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Samuel Ritter PETERS, Congress, KS (1842-1910)

PETERS, Samuel Ritter, a Representative from Kansas; born in Walnut Township, near Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio, August 16, 1842; attended the common schools and the Ohio Wesleyan…

Aaron BURR, Congress, NY (1756-1836)

Senate Years of Service: 1791-1795; 1795-1797Party: Anti-Administration; RepublicanBURR, Aaron, (cousin of Theodore Dwight), a Senator from New York and a Vice President of the United States;…

Cornwall, city, Canada

(Encyclopedia) Cornwall, industrial city, SE Ont., Canada, on the St. Lawrence River. It manufactures cotton and rayon textiles, paper, chemicals,…

2008 Olympics: Canoe Slalom

These are the medal winners of the men's and women's canoe slalom events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. MENEvent ScoreKayak 1Alexander Grimm, GER171.70 Fabien Lefevre,…

Massena

(Encyclopedia) MassenaMassenaməsēˈnə [key], village (1990 pop. 11,719), St. Lawrence co., extreme N N.Y., on the St. Lawrence River; settled 1792, inc. 1886. Aluminum and aluminum products are the…

Saint Francis, Lake

(Encyclopedia) Saint Francis, Lake, an expansion of the St. Lawrence River, SE Ont. and S Que., Canada, SW of Montreal, extending between Cornwall and Valleyfield. It is part of the St. Lawrence…

Peter Joseph DE MUTH, Congress, PA (1892-1993)

DE MUTH, Peter Joseph, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Pittsburgh, Pa., January 1, 1892; attended the public schools; B.S., Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa.; was a…