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(Encyclopedia) Arlington, county (2020 pop. 238,643), N Va., across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. Arlington is a residential and commercial suburb of Washington. Within its…
(Encyclopedia) Rivlin, Alice M., 1931–2019, American economist, b. Philadelphia as Georgianna Alice Mitchell, Ph.D. Harvard, 1958. Rivlin was affiliated with the Brookings Institution at various…
MURPHY, Nathan Oakes, a Delegate from the Territory of Arizona; born in Jefferson, Lincoln County, Maine, October 14, 1849; attended the public schools; taught school in Wisconsin; went to the…
HUNT, James Bennett, a Representative from Michigan; born in Demerara, British Guiana, South America, August 13, 1799; returned with his father to New York City in 1803; pursued an academic…
HUYLER, John, a Representative from New Jersey; born in New York City April 9, 1808; attended the common schools at Tenafly, N.J.; apprenticed as a mason and later engaged in contracting and…
BEDFORD, Gunning, Jr., (cousin of Gunning Bedford), a Delegate from Delaware; born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1747; was graduated from Princeton College in 1771; studied law in Philadelphia; was…
ALLISON, Robert, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born near Greencastle, Franklin County, Pa., March 10, 1777; attended local and private schools; moved to Huntingdon, Pa., in 1795;…
BARNITZ, Charles Augustus, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in York, York County, Pa., September 11, 1780; attended York County Academy, York, Pa.; studied law; was admitted to the bar…
