Senate Years of Service: 1985- Party: Democrat HARKIN, Thomas Richard (Tom), a Representative and Senator from Iowa; born in Cumming, Warren County, Iowa, November 19, 1939; attended the…
Senate Years of Service: 1985-Party: DemocratHARKIN, Thomas Richard (Tom), a Senator and a Representative from Iowa; born in Cumming, Warren County, Iowa, November 19, 1939; attended the…
(Encyclopedia) Romeoville, village (1990 pop. 14,074), Will co., NE Ill., on the Des Plaines River, with access to the Illinois and Mississippi Canal and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal; inc.…
(Encyclopedia) Steep Rock Lake, 4 mi (6.4 km) long and 3 mi (4.8 km) wide, SW Ont., Canada, W of Lac des Mille Lacs. It is the site of important iron ore mining. Part of the lake was drained to…
(Encyclopedia) Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor AmadeusHoffmann, Ernst Theodor Amadeusĕrnst tāˈōdōr ämädāˈ&oobreve;s hôfˈmän [key], 1776–1822, German romantic novelist and composer, a lawyer. At one time…
(Encyclopedia) Jomini, Antoine HenriJomini, Antoine HenriäNtwänˈ äNrēˈ zhômēnēˈ [key], 1779–1869, Swiss general and military writer. He organized (1799) the militia of the Helvetic Republic and after…
(Encyclopedia) Keokuk, city (1990 pop. 12,451), seat of Lee co., extreme SE Iowa, on the Mississippi River at the foot of the Des Moines River rapids and in a farm area; inc. 1847. Its industries…
(Oswald George Nelson)actor, orchestra leader, producer, directorBorn: 3/20/1906Birthplace: Jersey City, New Jersey Orchestra leader who became the emblem for the 1950s typical American family with…
Senate Years of Service: 1940-1945Party: DemocratWALLGREN, Monrad Charles, a Representative and a Senator from Washington; born in Des Moines, Iowa, April 17, 1891; moved with his parents to…
Senate Years of Service: 1897-1903Party: RepublicanMASON, William Ernest, (father of Winnifred Sprague Mason Huck), a Representative and a Senator from Illinois; born in Franklinville,…
