Senate Years of Service: 1823-1825; 1825-1831; 1831-1832Party: Jackson Republican; Jacksonian; NullifierHAYNE, Robert Young, (brother of Arthur Peronneau Hayne), a Senator from South Carolina…
Senate Years of Service: 1853-1861Party: DemocratJOHNSON, Robert Ward, (nephew of James Johnson [1774-1826], John Telemachus Johnson and Richard Mentor Johnson, and brother-in-law of Ambrose…
SCHENCK, Robert Cumming, a Representative from Ohio; born in Franklin, Ohio, October 4, 1809; attended the rural schools and was graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1827; became…
(Encyclopedia) Becher, Johannes RobertBecher, Johannes Robertyōhänˈəs rōˈbĕrt bĕkhˈər [key], 1891–1958, German poet and essayist. After an early association with the Expressionist movement, Becher…
(Encyclopedia) Paine, Robert Treat, 1731–1814, political figure in the American Revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Boston, Mass. He served briefly as a chaplain in the French…
(Encyclopedia) Jones, Robert Edmond, 1887–1954, American scene designer, b. Milton, N.H. With his design in 1915 for The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife, a new era of scene design began in the United…
(Encyclopedia) Yerkes, Robert MearnsYerkes, Robert Mearnsyûrˈkēz [key], 1876–1956, American psychologist, b. Bucks co., Pa., grad. Harvard (B.A. 1898; Ph.D.1902). He taught (1902–17) at Harvard,…
Senate Years of Service: 1949-1955Party: RepublicanHENDRICKSON, Robert Clymer, a Senator from New Jersey; born in Woodbury, Gloucester County, N.J., August 12, 1898; attended public schools;…
Senate Years of Service: 1862-1863Party: UnionistWILSON, Robert, a Senator from Missouri; born near Staunton, Va., in November 1803; moved to Howard County, Mo., in 1820; taught school;…
Senate Years of Service: 1873-1874Party: RepublicanCROZIER, Robert, a Senator from Kansas; born in Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio, October 13, 1827; attended the public schools and an academy;…
