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Cooley, Thomas McIntyre

(Encyclopedia) Cooley, Thomas McIntyre, 1824–98, American jurist, b. near Attica, N.Y. He was a judge (1864–85) of the supreme court of Michigan and was the first chairman (1887–91) of the Interstate…

Eakins, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Eakins, ThomasEakins, Thomasāˈkĭnz [key], 1844–1916, American painter, photographer, and sculptor, b. Philadelphia, where he worked most of his life. Eakins is considered the foremost…

Jefferson, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Jefferson, Thomas, 1743–1826, 3d President of the United States (1801–9), author of the Declaration of Independence, and apostle of agrarian democracy. After 1809, Jefferson…

James Edward MURRAY, Congress, MT (1876-1961)

Senate Years of Service: 1934-1961Party: DemocratMURRAY, James Edward, a Senator from Montana; born on a farm near St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, May 3, 1876; attended the public schools of…

Thomas Hale BOGGS, Sr., Congress, LA (1914-1972)

BOGGS, Thomas Hale, Sr., (husband of Corinne Claiborne Boggs), a Representative from Louisiana; born in Long Beach, Harrison County, Miss., February 15, 1914; attended the public and parochial…

Gage, Thomas, English traveler

(Encyclopedia) Gage, Thomas, d. 1656, English traveler. He went (1612) to Spain to study and became a Dominican. He lived and traveled among the Native populations of Central America from 1625 to…

Lawrence, Sir Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Lawrence, Sir Thomas, 1769–1830, English portrait painter, b. Bristol. He began to draw when very young and developed extraordinary talents as a draftsman; though he studied briefly at…

Lawrence E. IMHOFF, Congress, OH (1895-1988)

IMHOFF, Lawrence E., a Representative from Ohio; born at Round Bottom, Monroe County, Ohio, December 28, 1895; moved to St. Clairsville, Ohio, in 1907; attended the rural schools and St.…

Duncan E. McKINLAY, Congress, CA (1862-1914)

McKINLAY, Duncan E., a Representative from California; born in Orillia, Ontario, Canada, October 6, 1862; attended the common schools; later learned the trade of carriage painting and worked…

Theodore E. (Ted) DEUTCH, Congress, FL (1966)

DEUTCH, Theodore E. (Ted), a Representative from Florida; born in Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pa., May 7, 1966; B.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1988; J.D., University of Michigan…