(Encyclopedia) Fuseli, HenryFuseli, Henryfy&oomacr;ˈzĭlē [key], 1741–1825, Anglo-Swiss painter and draftsman, b. Zürich. He was known also as Johann Heinrich Fuessli or Füssli. He took holy…
(Encyclopedia) elegy, in Greek and Roman poetry, a poem written in elegiac verse (i.e., couplets consisting of a hexameter line followed by a pentameter line). The form dates back to 7th cent. b.c.…
(Encyclopedia) BagandaBagandabägänˈdə [key], also called Ganda, the largest ethnic group in Uganda. Bagandas comprise about 17% of the population and have the country's highest standard of living and…
Senate Years of Service: 1971-1993Party: DemocratBENTSEN, Lloyd Millard, Jr., (uncle of Ken Bentsen), a Representative and a Senator from Texas; born in Mission, Tex., February 11, 1921;…
PIERCE, Walter Marcus, a Representative from Oregon; born on a farm near Morris, Grundy County, Ill., May 30, 1861; attended the common schools, Morris (Ill.) Academy, and the University of…
Senate Years of Service: 1830-1835Party: Jacksonian; Anti-JacksonianPOINDEXTER, George, a Delegate, a Representative and a Senator from Mississippi; born in Louisa County, Va., in 1779; had a…
BUSH, George Herbert Walker, (son of Prescott Sheldon Bush, father of President George W. Bush), a Representative from Texas and a Vice President of the United States and 41st President of the…
Senate Years of Service: 1903-1933Party: RepublicanSMOOT, Reed, a Senator from Utah; born in Salt Lake City, Utah, January 10, 1862; moved with his parents to Provo, Utah County, Utah, in 1874…
Senate Years of Service: 1970-1981Party: DemocratSTEVENSON, Adlai Ewing III, (great-grandson of Vice President Adlai Ewing Stevenson), a Senator from Illinois; born in Chicago, Cook County,…
