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William Biddle SHEPARD, Congress, NC (1799-1852)

SHEPARD, William Biddle, a Representative from North Carolina; born in New Bern, N.C., May 14, 1799; completed preparatory studies; attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in…

James SIMPSON, Jr., Congress, IL (1905-1960)

SIMPSON, James, Jr., a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Ill., January 7, 1905; attended St. Paul’s School in Concord, N.H., 1919-1922, Westminster School, Salisbury, Conn.,…

Andrew James PETERS, Congress, MA (1872-1938)

PETERS, Andrew James, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in West Roxbury, Mass., April 3, 1872; attended Hopkinson’s and St. Paul’s Schools; was graduated from Harvard University in…

Allende, Isabel

(Encyclopedia) Allende, Isabel, 1942–, Chilean novelist. Since the 1973 coup in which her cousin, President Salvador Allende Gossens, died, Isabel Allende, who is among the most notable contemporary…

Lorde, Audrey Geraldine

(Encyclopedia) Lorde, Audre, 1934–1992, African-American poet, essayist, and civil rights activist, b. New York City, grad. Columbia (M.L.S. 1961).…

Douglas Kent BEREUTER, Congress, NE (1939)

BEREUTER, Douglas Kent, a Representative from Nebraska; born in York, York County, Nebr., October 6, 1939; attended St. Paul’s Lutheran School, Utica, Nebr.; graduated from Utica High School…

Caleb Rodney LAYTON, Congress, DE (1851-1930)

LAYTON, Caleb Rodney, a Representative from Delaware; born on the Long farm near Frankford, Sussex County, Del., September 8, 1851; attended the public schools and Georgetown Academy; was…

Francis Dugan CULKIN, Congress, NY (1874-1943)

CULKIN, Francis Dugan, a Representative from New York; born in Oswego, Oswego County, N.Y., November 10, 1874; attended the public schools in Oswego and St. Andrew’s College and the…

Hamilton Fish KEAN, Congress, NJ (1862-1941)

Senate Years of Service: 1929-1935Party: RepublicanKEAN, Hamilton Fish, (father of Robert Winthrop Kean, brother of John Kean [1852-1914], and great-grandson of John Kean [1756-1795]), a…