BUTLER, Robert Reyburn, (grandson of Roderick Randum Butler), a Representative from Oregon; born in Butler, Johnson County, Tenn., September 24, 1881; attended the public schools and Holly…
Senate Years of Service: 1824-1825; 1825-1828Party: Crawford Republican; JacksonianCOBB, Thomas Willis, a Representative and a Senator from Georgia; born in Columbia County, Ga., in 1784;…
STORER, Bellamy, (son of Bellamy Storer [1796-1875] and uncle of Nicholas Longworth), a Representative from Ohio; born in Cincinnati, Ohio, August 28, 1847; attended the common schools of that…
(Encyclopedia) NyköpingNyköpingnüˈchöˌpĭng [key], city (1990 pop. 26,380), capital of Södermanland co., SE Sweden, a port on the Baltic Sea. It is a commercial and industrial center, producing flour…
(Encyclopedia) Moore, Clement Clarke, 1779–1863, American educator and poet, b. New York City, grad. Columbia, 1798. A biblical scholar, he was professor of Asian and Greek literature at the…
(Encyclopedia) Stone, Richard (Sir John Richard Nicholas Stone), 1913–91, British economist, grad. Cambridge, 1935. After working for the British government during World War II, he became (1945) the…
(Encyclopedia) Taneiev, Sergei IvanovichTaneiev, Sergei Ivanovichsyĭrgāˈ ēväˈnəvĭch tənyāˈəf [key], 1856–1915, Russian composer and teacher. He studied at the Moscow Conservatory under Nicholas…
(Encyclopedia) Soulouque, Faustin ÉlieSoulouque, Faustin ÉliefōstăNˈ ālēˈ s&oomacr;l&oomacr;kˈ [key], c.1785–1867, emperor of Haiti (1849–59). An illiterate former slave, he became president…
VAN VALKENBURGH, Robert Bruce, a Representative from New York; born in Prattsburg, Steuben County, N.Y., September 4, 1821; attended Franklin Academy, Prattsburg, N.Y.; studied law; was…
GILMAN, John Taylor, (brother of Nicholas Gilman and granduncle of Charles Jervis Gilman), a Delegate from New Hampshire; born in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., December 19, 1753; received a…
