JONES, Phineas, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Spencer, Worcester County, Mass., April 18, 1819; attended the common schools; moved to Elizabeth (then called Elizabethtown), N.J.,…
EARLY, Joseph Daniel, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Worcester, Mass., Worcester County, January 31, 1933; attended parochial schools in Worcester; B.S., College of the Holy…
POSEY, Francis Blackburn, a Representative from Indiana; born in Petersburg, Pike County, Ind., April 28, 1848; attended the public schools, Blythewood Academy, and Indiana Asbury (now De Pauw…
(Encyclopedia) altruismaltruismălˈtr&oomacr;ĭzˈəm [key], concept in philosophy and psychology that holds that the interests of others, rather than of the self, can motivate an individual. The…
(Encyclopedia) Howe, Elias, 1819–67, American inventor, b. Spencer, Mass. He was apprenticed in 1838 to an instrument maker and watchmaker in Boston at whose suggestion he turned his attention to…
ASHBROOK, John Milan, (son of William A. Ashbrook and husband of Jean Spencer Ashbrook), a Representative from Ohio; born in Johnstown, Licking County, Ohio, September 21, 1928; graduated from…
MOREY, Frank, a Representative from Louisiana; born in Boston, Mass., July 11, 1840; attended the public schools; moved to Illinois in 1857; studied law; entered the Union Army in 1861 in the…
MILLS, Newt Virgus, a Representative from Louisiana; born in Calhoun, Ouachita Parish, La., September 27, 1899; attended the public schools of his native city, Louisiana Polytechnic Institute…
RUTH, Earl Baker, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Spencer, Rowan County, N.C., February 7, 1916; graduated from Central High School, Charlotte, N.C., 1934; A.B., University of…
KAYNOR, William Kirk, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Sanborn, OâBrien County, Iowa, November 29, 1884; attended the common schools of Spencer and Clear Lake, Iowa; in his early…
