MOORE, Joseph Hampton, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Woodbury, Gloucester County, N.J., March 8, 1864; attended the common schools; studied law; reporter on the Philadelphia…
Senate Years of Service: 1954-1954Party: RepublicanABEL, Hazel Hempel, a Senator from Nebraska; born in Plattsmouth, Cass County, Nebr., July 10, 1888; attended the public schools of Omaha,…
Senate Years of Service: 1843-1855Party: DemocratATCHISON, David Rice, a Senator from Missouri; born in Frogtown, Ky., August 11, 1807; attended Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky.;…
HARE, Butler Black, (father of James Butler Hare), a Representative from South Carolina; born on a farm in Edgefield (now Saluda) County, near Leesville, S.C., November 25, 1875; attended the…
Senate Years of Service: 1930-1939Party: DemocratBULKLEY, Robert Johns, a Representative and a Senator from Ohio; born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, October 8, 1880; attended the…
PLUMLEY, Frank, (father of Charles Albert Plumley), a Representative from Vermont; born in Eden, Lamoille County, Vt., December 17, 1844; attended the public schools and Peopleâs Academy;…
(Encyclopedia) Lease, Mary Elizabeth, 1853–1933, American agrarian reformer and temperance advocate, b. Ridgeway, Pa. The daughter of an Irish political refugee, she first gained recognition for a…
(Encyclopedia) Longworth, Alice Lee Roosevelt, 1884–1980, American socialite, b. New York City. The only child of Theodore Roosevelt and his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee, she was a teenager when…
(Encyclopedia) GodefroyGodefroygôdfrwäˈ [key], family of French scholars. Denis Godefroy, 1549–1622, was a Calvinist who fled (c.1580) to Geneva and later became a professor of law at Strasbourg and…
