Senate Years of Service: 1875-1887Party: DemocratMAXEY, Samuel Bell, a Senator from Texas; born in Tomkinsville, Monroe County, Ky., March 30, 1825; attended the common schools and graduated…
Born: 12/28/1856
Birthplace: Staunton, Va.
(Thomas) Woodrow Wilson was born in Staunton, Va., on Dec. 28, 1856. A Princeton graduate, he turned from law practice to post-graduate…
Senate Years of Service: 1913-1919Party: RepublicanGOFF, Nathan, (father of Guy Despard Goff and grandfather of Louise Goff Reece), a Representative and a Senator from West Virginia; born in…
HOOK, Frank Eugene, a Representative from Michigan; born in LâAnse, Baraga County, Mich., May 26, 1893; graduated from LâAnse High School in 1912; attended College of Law of the University…
(Encyclopedia) Walton, Sam (Samuel Moore Walton), 1918–92, American retailing executive, b. Kingfisher, Okla. After 17 years of operating franchise retail stores, he opened the first Wal-Mart…
(Encyclopedia) Varèse, EdgardVarèse, Edgardvärĕzˈ [key], 1883–1965, French-American composer. In Paris he first studied mathematics and science but became more interested in music. He then studied…
(Encyclopedia) Amenhotep IIIAmenhotep IIIäˌmĕnhōˈtĕp, āˌ– [key] or Amenophis IIIAmenophis IIIăˌmĕnōˈfĭs [key], d. c.1372 b.c., king of ancient Egypt, of the XVIII dynasty. He succeeded his father,…
(Encyclopedia) imagists, group of English and American poets writing from 1909 to about 1917, who were united by their revolt against the exuberant imagery and diffuse sentimentality of 19th-century…
