Senate Years of Service: 1876-1877Party: DemocratPRICE, Samuel, a Senator from West Virginia; born in Fauquier County, Va., July 28, 1805; moved with his parents to Preston County in 1815;…
CHINN, Thomas Withers, (cousin of Robert Enoch Withers), a Representative from Louisiana; born near Cynthiana, Harrison County, Ky., November 22, 1791; attended the rural schools of his…
WILSON, William Lyne, a Representative from West Virginia; born near Charles Town, Jefferson County, Va. (now West Virginia), May 3, 1843; attended Charles Town Academy; was graduated from…
A day is measured by how long it takes the earth to rotate (turn) once: 24 hours.The earth is divided into 24 time zones. It takes the sun an hour to cross each zone.The time zones are marked by…
BURNSIDE, Maurice Gwinn, a Representative from West Virginia; born near Columbia, Richland County, S.C., August 23, 1902; attended the public schools of South Carolina; attended The Citadel,…
Senate Years of Service: 1911-1917Party: DemocratCHILTON, William Edwin, a Senator from West Virginia; born in Colesmouth (now St. Albans), Kanawha County, W.Va. (then Virginia), March 17,…
IntroductionMosquito and Tick-Borne DiseasesIntroductionYellow FeverDengueWest Nile EncephalitisRocky Mountain Spotted FeverLyme DiseaseMosquitoes serve as vectors, or carriers, of the malaria…
(Encyclopedia) Adenauer, KonradAdenauer, Konradkônˈrät äˈdənouˌər [key], 1876–1967, West German chancellor. A lawyer and a member of the Catholic Center party, he was lord mayor of Cologne and a…
(Encyclopedia) Pratt, Matthew, 1734–1805, American portrait painter, b. Philadelphia. After he was an apprentice to his uncle, a painter in Philadelphia, he practiced portrait painting and then…
(Encyclopedia) Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron, 1719–92, British admiral. He served with distinction in the Seven Years War (1757–63), his most notable achievement being the capture (1762)…
