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Nicholas Frederick BRADY, Congress, NJ (1930)

Senate Years of Service: 1982-1982Party: RepublicanBRADY, Nicholas Frederick, a Senator from New Jersey; born in New York City, April 11, 1930; graduated, St. Mark’s School, Southboro, Mass…

Nicholas John SINNOTT, Congress, OR (1870-1929)

SINNOTT, Nicholas John, a Representative from Oregon; born in The Dalles, Wasco County, Oreg., December 6, 1870; attended the public schools and Wasco Independent Academy at The Dalles; was…

Nicholas FORD, Congress, MO (1833-1897)

FORD, Nicholas, a Representative from Missouri; born in Wicklow, Ireland, June 21, 1833; attended the village school and Maynooth College, Dublin, Ireland; immigrated to the United States in…

Nicholas GILMAN, Congress, NH (1755-1814)

Senate Years of Service: 1805-1814 Party: Democratic Republican GILMAN, Nicholas, (brother of John Taylor Gilman and granduncle of Charles Jervis Gilman), a Delegate, a Representative, and a…

Winton, Sir Nicholas George

(Encyclopedia) Winton, Sir Nicholas George, 1909–2015, British stockbroker who saved the lives of several hundred Czech children on the eve of World War II, b. London as Nicholas George Wertheim (…

Butler, Nicholas Murray

(Encyclopedia) Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862–1947, American educator, president of Columbia Univ. (1902–45), b. Elizabeth, N.J., grad. Columbia (B.A., 1882; Ph.D., 1884). Holding a Columbia…

Bacon, Sir Nicholas

(Encyclopedia) Bacon, Sir Nicholas, 1509–79, English jurist. Called to the bar in 1533, he was made attorney of the court of wards and liveries in 1546 and, although a staunch Protestant, held this…

Nicholas I, Saint, pope

(Encyclopedia) Nicholas I, Saint, c.825–867, pope (858–67), a Roman; successor of Benedict III. He was a vigorous and politically active pope who arbitrated both temporal and religious disputes. His…

Nicholas MULLER, Congress, NY (1836-1917)

MULLER, Nicholas, a Representative from New York; born in the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg November 15, 1836; attended the common schools in the city of Metz and afterward the Luxemburg Athenaeum…

Nicholas II, czar of Russia

(Encyclopedia) Nicholas II, 1868–1918, last czar of Russia (1894–1917), son of Alexander III and Maria Feodorovna. Discontent at home grew, the army tired of war, the food situation deteriorated,…