(Encyclopedia) PratoPratopräˈtō [key] or Prato in ToscanaPrato in Toscanaēn tōskäˈnä [key], city (1991 pop. 165,707), Tuscany, central Italy. It is a major textile-making center, known for its wool…
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(Encyclopedia) Pisano, AndreaPisano, Andreaändrĕˈä pēzäˈnō [key], c.1290–c.1348, Italian sculptor, also called Andrea da Pontedera. His most important work, the first bronze doors of the baptistery…
Senate Years of Service:
1789-1795; 1795-1796; 1813-1823; 1823-1825
Party:
Pro-Administration; Federalist; Federalist; Adams-Clay Federalist
KING, Rufus, (half brother of Cyrus King and father…
Senate Years of Service: 1803-1811Party: FederalistPICKERING, Timothy, a Senator and a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Salem, Mass., July 17, 1745; attended the grammar school and…
Senate Years of Service: 1854-1855; 1855-1857; 1857-1864; 1865-1869Party: Whig; Opposition; Republican; RepublicanFESSENDEN, William Pitt, (brother of Samuel Clement Fessenden and Thomas Amory…
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