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Blanche Kelso BRUCE, Congress, MS (1841-1898)

Senate Years of Service: 1875-1881Party: RepublicanBRUCE, Blanche Kelso, a Senator from Mississippi; born in slavery near Farmville, Prince Edward County, Va., March 1, 1841; was tutored by…

Horatio SEYMOUR, Congress, VT (1778-1857)

Senate Years of Service: 1821-1833Party: Democratic Republican; Adams-Clay Republican; Adams; Anti-JacksonianSEYMOUR, Horatio, (uncle of Origen Storrs Seymour), a Senator from Vermont; born in…

John Knight SHIELDS, Congress, TN (1858-1934)

Senate Years of Service: 1913-1925Party: DemocratSHIELDS, John Knight, a Senator from Tennessee; born at “Clinchdale,” near Bean’s Station, Grainger County, Tenn., August 15, 1858; was…

Nathan Lynn BACHMAN, Congress, TN (1878-1937)

Senate Years of Service: 1933-1937Party: DemocratBACHMAN, Nathan Lynn, a Senator from Tennessee; born in Chattanooga, Tenn., August 2, 1878; attended the public schools, Baylor Preparatory…

Elisha WHITTLESEY, Congress, OH (1783-1863)

WHITTLESEY, Elisha, (uncle of William Augustus Whittlesey and cousin of Frederick Whittlesey and Thomas Tucker Whittlesey), a Representative from Ohio; born in Washington, Conn., October 19,…

Dwight Palmer GRISWOLD, Congress, NE (1893-1954)

Senate Years of Service: 1952-1954Party: RepublicanGRISWOLD, Dwight Palmer, a Senator from Nebraska; born in Harrison, Nebr., November 27, 1893; graduated from Kearney (Nebr.) Military Academy…

Farron, Julia

(Encyclopedia) Farron, Julia, 1922–2019, English ballerina, b. Joyce Margaret Farron-Smith. She studied at the Vic-Wells Ballet School, joined the company (now the Royal Ballet) in 1936, and, as the…

Kakutani, Shizuo

(Encyclopedia) Kakutani, Shizuo, 1911–2004, Japanese mathematician, b. Osaka, Japan, grad. Tohoko Univ, Ph.D. Princeton, 1941. Kakutani repatriated to Japan during World War II, but returned to…