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MORRIS, Thomas, Congress, OH (1776-1844)

Senate Years of Service: 1833-1837; 1837-1839 Party: Jacksonian; Democrat MORRIS, Thomas, (father of Isaac Newton Morris and Jonathan David Morris), a Senator from Ohio; born in Berks…

John ADAIR, Congress, KY (1757-1840)

Senate Years of Service: 1805-1806Party: Democratic Republican/JacksonianADAIR, John, a Senator and a Representative from Kentucky; born in Chester District, Chester County, S.C., January 9,…

George Mifflin DALLAS, Congress, PA (1792-1864)

Senate Years of Service: 1831-1833Party: JacksonianDALLAS, George Mifflin, (great-great-granduncle of Claiborne Pell), a Senator from Pennsylvania and a vice president of the United States;…

Leachman, Cloris

(Encyclopedia) Leachman, Cloris, 1926-2021, American actress, b. Des Moines, Ia. Leachman began acting in children’s theater when she was seven, and…

operetta

(Encyclopedia) operettaoperettaŏpərĕtˈə [key], type of light opera with a frivolous, sentimental story, often employing parody and satire and containing both spoken dialogue and much light, pleasant…

Holbrook, Hal

(Encyclopedia) Holbrook, Hal (Harold Rowe, Jr.), 1925-2021, American actor, b. Cleveland, Oh. (Denison Univ., BA, 1947). Holbrook was raised by his…

Sturges, Preston

(Encyclopedia) Sturges, PrestonSturges, Prestonstûrˈjĭs [key], 1898–1959, American film director, screenwriter, and producer, b. Chicago as Edmond Preston Biden. Educated in the United States and…

Bentley, Eric

(Encyclopedia) Bentley, Eric (Eric Russell Bentley), 1916–2020, American critic, editor, and translator, b. Bolton, England, grad. Oxford, 1938, Ph.D. Yale, 1941. He became a U.S. citizen in 1948. A…

George, Lake

(Encyclopedia) George, Lake, glacial lake, 33 mi (53 km) long and 1 to 3 mi (1.6–5 km) wide, in the foothills of the Adirondack Mts., NE N.Y.; it drains NE via rapids and waterfalls into Lake…