(Encyclopedia) Wiesel, Torsten Nils, 1924–, Swedish neurobiologist, b. Uppsala, Sweden. After earning a degree in medicine from Karolinska Univ., Stockholm (1954), he took a research position at…
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Senate Years of Service: 1867-1898Party: RepublicanMORRILL, Justin Smith, a Representative and a Senator from Vermont; born in Strafford, Orange County, Vt., April 14, 1810; attended the…
PINCKNEY, Thomas, a Representative from South Carolina; born in Charleston, S.C., October 23, 1750; attended Westminster School, Oxford, England, and was graduated from Oxford University,…
Senate Years of Service: 1802-1807Party: FederalistPLUMER, William, (father of William Plumer, Jr.), a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Newburyport, Mass., June 25, 1759; moved with his…
ELLIOTT, Carl Atwood, a Representative from Alabama; born in Vina, Franklin County, Ala., December 20, 1913; attended the public schools of Franklin County; was graduated from the University…
Senate Years of Service: 1825-1826; 1827-1832Party: Jacksonian; JacksonianELLIS, Powhatan, a Senator from Mississippi; born at âRed Hill,â Amherst County, Va., January 17, 1790; graduated…
McKENNA, Joseph, a Representative from California; born in Philadelphia, Pa., August 10, 1843; moved with his parents to Benicia, Calif., in January 1855; attended the public schools and was…