(Encyclopedia) Beale, Edward Fitzgerald, 1822–93, American frontiersman, b. District of Columbia. During the Mexican War, Beale was in California, where he aided Stephen W. Kearny in the battle of…
(Encyclopedia) Zacharias or Zachary, SaintZacharias or Zachary, Saintzăkərīˈəs, zăkˈərē [key], pope (741–52), a Calabrian Greek; successor of St. Gregory III. He was the first pope after Gregory the…
(Encyclopedia) Adrian I, d. 795, pope (772–95), a Roman; successor of Stephen IV. At Adrian's urging, Charlemagne crossed the Alps and defeated the Lombard king, Desiderius, who had annexed papal…
(Encyclopedia) bookplate, label pasted in a book to indicate ownership, also called ex libris [Lat.,=from the books of]. The bookplate is usually of paper on which heraldic or other designs are…
TRUMBULL, Joseph, (brother of Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.), a Delegate from Connecticut; born in Lebanon, Conn., March 11, 1737; was graduated from Harvard College in 1756; elected to the…
VAN RENSSELAER, Henry Bell, (son of Stephen Van Rensselaer, III), a Representative from New York; born at the Manor House in Albany, N.Y., May 14, 1810; was graduated from the United States…
REESE, Seaborn, a Representative from Georgia; born in Madison, Morgan County, Ga., November 28, 1846; attended a private school for boys in Hancock County and the University of Georgia at…
FINLEY, Ebenezer Byron, (nephew of Stephen Ross Harris), a Representative from Ohio; born in Orrville, Wayne County, Ohio, July 31, 1833; attended the public schools; studied law at Bucyrus,…
Senate Years of Service: 1804-1823; 1823-1825; 1825-1826Party: Democratic Republican; Crawford Republican; JacksonianGAILLARD, John, (uncle of Theodore Gaillard Hunt), a Senator from South…
