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Samuel SHELLABARGER, Congress, OH (1817-1896)

SHELLABARGER, Samuel, a Representative from Ohio; born near Enon, Clark County, Ohio, on December 10, 1817; attended the county schools and was graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio,…

Eugene Burgess CROWE, Congress, IN (1878-1970)

CROWE, Eugene Burgess, a Representative from Indiana; born near Jeffersonville, Clark County, Ind., January 5, 1878; attended the rural schools and Borden (Ind.) Academy; taught in county…

James NOBLE, Congress, IN (1785-1831)

Senate Years of Service: 1816-1831Party: Democratic Republican; Crawford Republican; Anti-JacksonianNOBLE, James, a Senator from Indiana; born near Berryville, Clarke County, Va., December 16…

Joseph Peyton WYATT, Jr., Congress, TX (1941)

WYATT, Joseph Peyton, Jr., a Representative from Texas; born in Victoria, Victoria County, Tex., October 12, 1941; attended the Victoria County public schools; attended Victoria College, 1964…

Samuel Hollingsworth YOUNG, Congress, IL (1922)

YOUNG, Samuel Hollingsworth, a Representative from Illinois; born in Casey, Clark County, Ill., December 26, 1922; graduated from Urbana High School, Urbana, Ill., 1940; LL.B., University of…

Susan B. Anthony Dollar

Library of Congress Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) is the first woman to appear on U.S. coinage. Anthony worked for nearly 70 years to bring suffrage (the right to vote) to…

McClintock, Sir Francis Leopold

(Encyclopedia) McClintock, Sir Francis Leopold, 1819–1907, British arctic explorer. As a lieutenant in the navy he was assigned to his first arctic service in 1848, when Sir James Clark Ross went in…

MacKay, Peter Gordon

(Encyclopedia) MacKay, Peter GordonMacKay, Peter Gordonməkāˈ [key], 1966–, Canadian politician, b. New Glasgow, N.S. A lawyer who briefly worked (1992–93) in Germany, MacKay returned to his native…

Ross Sea

(Encyclopedia) Ross Sea, arm of the Pacific Ocean, Antarctica, between Victoria Land and Marie Byrd Land. It was discovered in 1841 by Sir James Clark Ross, a British explorer. Ross Island with Mt.…

Godwin, William

(Encyclopedia) Godwin, William, 1756–1836, English author and political philosopher. A minister in his youth, he was, however, plagued by religious doubts and gave up preaching in 1783 for a literary…