Search

Search results

Displaying 151 - 160

Masters, Edgar Lee

(Encyclopedia) Masters, Edgar Lee, 1869–1950, American poet and biographer, b. Garnett, Kans. He maintained a successful law practice in Chicago from 1892 to 1920. Masters's Spoon River Anthology (…

Bailey, F. Lee

(Encyclopedia) Bailey, F. Lee (Francis Lee Bailey), 1933-2021, American lawyer, b. Waltham, Ma., Boston Univ. Law School (J.D., 1960). Bailey attended…

Isaac BACHARACH, Congress, NJ (1870-1956)

BACHARACH, Isaac, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Philadelphia, Pa., January 5, 1870; moved to New Jersey in 1881 with his parents, who settled in Atlantic City; attended the public…

Isaac WAYNE, Congress, PA (1772-1852)

WAYNE, Isaac, (son of Anthony Wayne), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born near Paoli, Chester County, Pa., in 1772; attended the common schools and was graduated from Dickinson College,…

Isaac WILDRICK, Congress, NJ (1803-1892)

WILDRICK, Isaac, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Marksboro, Warren County, N.J., March 3, 1803; attended the common schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits near Blairstown, Warren…

Isaac PIERSON, Congress, NJ (1770-1833)

PIERSON, Isaac, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Orange, Essex County, N.J., August 15, 1770; attended private schools; was graduated from Princeton College in 1789; studied medicine…

Longworth, Alice Lee Roosevelt

(Encyclopedia) Longworth, Alice Lee Roosevelt, 1884–1980, American socialite, b. New York City. The only child of Theodore Roosevelt and his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee, she was a teenager when…

Hecker, Isaac Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Hecker, Isaac Thomas, 1819–88, American Roman Catholic priest, founder of the Paulist Fathers; son of Prussian immigrants. Feeling the general discontent of his day in the dying…

Isaac MOTTE, Congress, SC (1738-1795)

MOTTE, Isaac, a Delegate from South Carolina; born in Charleston, S.C., December 8, 1738; appointed ensign in His Majesty’s Sixtieth Royal American Regiment, December 19, 1756, and promoted…

Isaac ANDERSON, Congress, PA (1760-1838)

ANDERSON, Isaac, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born at “Anderson Place,” in Charlestown Township, near Valley Forge, Chester County, Pa., November 23, 1760; as a mere youth was the…