Senate Years of Service: 1945-1946Party: DemocratHUFFMAN, James Wylie, a Senator from Ohio; born in Chandlersville, Muskingum County, Ohio, September 13, 1894; attended the public schools;…
(Encyclopedia) Nemirovich-Danchenko, VladimirNemirovich-Danchenko, Vladimirvlədyēˈmĭr nāmērōˈvĭch-dänˈchĕngkō [key], 1859–1943, Russian stage director, cofounder and director of the Moscow Art…
(Encyclopedia) Bowie, JamesBowie, Jamesb&oomacr;ˈē, bōˈē [key], c.1796–1836, American frontiersman, b. Logan co., Ky. With his brother, Rezin, he engaged in land speculation in Louisiana and…
(Encyclopedia) Cresap, MichaelCresap, Michaelkrēˈsăp [key], 1742–75, American frontiersman and soldier, b. Allegany co., Md. A Native American fighter, he was accused by Thomas Jefferson and others…
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(Encyclopedia) Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), organization established by Civil War veterans of the Union army and navy. Principal figures in the founding of the GAR were John A. Logan and Richard…
(Encyclopedia) Thorne, Kip Stephen, 1940–, American theoretical physicist, b. Logan, Utah. Ph.D. Princeton, 1965. Thorne has been a professor (emeritus from 2009) at the California Institute of…
