THISTLEWOOD, Napoleon Bonaparte, a Representative from Illinois; born near Harrington, Kent County, Del., March 30, 1837; attended the public schools; moved to Mason, Ill., in 1858 and engaged…
SLADE, William, a Representative from Vermont; born in Cornwall, Vt., May 9, 1786; attended the public schools, and was graduated from Middlebury (Vt.) College in 1807; studied law; was…
HOGG, Charles Edgar, (father of Robert Lynn Hogg), a Representative from West Virginia; born on a farm near Point Pleasant, Mason County, Va. (now West Virginia), December 21, 1852; attended…
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(Encyclopedia) Flint, Timothy, 1780–1840, American author, b. North Reading, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1800, and entered the ministry. As a missionary he traveled up and down the Mississippi valley from…
(Encyclopedia) Bernard of ClunyBernard of Clunykl&oomacr;ˈnē [key] or Bernard of MorlaixBernard of Morlaixmôrlāˈ [key], fl. 1150, French Cluniac monk, of English parentage. He wrote De contemptu…
LUCAS, William Vincent, a Representative from South Dakota; born near Delphi, Carroll County, Ind., July 3, 1835; attended the common schools; moved to Bremer County, Iowa, in 1856 and engaged…
CHAMBERS, John, a Representative from Kentucky; born at Bromley Bridge, Somerset County, N.J., October 6, 1780; attended the public schools and the Transylvania Seminary, Lexington, Ky.; moved…
by Mark D. Hughes photos by Carol M. Highsmith Prev Next Franklin Delano Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt was the 32nd president of the United States (1933-1945). He is the only…
