(Encyclopedia) Bannister, Sir Roger Gilbert, 1929–2018, British athlete and neurologist. On May 6, 1954, at Oxford's Iffley Road track, Bannister, a medical student, became the first man to run the…
ROGERS, John Jacob, (husband of Edith Nourse Rogers), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Lowell, Middlesex County, Mass., August 18, 1881; attended the public schools, and was…
ROGERS, Thomas Jones, (father of William Findlay Rogers), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Waterford, Ireland, in 1781; immigrated to the United States in 1784 with his parents, who…
McSPADDEN, Clem Rogers, a Representative from Oklahoma; born on a ranch near Bushyhead, Rogers County, Okla., November 9, 1925; educated in the public schools of Oologah, Okla; attended the…
Senate Years of Service: 1847-1851Party: WhigBALDWIN, Roger Sherman, (son of Simeon Baldwin, grandson of Roger Sherman, cousin of William Maxwell Evarts, George Frisbee Hoar and Ebenezer…
ROGERS, William Findlay, (son of Thomas Jones Rogers), a Representative from New York; born in Forks Township, near the borough of Easton, Pa., March 1, 1820; moved with his parents to…
(Encyclopedia) Taney, Roger BrookeTaney, Roger Brooketôˈnē [key], 1777–1864, American jurist, 5th chief justice of the United States (1836–64), b. Calvert co., Md., grad. Dickinson College, 1795.…
PRYOR, Roger Atkinson, a Representative from Virginia; born near Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Va., July 19, 1828; was graduated from Hampden-Sidney College, Virginia, in 1845 and from the…
DAVIS, Roger, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Charlestown Village, Chester County, Pa., October 2, 1762; studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and commenced practice…
ROGERS, John, a Delegate from Maryland; born in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md., in 1723; received a liberal schooling; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice; member of…
