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Martin, John

(Encyclopedia) Martin, John, 1789–1854, English painter and engraver. Martin's visionary and grandiose landscapes, the pictorial counterparts of English romantic poetry, won him international…

Windsor Locks

(Encyclopedia) Windsor LocksWindsor Lockswĭnˈzər [key], town (1990 pop. 12,358), Hartford co., N Conn., on the Connecticut River; settled 1663, set off from Windsor and inc. 1854. Once a tobacco-…

Jared IRWIN, Congress, PA (1768-1818)

IRWIN, Jared, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Georgia on January 19, 1768; appointed commissioner for valuation of lands and dwellings and enumeration of slaves for the second…

Elijah BABBITT, Congress, PA (1795-1887)

BABBITT, Elijah, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Providence, R.I., July 29, 1795; moved with his parents to New York State in 1805; received an academic education; moved to Milton…

Jonathan RUSSELL, Congress, MA (1771-1832)

RUSSELL, Jonathan, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Providence, R.I., February 27, 1771; was graduated from Brown University (then Rhode Island College), Providence, R.I., in 1791…

Henry Thomas HELGESEN, Congress, ND (1857-1917)

HELGESEN, Henry Thomas, a Representative from North Dakota; born near Decorah, Iowa, June 26, 1857; attended the public schools, the John Breckenridge Normal Institute, and the J.R. Slack…

Christine Todd Whitman

U.S. politician, public officialBorn: 1946Birthplace: New York City Whitman was elected Governor of New Jersey (which has off-year elections) in 1993 and served in the post until 2000 when…

Thomas Elisha WINN, Congress, GA (1839-1925)

WINN, Thomas Elisha, a Representative from Georgia; born near Athens, Clarke County, Ga., May 21, 1839; attended Carrollton (Ga.) Masonic Institute, and was graduated from Emory and Henry…