Senate Years of Service: 1871-1877Party: DemocratSTEVENSON, John White, (son of Andrew Stevenson), a Representative and a Senator from Kentucky; born in Richmond, Va., May 4, 1812; attended…
Senate Years of Service: 1871-1883Party: RepublicanFERRY, Thomas White, a Representative and a Senator from Michigan; born in the old mission house of the Astor Fur Co. on Mackinac Island,…
HILL, Hugh Lawson White, (cousin of Benjamin Harvey Hill), a Representative from Tennessee; born near McMinnville, Warren County, Tenn., March 1, 1810; attended private schools and the Carroll…
WHITE, Stephen Van Culen, a Representative from New York; born in Chatham County, N.C., August 1, 1831; moved to Illinois with his parents, who settled near Otterville, Jersey County, Ill.;…
Born: June 8, 1917Football All-America HB at Colorado (1937); signed with Pittsburgh in 1938 for the then largest contract in pro history ($15,800); took Rhodes Scholarship in 1939; returned to NFL…
(Encyclopedia) nutcracker, common name for a small crow of the genus Nucifraga in the family Corvidae (crow family). The Old World nutcracker (N. caryocatactes) is found throughout the colder regions…
(Encyclopedia) bunting, common name for small, plump birds of the family Fringillidae (finch family). Among the American buntings are the indigo bunting, in which the summer plumage of the male…
Senate Years of Service: 1931-1949Party: RepublicanWHITE, Wallace Humphrey, Jr., (grandson of William Pierce Frye), a Representative and a Senator from Maine; born in Lewiston, Androscoggin…