(Encyclopedia) Virginia Military Institute (VMI), at Lexington; state supported; chartered and opened 1839 as the first state military college in the United States. Although one of the leading U.S.…
(Encyclopedia) Fenton, Roger, 1819–69, English pioneer photographer. Originally a barrister, Fenton worked from the early 1850s until 1862 as a fashionable architectural, still-life, portrait, and…
(Encyclopedia) ZechariahZechariahzĕkˌərīˈə [key], prophetic book of the Bible, which dates from 520 b.c.–518 b.c. at Jerusalem. The prophet was associated with Haggai in a movement to restore the…
GINN, Ronald Bryan (Bo), a Representative from Georgia; born in Morgan, Calhoun County, Ga., May 31, 1934; educated in the public schools of Morgan; Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College,…
McLAUGHLIN, Joseph, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Burt, County Donegal, Ireland, June 9, 1867; immigrated to the United States and settled in Philadelphia in 1889; employed as a…
HOLT, Hines, a Representative from Georgia; born near Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Ga., April 27, 1805; completed preparatory studies; was graduated from Franklin College (now the University…
FIESINGER, William Louis, a Representative from Ohio; born in Willard, Huron County, Ohio, October 25, 1877; educated in the public schools of Norwalk, Ohio; was graduated from the law…
FLANAGAN, De Witt Clinton, a Representative from New Jersey; born in New York City December 28, 1870; attended the Callison and Woodbridge private schools and Columbia College, New York City;…
GINN, Ronald Bryan (Bo), a Representative from Georgia; born in Morgan, Calhoun County, Ga., May 31, 1934; educated in the public schools of Morgan; Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Tifton…
LLOYD, Wesley, a Representative from Washington; born at Arvonia, Osage County, Kans., on July 24, 1883, attended the public schools, Baker University, Baldwin, Kans., and Washburn College,…
