Senate Years of Service: 2001-Party: RepublicanENSIGN, John Eric, a Senator and a Representative from Nevada; born in Roseville, Placer County, Calif., March 25, 1958; graduated E.W. Clark…
Record of the Year“Another Day in Paradise,” Phil CollinsAlbum of the YearBack on the Block, Quincy Jones (Qwest/Warner Bros.)Song of the Year“From a Distance,” Julie Gold, songwriterBest New…
BROOKS, Franklin Eli, a Representative from Colorado; born in Sturbridge, Worcester County, Mass., November 19, 1860; attended the public schools; was graduated from Southbridge High School in…
Senate Years of Service: 1948-1948Party: RepublicanBUSHFIELD, Vera Cahalan, (wife of Harlan J. Bushfield), a Senator from South Dakota; born in Miller, Hand County, S.Dak., August 9, 1889;…
HUMPHREY, Augustin Reed, a Representative from Nebraska; born near Madison, Jefferson County, Ind., February 18, 1859; moved with his parents to Drakesville, Davis County, Iowa, in 1864;…
(Encyclopedia) Cohen, Leonard Norman, 1934–2016, Canadian songwriter, singer, and poet, b. Montreal, B.A. McGill Univ., 1955. He initially wrote poetry, publishing his first collection, Let Us…
(Encyclopedia) Cheever, John, 1912–82, American author, b. Quincy, Mass. His expulsion from Thayer Academy was the subject of his first short story, published by the New Republic when he was 17. Many…
WITHERSPOON, John, a Delegate from New Jersey; born in Gifford, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, February 5, 1723; completed preparatory studies; was graduated from Edinburgh University in 1739;…
(Encyclopedia) Lloyd Webber, Andrew, 1948–, British theatrical composer. A member of a successful musical family, he began composing musicals as a teenager; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor…
