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Middleton Pope BARROW, Congress, GA (1839-1903)

Senate Years of Service: 1882-1883Party: DemocratBARROW, Middleton Pope, (grandson of Wilson Lumpkin), a Senator from Georgia; born near Antioch (now Stephens), Oglethorpe County, Ga., August…

Clement John ZABLOCKI, Congress, WI (1912-1983)

ZABLOCKI, Clement John, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Milwaukee, Wis., November 18, 1912; attended parochial school and Marquette University High School; Ph.B., Marquette University…

John George JACKSON, Congress, VA (1777-1825)

JACKSON, John George, (son of George Jackson, brother of Edward Brake Jackson, and grandfather of William Thomas Bland), a Representative from Virginia; born in Buckhannon, Va. (now West…

William Bliss PINE, Congress, OK (1877-1942)

Senate Years of Service: 1925-1931Party: RepublicanPINE, William Bliss, a Senator from Oklahoma; born in Bluffs, Scott County, Ill., December 30, 1877; attended the public schools; taught…

Lincoln, city and district, England

(Encyclopedia) Lincoln, city and district (1991 pop. 79,980), county seat of Lincolnshire, E England, in the Parts of Kesteven, on the Witham River. Located at the junction of the Roman Fosse Way and…

Leo III, Saint, pope

(Encyclopedia) Leo III, Saint, pope (795–816), a Roman; successor of Adrian I. He was attacked about the face and eyes by members of Adrian's family, who hoped to render him unfit for the papacy. Leo…

gazetteer

(Encyclopedia) gazetteergazetteergăzˌĭtērˈ [key], dictionary or encyclopedia listing alphabetically the names of places, political divisions, and physical features of the earth and giving some…

Fossett, Steve

(Encyclopedia) Fossett, Steve (James Stephen Fossett), 1944–2007, American investment banker and adventurer, b. California. After becoming a multimillionaire as a stockbroker and investment…