by private tutors; studied in Europe 1847-1849; was graduated from Harvard…
(Encyclopedia) Fourier, CharlesFourier, Charlesshärl f&oomacr;ryāˈ [key], 1772–1837, French social philosopher. From a bourgeois family, he condemned existing institutions and evolved a kind of…
NORTON, Patrick Daniel, a Representative from North Dakota; born in Ishpeming, Marquette County, Mich., May 17, 1876; moved with his parents to Ramsey County, Dak., in 1883; attended the…
MAGUIRE, John Arthur, a Representative from Nebraska; born near Elizabeth, Jo Daviess County, Ill., November 29, 1870; moved to Dakota Territory in 1882 with his parents, who settled near…
(Encyclopedia) Fitzgerald, Ella, 1917–96, American jazz singer, b. Newport News, Va. Probably the most celebrated jazz vocalist of her generation, Fitzgerald was reared in Yonkers, N.Y., moving after…
