OLIN, Gideon, (father of Abram Baldwin Olin and uncle of Henry Olin), a Representative from Vermont; born in East Greenwich, Kent County, R.I., November 2, 1743; received a limited schooling;…
SKILES, William Woodburn, a Representative from Ohio; born in Stoughstown, Cumberland County, Pa., December 11, 1849, moved with his parents to Richland County, Ohio, in 1854; attended the…
(Encyclopedia) sumptuary lawssumptuary lawssŭmpˈch&oomacr;ĕˌrē [key], regulations based on social, religious, or moral grounds directed against overindulgence of luxury in diet and drink and…
(Encyclopedia) Beaumont, FrancisBeaumont, Francisbōˈmŏnt [key], 1584?–1616, English dramatist. Born of a distinguished family, he studied at Oxford and the Inner Temple. His literary reputation is…
(Encyclopedia) Ray, Man, 1890–1976, American photographer, painter, and sculptor, b. Philadelphia. Along with Marcel Duchamp, Ray was a founder of the Dada movement in New York and Paris. He is…
(Encyclopedia) Bagot, Sir CharlesBagot, Sir Charlesbăgˈət [key], 1781–1843, British diplomat. As minister to the United States (1815–20) he negotiated the Rush-Bagot Convention, which limited…
KLEPPER, Frank B., a Representative from Missouri; born in St. John, Putnam County, Mo., June 22, 1864; moved with his parents to Mirabile, Caldwell County, Mo., where he remained for ten…
HOCH, Homer, a Representative from Kansas; born in Marion, Marion County, Kans., July 4, 1879; attended the public schools and was graduated from Baker University, Baldwin, Kans., in 1902;…
GEYER, Lee Edward, a Representative from California; born in Wetmore, Nemaha County, Kans., September 9, 1888; attended the public schools; was graduated from Baker University, Baldwin City,…
