BOLLES, Stephen, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Springboro, Crawford County, Pa., June 25, 1866; attended the public schools; was graduated from the State Normal School of…
WIGGLESWORTH, Richard Bowditch, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., April 25, 1891; was graduated from Milton Academy, Milton, Mass., in 1908, from Harvard University…
LAWS, Gilbert Lafayette, a Representative from Nebraska; born near Olney, Richland County, Ill., March 11, 1838; moved with his parents to Iowa County, Wis., in 1845; attended the common…
SAUNDERS, Romulus Mitchell, a Representative from North Carolina; born near Milton, Caswell (then Orange) County, N.C., March 3, 1791; attended the common schools and the University of North…
LIVINGSTON, William, (brother of Philip Livingston and cousin of Edward Livingston and Robert R. Livingston), a Delegate from New Jersey; born in Albany, N.Y., November 30, 1723; was graduated…
(Encyclopedia) SittingbourneSittingbournesĭtˈĭngbôrn [key], town (1991 pop. 35,893), Kent, SE England, on the ancient Watling Street and on the old route of pilgrimage to Canterbury. It is an…
(Encyclopedia) UrielUriely&oomacr;ˈrēəl [key]. 1, 2 Two descendants of Kohath. 3 Man whose daughter became mother of King Abijah of Judah. The name appears in the pseudepigrapha for an archangel…
(Encyclopedia) Roscommon, Wentworth Dillon, 4th earl ofRoscommon, Wentworth Dillon, 4th earl ofrŏskŏmˈən [key], 1633?–1685, English poet and scholar, b. Ireland. He was one of the first to praise…
(Encyclopedia) Philips, John, 1676–1709, English poet. He was one of the few to write in blank verse in an age when the heroic couplet was the standard form. His Splendid Shilling (1701, 1705) is a…
Senate Years of Service: 1962-2009Party: DemocratKENNEDY, Edward Moore (Ted), (brother of John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Robert Francis Kennedy, grandson of John Francis Fitzgerald, uncle of…
